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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 23, 1958.

H.8
"WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ,
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One v/eek ending
to
ending
Oct. 18
Oct. 18
Oct. 10| Oct. 11| Oct. Uj Sept. 2?

Federal Reserve
District
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+ 9
+1U
+16
+ 8

—'Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

' | +11
+ 6
0
+ 7

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
U.S. Total

+16
+ 5
- 2
r+ 2

+ 9
+15
+15
- l

0
- 1
- 6
- 6

+
+
+
+

8
8
6
1

+ 1
+ 2
0
- 3

+ 2
r+ 8
+ 2
-+ 2

+ 9
+ 7
+ h
+10

7
2
- 6
- 1

+_Jt
+ 5
0
+ 5

0_
- 1
- 2

-

h

+ l
+ 5
+ 6
0

+
-

1
2
1
1

-

- 1
+ 1
0
0

+
+
+
+

2
5
3
3

+ 7
+12
+20
- 6

3
+3
1
+ 1

+ 6

+

h

+ 7

-

2

I

+J

.JL

U. S . weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 19U7-U9 = 100-/
1958
Sept. 20
Sept. 27
Oct. k
Oct. 11
Oct. 18

•

136
136
1U5
1U7
lUo

1957,
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19

135
139
136
1U2
138

1956
Sept. 22
Sept. 29
Oct. 6
Oct. 13
Oct. 20

lii3
iai
138
1U6
1U0

r—aevised.
1/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1958 se
Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1958, pp. U12-U2L.
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.