Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : May 31, 1956

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.8a

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kay 31, 1 # 6
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Percentage change' from corresponding perioda year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Four weeks Jan. 1
One week ending
to
ending
May 26 | May 19 | May 12* Ij Mty 5-xMay 26 May 26

Federal Reserve
District

Boston
New York
Philadelphia .
Cleveland

- 5
0
0
+ u

Richmond
'Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+
+
+

7
h
h
6

Minneapolis
Kansas City
•Dallas
San Francisco

+
+
+
+

7
5
5
2

U.S. Total

+ 3

+
+
r+
+

2 •
6
8
6

+12
+12
+ 5
+ 6
+
+
+
r+

5
7
3
3

+ 6

+20
+18
+13
+20

-12
- 5
+ 6
- 6

+20
+25
+13
+33

-5
- 6
- 9
- 5

+ 21
r+22
+31
+16

-11
-11
- 7
- 9

+19

- 7

0
U
+ 7
+ 5

0
+ 2
+ h
+ b

+ 4
7
3
+ 9

+
+
+
+

2
5
3
5

k

+
+
+
+

3
1
3
1

5

+ 3

+

' +

j
.

+

+

4.7
+ 2
+

+

i

i

U. S. -weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 19^7-1:9=100 1/
1956
Apr'.
Msv
May
May
May

1955
28
5
12
19
26

119
125
129
122
117

Apr.
May
May
May
May

195U
30
7
1U
21
28

120
134
^108
115
114

May
May
May
May
May

1
8
15
22
29

112
123
97
106
10li

r—ne vised". '
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1/ For description and Weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1952 see
Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1952, 359-362. Indexes for the period April
1952 to date-may be obtained upon request from the Division of .Research and
Statistics.
—Comparisons are affected by the fact that Mother's Day is one v;eek later this
year than last.
Yveekly indexes at the district and city levels are published try several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.