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H.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ••February 3,. 1961,... . IVEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS i Area, and City• UNITED STATES 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—Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akro.n Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie. ••• Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling ±_2 Mass. 11 + '•+ 2 + 5 + 6 - 2 - 2 " Ky. Ohio " " Pa," W.Va. -_ai +14 =12 ±_2 -11 - 9 -14 -19 -17 ' -19 +14 +12 . +17 + 7 +12 + 5 -19 -20 -15 -10 -20 -19 +11 + 6 +20 +14 +16 + 3 + 4 - 7 ±_3 =12 +17 r-20 + 1 =10 m r=li - 9 -14 -16 -18 -11 ' -18 +17 +12 + 6 + 7 +11 + 9 - 2 r-18 r-20 r-15 - 4 r- 6 . -12 -11 -19 - 8 - 3 - 9 __o =10 + 8 -=22 -16 0 4 3 1 1 2 1 - 1 '- 8 -10 -11 -13 -22 -14 -11 + 5 + 8 +10 - 3 + 8 +16 r-19 -23 -33 -27 -24 r-25 -25 + 2 .=11 ± 6 - 4 0 - 2 + 1 f 1 - 3 + 2 - 7 -17 -20 ' -19 - 8 . -15 -20 4 - 3 - 9 0 - 2 +12 + 5 0 r+ 4 - 5 0 -3 + 3 + 1 0 -26 -19 - 9 -12 + 7 r- 8 r+ 2 +11 + 9 + 2 N.Y. N.Y.-N,,J. N.J. N.Y. Del. M.J. Pa. 3 i Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago. (Based on retail dollar amounts) Year I960 Jan. 7*1 Jan. 14 1f Jan. 21 |Jan. 28 =11 =_2 =_i ±_1 ±_Z Federal Reserve District, + + + + + + + - l 4 2 1 4 0 __o ; - 8 +10 - 4 - 5 /.+ 4 - 2 + 1 - 5 . ** - 6 + 9 - 2 - 4 -14 : . -14 -14 +12 -18 . -18 -18 -20 : " -14 -36 + 3 -14 - 7 ' -15 • -19 - -10 + 4 - 4 . -22 - 8 -22 -24 -32 .m H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Year I960 |Jan. 7* 1J an. 141 Jan* 211 Jan. 28 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 Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma ±JL r-_4 ±12 r+11 __o + 3 0 " -13 Mo.-Kans . + 2 Mo. - 1 - 2 + 9 Nebr. N.Mex. - 3 Okla. - 1 -3 r- 2 - 5 -17 - 9 -13 - 2 +10 -21 - 9 + 6 r+18 +13 + 2 + 7 +11 +12 r+ 7 +15 + 3 +10 + 8 +22 r+34 + 8 - 4 + 6 +14 - 5 - 9 -17 - 8 + 6 + 1 -17 -10 -14 - 7 + 7 -14 Col. Kans. - 9 Tex* Calif. Ore* Utah Wash. " +37 - 4 + 1 - 5 + 9 - 2 -11 ±_1 0 ±1] + 1 -11 - 5 0 - 3 -10 -22 - 9 -11 -10 + 2 0 - 2 + 6 +11 + 1 -15 + 3 + 3 + 6 -23 -13 -26 - 6 +13 __o =15 •+-5 + + + + + + + - -19 -25 -15 - 5 - 4 -10 -12 - 5 - 4 - 7 - 5 -34 - 9 - 9 r+ + r + i 3 l 4 8 3 1 5 7 2 2 4 1 4 3 7 0 2 r+ 6 r+ 4 + 1 r+13 + 4 +14 + 5 +18 + 7 r- 3 - 3 - 5 - 3 +10 - 2 - 1 - 6 + 9 + 6 +44 0 - 1 + 6 + 4 - 8 -20 - 2 + 6 + 1 - 2 - 4 + 4 - 4 -10 + 2 - 5 - 2 - 6 **Not available. r—Revised. *—New Year's Day this year occurred in the week ending January 7 whereas last year it was in the week ending January 2, I960. The week of January 7, 1961, therefore, had one less trading day than the corresponding week last year.
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