THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1986
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Graph 1: Value Indexes of Total Retail Sales
Value Index
Value index
200
200
190
$190
180
180
170
170
160
160
150
150
140
140
130
130
120
120
Value index
110
Seasonally adjusted value index
Trend
110
0
0
Mar
Jun
Sep
83
Mar Dec
84
Jun
Sep Dac
Mar Jun
85
Sep
Dec
Mar
Jun
86
Graph 2: Volume Indexes of Total Retail Sales
Volume index
180
170
Volume index
Seasonally adjusted volume index
160
Trend
150
140
130
120
110
100
90
Volume Index
180
170
160
-150
-140
130
- 120
110
100
90
0
Mar 83
Jun
Sep
Dec Mar Jun
Sep
Dec
84
Mar 85
Jun
Sep
Dec
Mar
Jun
06
Notes (1) Monthy average of 1980 = 100.
(2) The seasonally adjusted value and volume indexes and Henderson trends are compiled using
theX-11 variant seasonal adjustment program of the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
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