Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : September 20, 1962

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September 20, 1962

H.8a
WEEKLY/ DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding periods a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
|
One week ending
to
ending
Sept. 15
! Sept. 151 Sept. 8jSept.l|Aug. 25 Sept. 15
-5
-1
-2
- 9

+
+
+
+

3
8
7
1

+
+
+
+

4
4
5
3

- 2
3
- 4
-5

+
+
+
+

5
4
5
3

+
+
+
+

4
6
6
5

+ 6
+5
- 1
+2

r-1
-2
- 4
+4

+
+
+
+

3
2
5
5

+
+
. +
+

2
3
7
6

+5

-3

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

|
|
!
i

+ 4
+8
+2
+ 3

+8
+19
+19
r+12

+ 4
+9
r+9
+2

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

'

+ 4
0
+ 4
0

+17
r+ 8
+15
r+14

+ 4
+ 5
+7
+7

+ 2
-2
+14
+11

+4
+9
+13
r+ 5

+ 6

+13

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
U. S. Total

.

+ 5

+ 5

U. S. weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment, 1967-59= 100 l/
1962
Aug, 18
AUg. 25
Sept. . 1
Sept. 8
Sept. 15-

106
107
116
105
114

1961
Aug. 19
Aug. 26
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
Sept. 16

I960
103
110
111
93
108

20
27
Sept. 3
Sept. 10
Sept. 17

AUg.
AUg.

100
104
106
94
109

r—Revised
l/ Monthly and weekly indexes of department store sales have been revised. For
description of revision of monthly indexes see Federal Reserve Bulletin for July
1962. For description of revision of weekly indexes see Bulletin for August 1962.
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of
the Federal Reserve Banks.