Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : May 31, 1963

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May 31, 1963

1963
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Federal Reserve
District

STORE SALES

Percentage <
change from corresponding periods' a year ago
(Based on retail.dollar amounts
Jan, 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
May 251May 181May 111May 4
May 25
May 25

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
+
-

2
3
5
l

> 3
•+ 7
r- 1
r-10

+11
+ 7
- 3
+ 5

+
-

2
1
7
8

+
+
-

5
4
4
4

+
+
-

4
2
3
2

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+
-

1
9
2
5

- 3
r+ 1
-10
- 7

+
+
+
+

9
6
7
4

-

7
4
4
4

0
+ 2
- 2
- 3

+
+
+
+

3
8
3
2

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+
+
+
+

4
2
1
8

+
+
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1
5
2
8

+12
- 1
+ 4
+ 3

+
+
+

1
2
4
1

+
+
+
+

4
1 •
3
5

+
+
+
+

4
4
7
4

- 2

+ 5

- 3

0

+ 3

U.S. Total

+ 1

U.S., weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment, 1957-59=100 1/
Apr.
May
May
May
May

27
4
11
18
25

113
113
127
110
107

1962 Apr.
May
May
May
May

28
5
12
19
26

110
116
121
112
106

1961 Apr.
May
May
May
May

29
6
13
20
27

105
101
113
105
98

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