Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : November 16, 1961

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 16, 1961
WEEKLY ^DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
Nov. Ill Nov. 4| Oct. 281 Oct. 21
Nov. 11
Nov. 11

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
+
+

9
4
7
4

r+
+
+
+

4
2
3
5

+ 6

0
- 1
- 3

+15
+ 9
+ 9
+ 5

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+ 3

- 1
+ 5
+ 3

r+
r+
+

2
5
2
5

+
+
+
+

1
1
2
3

+
+
+
-

+ 2

+ 1
0
+ 1
0

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+
+
+
+

4
4
8
2

+11
- 5
+ 4
r+ 7

+
+
+
+

1
1
5
5

-11
- 8
- 3
+ 2

0
- 2
+ 3
+ 4

+
+
+
+

+ 4

+ 3

+ 2

+ 4

+ 3

+ 2

U.S. Total

+
+
+
+

4
8
2
1

4
4
4
3

+ 3
+ l

+
+
+
-

!

;

+ 3

5
2
1
1

1
3
1
2

U.S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment. 1947-49=100 1/
1961
Oct. 14
Oct. 21
Oct. 28
Nov. 4
Nov. 11

152
154
169

1260
Oct.
"Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
Nov.

15
22
29
5
12

156
157
149
149
163

1252

Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
Nov.

17
24
31
7
14

161
151
145
155
167

r—Revised
if For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1958
see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1958, pp. 412-421.
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.