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/6C>3 H.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, i 9 6 0 , WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES w SELECTED CITIES "AND AREAS' Percentage change from corresponding period a ye&r ago(Based on retail dollar amounts)Jan*-Sept,J • Week ending bet. l!Oct. 81 Oct. IS! Oct. 22- • I960 + 4 + 2 r- 4 ± 2 , Federal Reserve District,. Area, and City. UNITED STATES ±A .... Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy . Lowell City Springfield New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N„E. New Jersey Newark New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton• Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazletoh Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling for FRASER Digitized Mass • ±-2 + 8 + 4 +12 +14 +10 + 9 +14 . -16 " + " + 5 + 9 - 1 11 " 3 - 2 + 4 N.Y. N.Y.-N.J. N.J. N.Y. 11 Del.' N.J. Pa. + + + + - 6 7 7 8 4 6 0 + 2 9 +12 +12 3 6 1 2 5 1 ' + 6 ••+13 + 7 +10 - 1 -10 +14 +11 +14 + 9 + 6 ±.2 ±A ±.2 + + + + + + " ±1 + + 6 + 1 2 + 5 + 4 0 + 2 0 ' 0 :+ 6 r +13 - 2 + 8 + 7 +15 +24 - 2 +10 - 8 - 5 + 5 ±_Z Ky. ! Ohio 11 i + + . t •' + + Pa. W.Va. 2 6 1 1 3 0 3 6 0 2 - 3 + 5 + 3 0 1 - i ..+ 2 + 8 0 - 8 .+ •1. +»'9 +60 +22 - + % 2 . . + 2 - 1 +31 - 8 - 8 - - 7 2 -8 r- 7 -19 • sl! rr- 7 1 8 3 6 5 -10 - 5 r+ 1 r- 6 - 5 - 9 - 5 0 0 + i + 7 + 2 -13 +28 0 + 5 - 2 -12 - 4 + 3 - 1/ - 3 ; , 1 ' - 8 + 5 -1 -10 zJ. - l +15 + 2 + - 7 1 7 7 8 r+12 +19 r- 2 + 4 + 2 +14 . - 9 : - 7 -12 • - 9 + 1 + 5 +10 - 1 - 6. : .. 0 -10 - 7 .. -11 • • - 2 -16 - 7 ; +12 - 3 -16 - 4 : + 4 - 7 + 8 -13 + 4 -15 - 7 .. +14 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND-AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-Sept., Week ending I960 Oct. 1|Oct. 8!Oct. 151 Oct. 22 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 - Tampa-St . Petersburg Atlanta Augusta • Columbus New Orleans Knoxville Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta 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 M p l s . — S t . Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior ±_S +14 r- 4 + 2 - 4 +11 + 9 +12 + 8 +19 r-10 r-14 + 3 -3 + 5 +15 +10 +_2 ti' ±i 0 + 3 + + + + + o- B.C. Md. - 6 - ] - 6 Va. - 5 Ala. Fla. +12 7 2 2 7 4 + 2 +22 La. Tenn. .0 + l + 7 + 2 - 3 +32 Fla. Ga. -11 Ga. + 3 - 3 -3 -16 +21 + 3 Ind. Mich. Wis. + 5 +13 +12 -7 r+ 3 - 4 Ky. + 8 + 1 - 2 - 9 -10 +23 -15 +17 -16 r- 5 -12 - 3 -17 r-13 Minn. & Wis. + 3 + 5 - l - 2 - 9 +10 - 5 ±A -12 -11 - 4 +11 r+ 6 + 9 - 3 + 9 -11 -12 + 3 -15 + 2 0 + 5 r -5 - 2 -10 - 6 - 1 -17 + 2 + 2 XI + 1 ± 2 ±-1 Minn. y r- 9 +14 r- 5 + 3 __0 Ark. + 7 - 9 + 4 + 2 +19 + 9 + 7 + 1 r+14 0 0 + 5 - 1 + 4 Mo. Tenn. + 2 -10 + 2 - 2 - 9 r+_l -10 -11 __0 111. __0 -14 - 6 + 7 - 9 z_£ +16 - 5 - 4 - 7 +16 +17 +14 -14 +14 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) Jan.-Sept, Week ending I960 Oct. 1 1 Oct. 81 Oct. 151 Oct. 22 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St, Joseph Lincoln 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 San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised. Col. Kans. " Mo,-Kans, Mo. " Nebr. N.Mex. Okla. __o ZJL Z-Z ±_1 +14 + 2 0 -14 + 2 -7 -15 -10 +15 + 5 +18 +14 - 1 +12 +11 + 7 -2 - 5 + 5 . -16 + 3 - 3 +13 - 5 -18 - 5 - 4 +29 0 -11 - 6 - 9 - 4 -7 -14 r+14 +51 -3 +26 -10 - 8 - 4 Mo. - 9 -13 -13 r+10 ±A zll =U m Tex. + 2 + 7 - 4 0 - 3 - 9 +10 +14 +12 - 9 -14 - 9 - 2 -26 - 6 -22 -11 -28 - 9 + 9 -26 0 +39 +20 +_Z r+ 6 - 2 0 -13 0 Calif. " " " " " Ore. Utah Wash. " + + + + 1 3 2. 4 8 4 0 + 2 + 8 - 2 + 1 - 4 0 - 4 -15 r-6 - 2 -5 - 1 - 1 + 1 - 2 - 5 . 0 0 + 7 -18 - 4 - 5 *Not available. -3 -11 0 .- 1 0 -11 -19 + 1 -13 - 6 +13 -12 -37 + 2 - 3 - 7 -11 + 1 +17 -5 + 1 + 9 + 2 + 9 +13. . . - 2 +11 +11 +19 + 7 +10 + 1 - 4 +11 + 8 +10 +13 +34 +11 - 2 +10 +19 - 2 -7 +14 +56 - 6 -7
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