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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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