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F E D E R A L statistical R E S E R V E release FOR M E D I A T E RELEASE January 28, 1966. MieWt : ' s i b i o E ' 'saees - selected, cities. A m areas- , Percentage cha'nge from cpirrespending period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts.) • Week ending.. ,; •, Jan. 221 Jan. 15 1 Jan. 8 I Jan. ,1 Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell . Providence + 9 + 8 +11 +12 +14 - 4 .. ' +14 +33 +21 +46 +25 +34 +29 +36 N.T.N. J. N.J. N.Y-. •. +22 +13 +22 . +12 ., +27 +18 r+25 - 2 r+14 +19 Del. N.J.y « Pa.. +15 +13 + 6 +10 -12 +22 +21 Mass. • <i . New York District Metropolitan Areas New York-N.E. New Jersey Newark New; York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas . Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia. Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus , Springfield Toledo YoungSjtown : Erie Digitized forPittsburgh FRASER Downtown Pittsburgh .i R • !>>• it ii " Ky.: .. Ohio it . it V n ; •I ii Pa. " . - 3 + 1 , T 7" +10 - 7 - 2 :; +19 -17 +17 -41 r+ 1 +15 +18 r+41 + 5 r+31 +23 r+10 r+23 +21 r+28 r+11 r+ 4 +22 + 5 r+ 9 + 4 ,.+10 +24 +26 + 2 ... +15+21. +17 +18 . .. +17. +11 +10 +22 + 2 .+18 + 9.. . fl6. + 4 ' , r+34 r +36 r+30 . ; r+37 +24 r+16 +22 -13 , +26 +13 0 +13. ;; +10 + 2 + 8 +20 +11.: ,: +20 +10 + 1 - 2 . P 4' , r -. 9 -13 -- 3 + 1 , +14, + 3 +22 +23 + 7 +10 +10. -. +: 3 +12 0 +14, r T11 +'-5,' r" 1 •; +29. ' T 8 . - 2 +21 +17 t.;6-. + 5 - 6 +20 . +13 Z + 4 - 1 ?oz_ Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Cont.) Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Richmond District* Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based ph retail dollar amounts) Week ending (Jan; 22 I Jan. 15 [Jan. 8 (Jan. 1 1965 D.C. " • Md. " Va. + 7 . +26 +15 +10 +10 + 2 + 8 +19 +13 +19 + 4 - 1 + 3 + 1 Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile . Jacksonville , Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Cities Miami Downtown Central Atlanta Ala. " Fla. " " Ga. " La. - 3 +12 +15 +12 +11 +15 +22 . +29 + 7 + 4 +14 r+12 +11 r+24 + 4 +35 Fla. Ga. + 9 + 5 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. " Wis. +16 +20 +32 +22 St^Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. - Minn. " " " + 7 +17 Minn.f + 8 Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth-Superior +18 6 6 8 9 +10 + 6 +11 + 6 +26 +10 + 5 +18 + 5 0 + 7 +' 1 + 7 + 2 + 7 + 1 + + + + 2 3 5 5 + 9 +11 + 9 +43.; +43 +18 + 8 +28 + 2 +22 +43 + 9 +15 r+ 7 +16 + 7 +42 +12 -16 + 3 0 +21 +58 +27 +17 +39 +15 +19 +23 +15 +11 +11 +16 + 4 + 4 +19 + 4 + 9 +13 - 1 + 6 - 9 + + + - + 8 + 7 + 4 + 8 7 9 7 3 + 5 + 5 + 3 + + + + + 7 + 9 +10 + 3 +12 - 3 r+ 7 +28 r+12 + 5 + 9 +12 +10 + 6 + 8 +18 +10 + 8 + 6 5 7 1 1 H.8.b - Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Cont.) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan. 22 |Jan. 15 |Jan. 8 |Jan. 1 1965 Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities 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-Everett Spokane Tacoma r--Revised *--Data not available Colo. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mo. 11 " + 4 + 3 + 4 - 1 + 8 + 1 +14 - 3 + 9 - 1 + 6 + 3 + 9 + 4 +27 r- 1 r+ 2 + 3 +11 +11 + 1 +20 +12 + 5 + 8 + 5 + 7 + 4 +26 r+23 +16 +13 +20 +13 +12 - 6 +15 - 1 +17 +15 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 +16 - 4 + 2 +12 + 5 + 8 Mo. -13 r+13 - 4 +21 + 1 +18 + 1 +10 - 3 + 7 +11 +11 - 8 +13 + 7 +15 + 1 +15 +16 +12 + 1 + + + + +10 + 7 +11 +10 +14 + 6 - 4 + 8 r- 1 +12 r- 1 - 5 - 4 +10 + 2 r- 1 r+ 9 + 4 +16 + 9 + 2 + 4 + 8 +10 + 6 - 1 + 9 +11 +12 + 7 + 2 + 2 + 1 +10 + 7 +15 + 3 0 0 -8 + 3 +14 +16 +17 +12 + 4 0 Nebr. " N.Mex. Okla. Tex. " . Calif. * " Ore. Utah Wash. * +15 + 8 +14 +19 +13 + 9 6 2 9 2 + 4 - 5 + 9 0 + 3 + 3 - 3 - 7 + 6 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 6 WEEKLY [DEPARTMENT STORE SALES -- SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS NOTICE OF TERMINATION This is the final H.8.b weekly department store sales report to be issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve "System. During the past few years, national statistical agencies in consultation with representatives from retailing have been working to improve the statistics on retail trade. The Bureau of the Census, which has general responsibility for the retail trade statistics programs of the Federal Government, is broadening its activities in this field and, at the same time, the Federal Reserve is transferring appropriate parts of its retail trade data collection program to that agency. At present, the Bureau of the Census publishes national statistics in a Weekly Retail Sales Report, which includes separate figures for department stores. The Census Bureau also publishes a comprehensive Monthly Report on Retail Trade for the United States, Census regions and divisions, selected states, and major metropolitan areas, containing kind-of-business information. In addition, the Federal Reserve has arranged with the Census Bureau to develop monthly reports of total department store sales, effective with figures for February 1966, for about 200 local areas which will replace and provide the kind of information contained in the Board's report "Monthly Department Store Sales--Selected Cities and Areas. All inquiries concerning the availability of these reports should be addressed to: Mr. Harvey Kailin, Chief, Business Statistics Division, Bureau of the Census, Suitland, Maryland. 20023
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