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- — 1 BOARD CF GOVERNORS OFffiEFEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM i FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ! May 10, 1957 ( ,, WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES! AMD AREAS , Percentage change from corresponding period a jfear age y (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan YJeek. ending Mar, Apr, 13 I Apr: 20 | Apr. 27 I May U + 7 - 2 +13 + 3 + 7 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District • Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn Quincy Lowell Cities Springfield Providence New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York~N,E, New Jersey Newark New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster PhiladeL phia Reading Scranton Yililkes-Barre-Hazelton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Iheeling-Steubenville - 1 i-L 0 - 6 +11 +11 +12 + 6 + 9 +11 +11 + 2 - U - 2 - 2 I +2k +SU + 2 - 2 +10 .- 1 - 6 + 8 -11 - 2 ~ 3 — !L 0 — 6 + 1 -15 + 7 -6 +io +12 -20 - 8 -15 + 1 + 2 +11 11 - 1 + 6 N. Y, - 3 N.Y.- ,J.+ U N. J, - 2 N. Y, - 1 - 1 - 1 +16 +2k + 2 -11 - 5 + 2 +iU + 1 r- 1 -12 r~ 6 r- 1 + 9 - 2 +11 + 5 o - 8 - 3 + 6 +a Mass, - 2 + 5 + 9 + 1 - 2 R. I, Del, N, J. Pa. k : i tio + + + + 7 6 it 2 3 9 + 1 + 6 4k2 4}19 +13 + 1 r+ U - 2 +12 r- ,3 r+ 8 +11 - U + 3 + 5 +21 +11 + U A -^27 nlio nfn r+12 -U —6 +2U + 7 +32 +27 +36 - 2 ZJL +10 +13 t £ + — - 1 6 7 U 3 9 8 U +23 + 1 + U -13 - 6 + 9 - 1 -5 +16 + 6 r+10 420 W.Va.&0hio+7 +11 +29 —6 +19 0 +31 - 3 +27 + 2 +21 +20 •25 + l - k • 1 •1k • 6 • 3 + 8 +lit +19 Ky. Ohio Pa. i» - 2 - 2 V i l r+35 2.8 1 H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago 1/ (Based on retail dollar amounts) — Week ending Jan.Apr. 13 1 Apr. 20 | Apr. 271 May k Mar. + 23 +_5 r+19 - 1 iil Federal Reserve District, Areaj and CityRichmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Miami Miami CityAtlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville City Tampa Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior D. C. Md. Va. + + - 1 8 6 3 7 + 7 + 2 +33 +13 +1U +22 +11 +27 + 1 + 7 +25 r+16 IM-13 r- 1 +lk + 5 - l +11 - 5 - 3 r 2 til r+20 r 0 + 8 Ala. Fla. - b - 7 Ga. r 2 rl2 r 10 -7 +1U +26 + 23 + 5 r+25 +32 +19 r+23 r+37 h + 8 r+ U — 8 - 8 +12 -15 + 8 r+28 +17 - 9 + U - 7 + 1 -20 +3 +1U +iU +17 0 +30 +18 +2U +11 +28 La# Tenn. Fla. 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. Ark. %y. Mo. Tenn. Minn. " " - - 3 +15 0 - 1 -13 - 1 + 9 ±13 + 2 +1h 0 - 2 - 1 - 1 + 6 + 9 +10 +19 +15 +17 + U +23 0 +12 +3 -3 +10 +13 + 21 + 6 z A + 9 +10 + 6 + 7 - 7 6 k 3 + -5 + 1 +10 +12 +20 - U +10 +18 + + + 3 9 7 5 + 3 +17 + 8 - 6 ±JL + 1 +20 +_! r+12 0 + 2 - 6 + 1 +10 -lit +20 +22 +18 +7 + 9 + U +13 + 9 + 21 - 6 + 9 +14 + 6 Minn.&Wis.+ 1 H.8b ! Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City- Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita St. Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City ... Oakland Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma Percentage change from corresponding ,y - period a year ago . on retail dollar amounts) .Week ending Mar Apr. 13 I Apr. 20 I Apr. 27 I May h ' r+ 6 8 z l Col. Kans. - h -2 - 2 Mo, -13 N. Mex. -12 Okla. - 7 « + k Mo. Tex. ~5 + 3 - 7 r- 3 +13 —26 - 3 + 3 +llt + 1 +16 + 1 + 3 0 + 3 +32 +10 r-19 + 9 +12 + 1 ~ 7 0 ~h -15 -21 + U !+ 6 -5 + 9 + 1 +17 - 3 0 +11 + 3 + 9 -11 + 6 i+7' | +30 +25 -2 - 2 lA 0 - 3 0 -U - l - h - 1 +15 —18 -5 Ore. : Utah Wash. r~ 1 +20 :+lh + 7 -5 z ± - 2 Calif. + 3 +10 r+11 +13 + 9 + 2 + 9 - 7 - 8 - 2 - 3 -3 - 5 - 2 + 6 +11 +11 + 6 +21 +15 + 2 - 2 + 5 | +16 +Uo -5 + 3 r+_3 * 1 0 , - 9 +15 I a +18 r+10 + 3 + 6 + 7 - 3 +38 -22 + 2 - 7 -11 + 6 4-"2r -11 - 3 - 2 - 2 + h -3 + 9 - 6 : l + 6 — 2 + 21 + 8 + 2 + 1 -kevised. *—Data not available. 1/ During April changes from a year ago reflect in part the fact thatTlast year Easter was on April 1 while this year it was on April 21. For this reason it is estimated that in comparison with last year an allowance should be made for an increase in sales of about 8 per cent for the month of April as a whole. These al-. lowances apply to the figures for the United States.