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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1986
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Graph 1: Value Indexes of Total Retail Sales
Value index
Value index
200
190
180
170
160
150
140
200
190
180
Ар
170
160
-150
-140
130
120
Value index
110
130
1
120
Seasonally adjusted value index Trend
110
0
Mar 83
Sep Jun
Dec Mar Jun Sep
84
Dec
Mar 85
Jun Sep
Dac
Mar
Jun
86
Graph 2: Volume Indexes of Total Retail Sales
Volume index
Volume index
1180
180
170
Volume index
170
Seasonally adjusted volume index
160-
Trend
-160
150
-150
140
-140
130
-130
120
120
110
100
ته
110
100
90
90
0
0
Mar
Jun Sep Dec
Mar
Jun Sep
83
84
Dec Mar
85
Jun
Sep
Dec
Mar
Jun
88
Notes: (1) Monthy average of 1980 = 100.
(2) The seasonally adjusted value and volume indexes and Henderson trends are compiled using
theX-11 variani seasonal adjustment program of the U.S. Bureau of the Census.