Graph 1: Value Indexes of Total Retail Sales
Value index
Value index
130
130
120
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Value Index
Seasonally adjusted value index
Trend
110
100
MA
90
120
110
100
90
0
Sep 84
Dec Mar Jun
Sep
Dec Mar Jun
85
Sep 86
Dec Mar
Jun
87
Volume index
Graph 2: Volume Indexes of Total Retail Sales
130
Volume index
Seasonally adjusted volume index
Trend
120
110
100
A
90
0
Volume index
130
Sep 84
Dec
Mar Jun
Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun
85
86
87
Notes: (1) Monthly average of Oct 84 Sept 85 = 100
(2) The seasonally adjusted value and volume indexes and Henderson trends are complied using
the X-11 varlant seasonal adjustment program of the US Bureau of the Census.
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120
110
100
90