Value index
130
120
110
100
90
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Graph 1: Value Indexes of Total Retail Sales
Value index
Seasonally adjusted value index Trend
TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1987
Value index
130
120
110
100
90
0
Sep
84
Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun 85
Sep 86
Dec Mar
Jun
87
Graph 2: Volume Indexes of Total Retail Sales
Volume index
Volume index
130
130
Volume index
Seasonally adjusted volume index
Trend
120
110
100
90
120
110
100
90
0
Sep 84
Dec
Mar Jun
Sep Dec Mar Jun
85
Sep
Dec Mar
Jun
86
87
Notes: (1) Monthly average of Oct. 84 Sept. 85 = 100
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(2) The seasonally adjusted value and volume indexes and Henderson trends are compiled using
the X-11 variant seasonal adjustment program of the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
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