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BOARD OF GU'Vhiti'-.UkS OF THb FhD^n^L RLS&RVE SYSTEM H.8a FOR lEvltiDlATE RELEASE November 1, 1956 YjjrEKLY DEFARTmNT STORE SALES Percentage changc: from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan. 1 Four weeks to One week ending ending Oct. 27 Oct . 27 I Oct. 20 I Oct• 13 | Oct. 6 Oct. 27 Federal Reserve District Boston •New York Philadelphia Cleveland k 2 5 __^ + 2 r- 9 6 7 8 +16 +10 +20 + 3 + 6 +10 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 2 0 + 3 + h + h + k Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis + + k 6 - 1 + 1 r- 5 3 3 8 7 2 + 2 0 + - 2 1 2 1 + 1 0 0 - 2 + 2 r"iT" + h + ij. Minneapolis Kansas City Dalias San Francisco +12 2 6 + U r+ + + + 6 U 9 1 + 7 h 7 + 2 " - 3 - 3 -10 - 1 + h 0 - 1 + 1 + + + + U. S. Total + 2 + 5 + 2 + 1 + h - - + - ^ - 3 5 l 3 1 U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment., 191:7-^9=100 1/ 1956 Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. 29 6 13 20 27 ^ 1955 130 "Oct. 127 13 k 129 Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. 128 1 8 15 22 29 126 125 128 133 126 195L 2 Oct. Oct, 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 110 118 119 123 117 r—Revised. 1/ For description and v.'eekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1952 see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes for the period April 1952 to date may be obtained upon request frcm the Division of Research and Statistics • Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the Federal Reserve Banks•
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