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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H.8a FOR M E D I A T E RELEASE September 19* 1957• WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Percentage change froci corresponding period a year ago ased on retail dollar amounts) Jan. 1 Four weeks One week ending to ending Sept. 14 Sept. lit Sept. 141 Sept. 7 T A u g • 311 Aug. 24 Federal Reserve .District Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland -10 - 4 - 6 - 2 + rr- 3 5 3 2 - 2 +10 +15 + 5 - 3 + 2 + 1 - + + - 5 3 1 1 0 + 4 + 2 - 1 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St e Louis - 6 - 8 + 5 + rr+ r- 1 2 3 2 +10 0 + 5 - i + 2 0 + 3 - 1 + 1 - 2 +. 4 0 + + 1 + 3 0 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco + + + + 3 7 5 3 - 1 0 - 4 - 2 + 8 + 1 + 6 0 + + + + 6 1 1 2 + + 2 + 2 + 1 0 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 2 k U e S. Total h k h + + + + 1 3 1 3 1 + 2 U. S . weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 19U7-49=100 1/ 1957 Aug. 17 Aug,»24 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept.lU .114 121 13 U 113 130 1956 Aug. 18 Aug. 25 Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 111 120 128 112 130 1955 ~~ Aug;. 20 Aug 27 Sept. 3 Sept 10 Sept. 17 106 111 125 108 125 r—Revised. 1/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1952 see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes for the period April 1952 to date may be obtained upon request from the Division of Research and Statistics. Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the Federal Reserve Banks.
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