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. :o°2£°^V. F E D E R A L statistical R E S E R V E relt FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 13, 1963 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago(Based on retail- dollar amounts) 7 mos. Week ending ' 1963 Sept. 71 Aug. 311 Aug. 241 Aug. 17 • Federal Reserve District Area, and City UNITED :STATES d-2. Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge ; Quincy Lowell Mass. u " . 11 " New York District Metropolitan Area?- N.Y. N.Y." N . J . N.J. Buffalo New York-N.E..New Jersey Newark New York Rochester Syracuse N;Y. • 1! Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster : Philadelphia Reading : Scranton Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas ' Lexington • Akron ' • Canton • Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown -Cleveland Columbus • Springfield - Toledo • Yourigstown : Erie • Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling Del. N.J. Pa. ii " . « " • Ky. ' Ohio ii 11 " -" ii " ' - " Pa. " - • W.Va. ::±JL + 4 ±11 +_1 + 8 + 5 +11 • + 1 +11 + 9 + 4 ' 0 + .8 + 5 + 2 - 9 + 2 +10 ±11 + + + + + - + 9 + 8 +10 + 6 - 1 + 3 +10 + 9 +10. . + 3 + 8 + 3 ±J ±11 + 8 + 8 + 5 + 5 2 + 8 + 2 +24 + 9 +15 + 1 +15 r+13 +21 + 7 + 6 + 1 + 7 + 8 " +15 + 8 + 4 + 1 +12 . +11 r+ 4 0 0 -9 - 7 " -19 +23 + 6 - 1 +11 + 2 + 8 3 1 5 4 4 1. +13 + 6 + 2 - 4 +18 + 5 + 3 r- 7 + 7 +21 r 0 +20 + 8 +12 +J +13 -16 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 7 - 2 + 3 + 5 + 2 0 - 1 +28 + 6 + 3 +12 +22 + 9 +12 + 8 + 7 +13 + 7 + 7 + 2 + 5 + 3 - l + 3 + 3 O +15 + 6 +8 ±15" • + 4. +_§ r+24 + 5 . + 4 +13 .+ 2 +15 + 4 r+17 +20 + 9 + 1 -4:.: + 9 + 3 +19 - - 2 r+20 + 7 +10 +14 + 2 .- 1 +10 + 7 + 6 + 4 r+ 6 + 4 + + + + + 8 4 5 1 8 2 + 3 + + + + + 3 1 2 1 1 6 +_1 + 4 + 3 + 2 0 0 - 4 + 5 + 4 + 2 - 3 0 + 1 - 2 + 1 H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Area, and City '+ + + ; 5 r+2 1 +_2 i P i Richmond District -Metropolitan Areas . Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtoim Baltimore Richmond i Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Bassed-on retail dollar amounts) 1 7 mos. . . Week ending 1963; Sent* Federal Reserve District +_j + 4 U r+ 7 r- 7 +13 +10 - 2 +10 + 6 + 5 + 5 - 8 + + 9 + 1 + 5 0 + 2 ±1 +11 j_2 ±10 -20 + 8 +18 +15 +21 + 7 " +11 + 5 r-14 - 1 +18 r+13 +16 r+14 + 6 + 4 -ii - 3 +24 -- + 9 +26 + 8 - 3 + 4 - 9 + 4 . +19 +13 +23 +13 + 5 + 6 Fla. Ga. - 4 + 2 - 4 + 6 - 5 + 1 - 2 + 6 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee +_8 r+12 +13 +13 " m.. Ind,. Mich. » Wis. +11 + 1 + 8 +16 + 7 +12 + 3 +15 + 4 +12 +15 + 7 +18. + + + 7 : +14 + + 8- • + + + 9 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis - 2 + 1 +10 + 1. Ark, Ky. Mo; Terin, + + - - 2 + 4 0 + 1 +11 r+l6 r+10 + 5 + 2 r+10'; 2 0 +13 r+12 r+11 , + 3 +14 +10 + 7 +21 r+12 + 8 + 5 r+24. r+11 + 5 ' + 1 r+27 . + 3 + 6 Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami . Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta WeT-j Orleans Cities Miami Downtown Central Atlanta Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul M p l s a n d Suburban Minneapolis St* Raul & Suburban . Cities Duluth Superior D.C. Md. Va. Ala. Fla. " " Gal " La. 6 8 2 1 1 * . 1 1 4 4 r+ 4 Minn, « ' " n + + + 4 2 4 9 . Minn«&Wis,. + 3 * + 8 + 9 + 1 • + + - 5 2 ' 5;-~ 4' 1 + 7 ±1 - 3 + 3 +13 + 9 . + 8 + 6 +.4 + 9 . - 5 + l + 4 5 4 5 1 1 + 4 + + + + 8 3 3 4 * - 2 * • icw7 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) Week ending 7 mos„ Sept. 71 Aug. 311 Aug« 241Aug. 17 1963 Federal Reserve District Area, and CityKansas 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 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 Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised + 7 + 7 +i + 4 + 5 r+15 - 8 -20 + 2 - 9 Mo.-Kans,, - 6 " + 5 Mo. + 2 - 9 -14 -14 Nebr. r+10 - 4. + 4 r+10 N.Mex. +12 +13 Okla, - 4 - 2 -16 r- 3 +12 - 6 + 7 + 6 + 7 -10 +14 - 6 + 1 + 2 - 3 -16 0 + 2 + 4 + 2 - 1 + 5 - 2 + 1 + 7 - 5 - l + 4 + 3 + 8 + 4 + 5 =_J Col, Kans. Mo. Tex. " ii Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. 11 + 6 + 4 +14 + 7 + 6 -13 +19 + 8 - 5 + 3 . 0 - 1 + 3 + 4 + 4 - 2 +13 + 2 + 2 0 - 1 + 5 + 6 + + + + 3 5 4 6 + 3 0 5 + 5 + + - 1 5 2 6 + r+J + 6 +_Z ±_2 ±_i + 6 - 3 + 1 + 3 -13 + 8 + 1 0 0 - 1 + 3 - 9 + 8 + 5 +10 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 8 + 2 + 2 + 5 + 5 +11 - 9 + 5 - l +10 - 5. + 2 + 6 r+ 4 + 8 - 1 + 2 + 7 + 8 + 2 - 5 +13 +20 + i + 3 -2 +10 - 1 + 9 + 1 + 3 + 2 - 4 + 2 - 7 + 9 0 + 8 - 2 + 2 + 6 + 5 + 6 - 1 - 2 + 5 + 4 + 3 - 8 0 - 2 *Not available 1
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