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I iff?! F E D E R A L statistical R E S E R V E release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 1961. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from dorrespending period a year ago . Federal Reserve District, Week ending |J anuary-May June 241 July ll Julv 8iJulv IS 1 1961 =_1 + 6 ±JL Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield Mass, 11 11 11 New York District Metropolitan Areas N.Y. Buffalo New York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y.-N.J. N.J. Newark N.Y. New York Rochester 11 Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh FRASER Wheeling Digitized for + 2 ±A + 5 0 +12 - 1 + 1 + 4 - 2 - 2 +13 -3 - 3 - 3 + 2 " " " Pa. W.Va. + 6 +10 -1 +14 +20 + 1 - 8 + 3 +19 -17 +12 r+ 8 +14 . + 4 +27 +16 +14 - 5 ; + 3 - 3 + 6 + 8 ±-2 -0 ±Jt. +J 0 0 - 6 -1 - 1 - 1 + 4 + 4 -.4 + 1 - 2 . 4 1 1 7 3 5" - 2 Ky. . Ohio ±10 0 + 6 - 5 ±Jk Del. N.J. Pa. 11 + 8 ±Jk + + 4 7 8 6 5 9 1 0 + 3 .-12 - 5 - 1 - 6 -- 5 + 4 0 - 4 + 6 - 1 - 3 0 + + +10 9 + 4 2 7 : r- 5 2 r- 1 0 - 2 + 2 - 5 +_1 0 - 4 + 7 0 + 3 + 2 + 1 r+ 1 0 .+ 5 + 3 . r+ 1 + 7 - 9 - 7 r+ 3 + 8 -6 +22 • - 4 - 7 - 2 dU -17 + 4 -1 + 2 + 6 - 2 + 1 + 2 +13 - 1 + 6 - 5 -13 -4 +23 -27 +34 + 7 \ +30 + 6 - 1 r- 2 - 1 r- 8 - 8 + 6 + 6 + 4 0 +10 +11 r-14 - 7 + 4 -11 + 3 r- 3 r- 8 - 3 -20 0 + 2 - 3 +12 + 2 -13 - 6 + 1 =_1 -16 -23 -17 +11 + 3 - 1 + 3 + 5 + + + + 3 5 1 3 0 +14 H»8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) J anuary-May Week ending 1961 • Jund 24fJuly l) July 8j July 15 " Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District• 1'ktropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington' Baltimore Downtown* Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas . Birmingham Mobile r Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta . , Augusta . Columbus, ] New Orleans Cities Miami-Doimtown Central Atlanta Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago- . "I'rtdianapolis • Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee St, Louis district Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville •St. Louis.Memphis D.C. ... lid. ;va. , A'la. : r -10 - 2 ±A' - 6 - 7 i + 5 La. Fla. Ga, 8 - ] •'.* ,0 - 8 . -10 • " " Ga. HI. Ind. Mich, Wis 4 - 2• + 9 - 6 ' r+ 3 • •- 2 • + 9 +10 - 5 + 1 .-1 . 3 + + + - 8 2 5 1 4 6 7 2 4 0 - 2 - 1 Fla. +11 - 7 - 6 + 1 -20 + 1 0 - 2 - 7 - 6 -4 • - Ark. Mo. Tenn. + - ±_2 o +1 . +4 : + 3 . ,.-.+ 5 + 6 -20 . - 1 .- 7 __Q + 2 + + - + 2 - .2 - 3 - 8 - 5 + 4 + 5 . -.6 . *; 1 0 +-5 -10 - 2 + 4 -5 5 l 3 6 3 2 9 6 8 ±_i ; + 4 - 2 0 0 + 1 ±_1 + - 3 3 3 5 + 2 0 -13 . . o . -4 -15 + 6 + 4 - 9 + 6 + 8 - 3 0 r-11 r+ 4 -16 + 9 - 3 - 8 -13 r+ 1 -26 •: - 6 - 9 + 1 - 5/ . - 5 - 0 z_Z : Minneapolis District" ; Metropolitan Areas vMpls.—St, Paul' Minn. ; MpiSi and Suburbs Minneapolis" St. Paul . "• Cities .Duluth-Superidr-'i ;.'.M: u & Wis, + + + + - V+ 2 -. 3 -9 = ±_8 .. + 5 - 2 + 5 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 -14 - 1 -20 +39 - 1 ' •- 3 -11 . - a + 4 -11 +11 +1 -9 r+J + 5 rf 5 •0 + 5 .r+ 7 -1 ,: • - 2 r+' 3 . • - 7 0; •:+ 2 + 3 -11 + 5; '•'+ 3 //ft H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) January-Hay 1 Week ending 1961 (June 241 July 11 July 81 July 15 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Wcstside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised. + 4 ±2 ±_2 +2 + 2 0 - 3 - 3 +14 +12 +26 -22 -3 + 4 - 1 Mo.-Kans. Mo. " Nebr. 11 . N.Mex. Okla. " + 6 + 3 - 4 + 1 - 3 +6 +17 +22 +15 - 8 - 3 +10 - 9 0 +23 +24 +19 -18 - 4 r+10 +17 - 1 + 7 + 5 r+ 5 r+23 +23 +20 Mo. - 9 Col. Kans. 11 - 5 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 5 - 3 - 2 + 8 +20 +25 -13 -13 -13 - 1 +10 0 1 Z_1 =_Z + 2 t_2 + 1 ±_1 Tex. " " " " - 1 .6 . 4 +2 +3 + 8 - 7 - 7 - 9 + 3 - 3 + 4 Calif. " " " " " " " 1" Ore. Utah Wash. " " - 3 - 8 - 3 + 7 +8 +1 - 2 +7 + 4 +1 - 2 0 0 0 - 2 + 3 + 1 - 1 - 1 + -1 +_5 r+S r- 2 + 5 + 9 +13 ,+ 4 +21 +11 +10 + 7 +17 + 7 + 5 + 7 + 9 +17 - 5 - 7 0 + 2 - 1 + 4 +22 + 5 + 2 0 + 1 +13 + 2 +12 0 +58 + 2 °*Not available. - 5 + 4 + 1 - 6 + 4 - 4 0 +13 -10 r+ 3 +14 +11 + 2 + 1 + 1 +14 - 1 + 2 - 1 +14 - 4 - 1 + 1 + 8 +16 + 7 + 9 + 4 + 3 - 9 + 9 - 6
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