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3 % f K.8a • BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 1957. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES .Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a year ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Jan. 1 Four weeks One week ending to ending O c t . 19 Oct. 19 O c t . 19| Oct. 12| O c t . 51 S e p t . 2ti F e d e r a l Reserve District - 5 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland - l - 3 - 6 -10 r- 7 - 4 r- 5 - 7 — 6 + 2 - 1 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis - 6 0 + 3 + 1 + r+ - 1 4 2 1 ( + + + Minneapolis Kansas C i t y Dallas San F r a n c i s c o . U. S . T o t a l -a - 3 - 4 - l - a - 2 - 3 + + - + 3 + 8 - 2 0 + 3 - 1 0 - 1 0 + 3 0 0 + 3 + 3 + 2 0 +5 + + + + 2 1 3 1 + + + + 0 + 2 2 2 3 1 + 2 + 2 - 6 + 1 r+ 2 0 + 3 0 + 8 0 0 - 1 0 0 +5 - 6 1 2 1 1 3 1 3 1 U . S . weekly i n d e x , -without s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 1947-49=100 1 / 1957 Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. 21 28 5 12 19 126 130 127 132 129 1956 Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. 22 29 6 13 20 131 130 127 134 129 1955 S e p t . 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 12] 126 125 126 135 r—Revised. 1/ For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d January 1937 t o March 1952 see F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1952, p p . 359-362. Indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d A p r i l 1952 t o d a t e may be o b t a i n e d upon r e q u e s t from t h e D i v i s i o n of Research and S t a tistics • Weekly indexes a t t h e d i s t r i c t and c i t y l e v e l s a r e p u b l i s h e d by s e v e r a l of t h e F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.
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