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*4i;8b BOAhB OF GOVhRNUKS OF 1HL FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ' FOR IMMEDIATE REiEASE July 7,- 1958. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CllTIES AND AREAS change from corresponding period a. year ago . (Based or retail dollar amounts) Week ending June ,7 I June 11+ | June 21 I June 25 Federal Reserve. District, ' Area, and City ~~rj- United states Boston District .MetropolitanAreas Boston Downtown BostonSuburban BostonCambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield -12 Mass, -5 New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo N. Y. New York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y.-N.J. N. J. Newark N. Y. New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas •Wilmington Del. Trenton . N, J. Lancaster . '. Pa. Philadelphia ". Reading "• Scranton "' Vi/ilkes-Barre—Hazleton " Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Ky. Akron • Ohio Canton '» Cincinnati " Cleveland " Downtown Cleveland . " Columbus " Springfield " 11 Youngs town z" Erie Pa. Pittsburgh " Downtown Pittsburgh " "Wheeling-Steubenville VV.Va^Ohio ~ET •t 1 - 3 + 2 + 3 - 6 - h - 9 -16 - 8 -23 -16 -28 +10 +25 +13 -13 -12 +10 + 1 r :( -16 - 9 r- 2 -15 - 3 - 2 - 5 -18 =17 r-10 r- 6 -19 -1? r-lU -18 - k - 2 + 2 - 2 - 3 + 3 - 3 0 - 2 -Ik zJi - 3 + 2 +19 - 6 - 2 + 2 - 7 - 9 -17 -17 -22 - 8 -lit -19 r 9 -19 -27 -lb -10 -10 -16 - 2 -17 -15 - 1 -11 -18 - h -15 -17 - 9 - 7 H.8b Page: 2 rz.%* U WEEKLY DEPAR1MENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES MtD AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) » keek ending 5 mos, 1956 June 7 1 June 1U ! | June 21 | June 28 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Downtown Miami Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville City Tampa Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids .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-Sup erior + 3 r-li-i zJ. 7 3 1 2 2 r-lU r-15 -13 -1U -20 - 2 - 4 - 2 - 1 -10 + 6 + 2 + 2 0 La. Tenn. 0 -k - 2 + 7 - 2 0 r+ 5 r+ 1 - h - 1 ' +12 - 8 - 7 + 2 -5 - 6 - 6 - 1 — 8 - 8 - 2 - U +1U + 2 - 7 - 5 -11 - 8 + 9 r+l£ -+l£ r- U r- 1 - 1 + 6 - 2 - 2 + 2 - 3 - 7 + 5 -15 + U -19 Fla. +17 +16 +2h zS - - 3 - 9 -11 - 7 - 3 k Z± D. C. Md. Va. Ala. Fla. " " Ga. " 111. Ind. Mich. wis. + + + + - - 3 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. * - 2 -3 - 7 - 8 - 6 0 - 5 - 3 - 7 8 5 6 U 3 + + + - +27 +16 h - 2 -IS -6 - 5 -10 - 5 - 9 - U - k - 8 + 3 - k - 1 -12 —18 -20 -1U -16 - 3 - 3 -12 - 6 - 3 + 5 lii - 6 0 - 6 - 1 +11 r- 3 - 9 -19 - 8 -17 - 5 - 5 - k - 9 r± — 6 - h - h - l 2_2 - 3 - 3 Minn. - 3 - u. 0 - 3 - 1 - 7 - 3 - 3 - Minn.&Vtis. - - 8 - 6 h: h -9 * * k - 1 — - 7 - 2 5% 3 t) H.8b WEEKLY DEPAR1MENT STORE SALES - "SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending 5 mos, 1#8 June 7 | June 1U | June 21 | June 20 ' Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City St. Joseph 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 Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego 1 San Francis co-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Taccma r—Revised. : - 1 + _3 0 + 1 .+ 1 - 3 - 1 -3 + h - 2 + 7 + 2 + 1 < - 2 - u - 2 + 2 +13 +23 - 2 + 2 - 5 - 6 -10 + U - 6 +12 + 3 + 7 - 2 - 6 +16 + 7 +15 + 5 - 7 - 7 -3 - 6 +10 + 2 +12 - 6 + u + 3 -lit -18 - 2 - 6 -3 +10 - 7 - 6 + 3 - - 2 r- 1 0 Col. Karxs . Mo. N. Mex. Okla. Mo. - 2 Tex. ii " + + + 2 1 1 9 1 - 2 +A tl - 6 +15 + 9 + 9 - 6 + 1 - 8 +10 -10 - 8 h - 1 - - h- 6 7 2 5 8 • Calif. it ii " Ore. Utah Wash. - 2 - 8 - 2 +11. - 7 0 - 2 -11* - 6 - 3 - 2+ 2 - 5 - 3 -1U - 6 -17 -S:- - 3 - 3 -13 + 7 + 1 -12 - 2 + 1 - 1 -10 + 1 . - 8 - 3 + h 4-1 - 2 - 1 + 2 - 2 + 1 . r+ 1 •fcData not available. - u -3 - 6 - 8 - 2 + 2 + 2 - 6 0 - 1 - 8 + 6 - 8 - 2 -17 ; +10 -10 0 0 + 2 . -12 + 5 + 5 + 5 - 5 - 8