Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : October 3, 1963

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FEDERAL

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE /.V
October 3, 1963
The seasonally adjusted index of department store
""sales for September is estimated at 119 per cent of the 1957-59
average. This is 6 points below the all-time high reached in
: August, and.up two points from the 117 recorded a year ago.
1
1963
1962
Monthly sales index 1957-59=100 bept. mig. July
Septr
:
|
Adjusted for seasonal variation ell9
125
120
117
Without seasonal adjustment
ell8 113 100
117
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H.8a
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WEEKLY /DEPARTMENT STORS-SALESPercentage change from corresponding perToSs-^a year ago
District

Four weeks
One week ending
ending
Sept. 28
281
Sent.
211
Sent.
141
Sept.
7
Sent.

Boston
Mew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
+
+
+

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+ 1
+13
- 1
+ 2

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+
-

U.S. Total

7
9
8
2

+ 2
+ 1
+ 1
0

+15
+12
+ 7
+ 7

+
+
+
+

+
+
+
+

2
9
8
1

+ 3
+10
+ 4
- 1

+
+
+
+

4
9
5
3

+ 3
0

+2

+
+
+
+

5
4
6
4

+4

+ 4

+10
+13
+11
r- 2

7
1
2
7

3
2
3
2

4
3
0
+ 3

+ 3

+ 2

+ 8

+ 3

+
+
+
+

-

i
i

7
7
4
3

U.S. weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment, 1957-59=100
1962 Sept. 1 116
31 126
1961 Sept.
7 108
Sept. 8 105
oept.
14 122
Sept.
Sept. 15 113
oept. 22 117
Sept.
21 119
Sept. 29 116
Sept.
28 119

1963 Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.

+ 5
+ 5
0
+ 2

+ 2
+ 5
- 1
+
3

0
7
1
3
0
+ 2
+ 5
+ 7

r
r+
-

Jan. 1
to
Sent.28

l/
2
9
16
23
30

111
93
108
111
113

e— •Estimated
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.