Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : September 21, 1961

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FEDERAL
statistical

RESERVE

release

H.

FOR I K i E D I r J E M S m s B
September 21, 19ol.

Federal deserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(Based 1
on retall dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week "ending
ending
to
5 eot, 161Sept.91Sept. 2|Au&2
Seot. 16
Sept. 16

Boston
Mew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
-

4
6
3
7

+
-

3
5
7
2

+
+
+
+

3
4
2
3

+18
+ 5
+ 4
+ 2

+
-

7
1
1
1

+ 5
+ 1
0
- 1

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

- 6
+ 4
0
- 3

r+
r-

4
9
2
3

+
+
+
+

2
5
2
3

+
+
+
+

- 1
+ 5
+ 2
0

+ 1
+ 1
0
- 1

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

- 3
+ 6
- 6
+13

r+ 8
+"1
- 8
r+ 4

+ 1
+ 4
+16
r+ 4

+ 3
+12
+12
- 1

+
+
+
+

2
6
4
4

+ 1
+ 4
0
+ 2

0

- 1

+ 5

+ 6

+ 2

+ 1

U. S. Total

2
2
8
2 1

weekly index, without seasonal adjustment. 1947-49=100 l/
1961
Aug. 19
Aug. 26
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
Sept. 16

142
152
15A
129
150

1260
Aug. 20
- Aug. 27
Sept. 3
Sent. 10
Sept. 17

139
144
147
130
150

19SQ
Aug. 22
Aug. 29
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19

132
139
148
133
158

r—nevised.
1/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1958
see Federal Reserve bulletin for April 1958, pp. 412-421.
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve banks".