Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : May 23, 1963

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H.8a

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hay 23, 1963
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| \TSEKLyIPEP A RTMENT STORE SALES'
i Percentage change from corresponding periods a year ago
fBased on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
to
ending
One week ending
May
18
May 18
Hay 1811 lay 111May 4|Apr. 27

Federal Reserve
District

+
-

2
1
7
8

+
+
-

1
5
4
2

+
+
-

4
5
4
4

+
+
-

4
2
2
2

9
6
7
4

-

7
4
4
4

- 2
+18
+ 4
0

+
-

1
5
1
1

+
+
+
+

3
8
3
3

r+
+
+

1
2
4
1

0

+14
- 1

+
+

1
6

+ 7

+12
r- 1
+ 4
r
+ 3

+ 2

+
+
+
+

4
4
7
4

' -2

+ 5

- 3

+ 3

+ 1

+ 3

Boston
Nex-j York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+ 3
+ 7
- 2
-11

Richmond .
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

- 3
+ 2
-10
- 7

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

-

1

+ 5
+ 2

U.S. Total

+11
+ 7
- 3
+ 5
r+
r+
r+
+

- 9
+

2

U.S.. weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment, 1957-59 =100 1/
1963 A p r . 20
.
^Apr. 27
May 4
Hay 11
nay 18

104
113^
113
127110:

1962 Apr. 21
Apr. 28
M
ay
5
May 12
May 19

118
110
116
121
112

1961

Apr. 22
Apr. 29
May 6
Hay 1 3
May 20

104
105
101
113
105

r—Revised
l/ For description of monthly indexes see Federal Reserve Bulletin for July 1962.
A description of weekly indexes appears in Bulletin for August 1962.
ieekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.