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ZlM BOARD O F GOVBBNUBS O F T H E F E D E K T I , RELEASE January 1 8 , 1957 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t * Area, and C i t y Percentage change frcto corresponding-. p e r i o d a y e a r ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) ' Week ending Jan.Dec. 29*1 Jan. 5 I Jan. 12 Dec. 22 Nqvv Boston D i s t r i c t MetropolitanAreas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn Quincy Lowell Cities Springfield Providence +27. ±1 UNITED STATES + 2 Mass# Philadelphia D i s t r i c t " Metropolitan Areas Del. Wilmington N. J . Trenton Pa. Lancaster. • Philadelphia Reading . Scranton Wilkes-Barr e ~ H a z l e t on + 5 + 8 + 6 ** + 6 + 3 +10 + 2 +22 +1h +30 +26 - 6 -lU — 8 - 8 +20 • +30 r-_l +10 + 8 +21 +20 +11 +11 +5 v +16 +32 +33 +21 +25 +31 - 7 r+ 2 - 1 - 5 r-17 r-10 . 0 +12 +1U +23 r+ 2 + 3 +20 +12 +11 +1U +22 +1U +61 +36 r+3U +lU r+ 6 +15 - U r- 1 + 6 r+ 1 r+11 + 8 -27 +1U + 5 +16 - 2 - 1 iii ii§ r - li + 9 Cleveland^ D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas 0 Ky. Lexington Ohio Akron Cincinnati Cleveland + 6 Columbus 0 Springfield 0 Toledo 4. 5 Pa. Erie + 7 Pittsburgh " W h e e l i n g - S t e u b e n v i l l e W.Va.-Ohio + 8 :i ' , - 2 + 1 -10 -13 - 3 + 5 - 3 + 2 -U +17 +U6 + 6 + 3 -10 + 7 - 1 Ll — +36 +19 +77 +95 +29 +101 +59 +13 +13 +1U + 6 + 7 + 9 + 9 New York District ~ Metropolitan Areas N. Y. Buffalo New York-N#E NewJerseyN • Y.-N • J • N. J . - Newark N. Y. New York Rochester Syracuse - 3 - 1 +15 + 2 0 + 6 ' + 5 + l + 3 0 R. I . + 3 r- 1 +12 .+ 7 + 7 + 9 +11 + 2 +1U +22 +15 +16 . . +69 +33 +18 r+62 +18 i r+2lt +19 ; +27 ! r+lU i r+36 i r+28 - 5 - 5 + 6 - 7 + 6 -12 - 7 + k ~ 7 -12 + h + 7 + 5 0 + 2 . +13 0 - 2 - 5 - 1 - 2 - 9 + 3 + 3 +35 Page 2 H. 8b m r . . SUES - SELECTEE CITIES * S D W £ (Continued) Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City Richmond D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas DeCe Washington " _ Downtown Washington " - Baltimore . Mde Downtown Baltimore 11 Richmond ^a# Atlanta D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville • Atlanta Augusta New.Orleans Khoxville Nashville City Tampa Chicago D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee S t . Louis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas L i t t l e Rock Louisville S t . Louis Memphis Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago ( o n r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) "Week ending ' Jan.Dec. 22 I Dec. 2y* | J a n T T Jan. 12" Nov, +27 + 3 +1h +1$ + 8 +27 +10 + 9 +39 +25 +1S -10 +27 r+ S r- 1 r+ U r-17 — 6 +15 +12 +17 + u + h tl +29 + 2 +36 + 2 +25 +ui +26 +33 +38 + 2 -5 r+ U r+11 -1U - 8 + 7 + 7 +23 + U +lh r+37 8 +15 + 5 +15 +15 +U7 +16 +36 +U0 + 6 +13 r+18 r- 8 + 7 + $ + 5 + 6 + 9 +12 +15 + 9 +36 +11 r+13 +31 + 6 lil +2k + 5 + 5 +18 +21 +11 +23 +2U +21 + 6 - 2 + k + k +1 Ala. Fla. Ga. La. Tenn. Fla. 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Minn. Mpls. and Suburbs " S t . Paul " Cities Duluth-Supe rior Minn.&Wis. + + + + + + 6 7 3 1 6 3. 9 + 3 + + + + ^ 6 k + 9 + 6 +10 + 3 +13 +12 +20 +11 +5D tl 0 + 5 -12 ** rzl $ + + 3 U 2 1 - 9 - 9 -11 0 + + + 7 2 7 2 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 3 r- 8 0 + 1 - 7 + h - - U - 5 - 3 . . " 2 "2.1 (p • - ^ , ' H.8b Page 3 WEAKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City Kansas City D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Ysichita St„ Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City Dallas D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio + 2 Ufc +23 Col. Kans • 11 Mo. N. Mex. Okla. + 5 + 8 + 3 0 + k + 5 + k +13 +14 + 9 + 7 +17 +16 +23 +12 +20i +23 Mo. + 1 - 2 Tex. ii " r—Revised. Z-k +2h r+ 8 + 3 r+ 5 -4 - 7 + 2 + 8 - 6 + 3 + 8 +13 +26 I +20 ! +12 - i + 2 -11 + Jt +12 +23 j j_3 0 + + + + + 8 +12 +11 +11 +10 +lf> I +23 ; +20 ! +28 +26 i +11 +11 +10 + 7 -28 0 0 + 3 -5 + 8 " San Francisco D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach C a l i f , " Downtown Los Angele:s West s i d e Los Angel eis " ii Sacramento " San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland City Portland Ore. S a l t Lake City Utah Seattle Yiiash. Spokane Tacoma * Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on r e t a i l dollar amounts) Week;ending Nov. Dec. 22 I1 Dec. 29* I Jan. 5 1 Jan. 12 ' 1 5 6 5. 0 +9 +18 t l .0 + + + + + h i 7 6 3 3 0 + 1 + b + 3 + k r+2£ +16 +13 +12 +16 +19 +1U +15 +10 + 8 +lh +18 +17 +15 +12 j r- 5 ! ' • + 20 1 r+18 +13 r+28 r+2U] r+35! + 81 +43! +271 +17 ! . +35 r • - 1 - 7 + 2 -12 ** 0 o +5 - 1 - 1 - u + 6 + 7 + 2 - U + 4 + h- 6 + 2 + k + + + + + 0 1 2 ; 7 6 5 7 - 9 + h + 2 - 6 -11 **—Data not available-. This year there was one shopping day before Christmas, wliile l a s t year there was none.
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