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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 12, 1963
WEEKLY {DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Federal Reserve
District
Percentage change from corresponding periods a year ago
I Four weeks
ending
Sept. 71Aug. 31|Aug. 241 Aug. 17I Sept. 7
One week ending
Jan. 1
to
Sept. 7
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
+
+
+
2
5
1
3
+10
+11
r+ 4
r+13
+11
+ 8
0
• +15
+11
+ 9
0
+ 6
+
+
+
+
8
8
1
9
+
+
+
5
5
1
2
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
+
+
+
-
2
9
8
2
H- 7
r+11
r+12
+ 1
+ 5
+ 9
+13
+10
+ 4
+10
+13
+ 1
+ 5
+10
+11
+ 3
+
+
+
+
4
9
5
3
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
+ 5
- 3
0
+ 2
r+13
+ 7
- 1
is- 6
r+12
+ 7
+ 3
+ 7
r+11
+ 4
+ 4
+ 3
+10
+ 4
+ 2
+ 5
+
+
+
+
6
5
6
4
+ 3
+ 9
+ 9
+ 7
+ 7
+ 3
U.S. Total
U.S. weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment, 1957-59=100 l/
1963
Aug.
Aug.
- Aug.
Aug.
Sept.
10
17
24
31
7
106
113
117
rl27
108
1962
Aug. 11 100
Aug. 18 106
Aug. 25 107
Sept. 1 116
8 105
Sept.
1961
Aug. 12
94
Aug. 19 103
Aug. 26 110
Sept. 2 111
Sept. 9 93
r—Revised
l/ 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.
@FedFRASER