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f FEDERAL RESERVE statistica H.8b ' JEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve District, Area, and City FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 1962 SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week endine 2 mos Apr. 7* I Mar. 311Mar. 24jMar. 17 1962 + 6 - 2 . ±_1 ±&2 - 8 - 2 ±22 ±_i UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Mass. +24 " Downtown Boston +20 ii Suburban Boston ' +30 " Cambridge +13 " Quincy +18 Lowell -12 City Springfield +11 New York District +22 Metropolitan Areas N.Y. Buffalo +16 New York-N.E.New Jersey, M.Y.-N.J. +24 N.J. Newark +28 New York N.Y/ +18 " Rochester + 5 Syracuse ' +20 " Philadelphia District ±22 Metropolitan Areas Del. Wilmington +36 N.J. Trenton +14 Pa. Lancaster +31 " Philadelphia +19 " Reading +38 " Scranton +17 VJilkes-Barre—Hazleton" +33 Cleveland District ±26 Metropolitan Areas Ky. +28 Lexington Ohio +12 Akron Canton +35 Cincinnati +36 +10 Cleveland Downtown Cleveland " - 6 Columbus +39 +16 Springfield +41 Toledo +10 Youngstown Pa. +24 Erie Pittsburgh +35 Downtown Pittsburgh" +33 M.Va.. +42 Wheeling -13 -16 - 9 + 2 -13 r+ 1 - 5 0 + + 6 8 3 9 5 6 -8 __o . -.10 + 3 - 3 + 6 -11 - 3 r+_6 - 1 0 - 3 0 • . - 6 +15 . r+ 5 - 5 + 6 + 8 + 1 r-24 - 7 - 4 + 3 - 8 + 7 - 3 + 7 -18 - 9 - 4 - 7 0 + 4 -12 -12 + 4 0 + 9 + 8 0 + 1 - 6 zJi + 5 +J - 4 - 6 + 2 -13 + a ~ i + + + + + + 6 9 4 7 5 4 ±_2 -16 -12 - 8 - 4 -18 r-13 -14 - 6 - 1 - 5 -13 - 9 - 4 - 1 -4 -11 +19 + 9 . - 4 - 9 -19 r- 7 + 6 r- 9 +11 r- 6 -13 . - 4 +12 + 3 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 6 + 7 -12 - i. - 6 - 9 - 8 - 6 - 9 =JL ±3 - 3 - 6 - 8 - 7 - 9 -13 0 -10 0 - 9 - 2 -11' -12 -10 +13 +19 + 3 + 8 + 2 - 7 + 6 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 9 + 4 - 3 + 4 (3/1 H,8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES Aim AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) 2 mos Week ending Apr. 7* (Mar. 31 IKar. 241 Mar. 17 1962 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District . • Metropolitan Areas D.C. Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Md. ' Downtown Baltimore Richmond Va. Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile ' Jacksonville Miami • Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Cities Hiami-Downtown Central Atlanta Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis +22 r ~. 4 +19 r+13 r+31 +17 +14 - - 2 3 5 4 8 - 1 - 6 - 8 -13 +15 0 jgJ 'zJL + 8 -12 -12 - 4. -13 - 4 + 6 + 5 +12 + 3 + 3 ±J ±_8 La. - 6 +11 +13 - l +18 +21 +45 +24 -24 - 3 -10 r+10 .0 r- 2 - 8 -22 -11 + 2 -12 +16 + 8 + 3 - 5 - 9 -10 0 - 1 +10 + 6 + 7 + 9 +11 + 4 + 8 .+ 2 + 8 +22 +12 + 5 + 2 Fla. Ga. - 7 +18 r+15 - 1 +11 + 3 + 2 + 9 + 3 +10 Ala. Fla. " " Ga. " . +27 ±_6. + 4 j_l + 3 +28 +21 +37 0 + 9 + 1 + 4 0 + + + - 4 3 2 3 + 6 + 4 + 1 -11 + + + + 4 - 2 + 1 -13 - 8 + 5 + 1 - 7 0 - 5 - 3 +13 + 5 + 5 -12 - 1 -12 -13 -16 . -10 - 1 0 - 2 - 4 - 4 +18 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tehn. ; Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Minn. " Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis " 11 St. Paul & Suburban Cities puluth-Superior Minn .& Wis. Page 2 + 1 +25 +18 +19 -19 - 9 0 - 5. + 9. ±22 +22 +21 +15 +24 - 6 - 4 - 3 -10 • - +15 - 9 - 1 4 4 7 2 1 5 9 6 f3i% H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SEU3CTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas Citv District Metropolitan Areas Col. Denver Topeka Kans. " Wichita Kansas City Mo.-Kans Downtown Kansas City Mo. St. Joseph " Lincoln Nebr. Omaha " Albuquerque M.Mex. • Oklahoma City Oklahoma Tulsa " City Mo. Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas 51 Paso Fort Worth Houston San antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. Downtown Los Angeles' " Westside Los Angeles " Sacramento " San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco " Oakland " San Jose Ore. Portland Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash. Spokane Takoma r—Revised, Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending 2 mos • Apr. 7:;:IMar. 311 Mar. 241 liar. 17 1962 iJ> ±2J +14 +19 + 3 +13 +13 +22 +14 . +18 +15 + 3 + 3 +13 ±_2 r-11 - 9 - 9 - 3 - 7 +17 + 1 r- 9 -10 - 5 -11 - 1 + 2 + 1 + 5 - 7 +15 . + 5 + 3 - 9 +42 +13 + 4 /-ll + 5 + 6 + 6 -15 -10 - 9 -11 -25 + 1 + 1 - 4 - 1 + 2 - 2 - 5 - 2 - 4 +22 + 4 + 2 +24 - 5 - 1 + 8 - 4 - 3 " -18 +11 ' - 4 + 6 0 +11 +12 + 7 +13 Tex. 11 9 Page 3 +17 + 6 +19 +28 +20 + 8 + 2 - 7 - 7 - 3 -17 r+16 ^ r- 8 +20 + 7 +71 +13 +15 +16 +13 +19 + 4 + 3 +27 +23 +20 +24 - 9 -16 - 2 - 6 - 2 -11 -10 - 9 - 8 - 9 +13 - 1 - 7 -10 + + + 1 9 1 7 3 +.2 ±-2 +10 - 1 -10 - 1 - 1 r+ 6 + 3 + 3 r+ 1 r- 2 + 1 + 8 +15 + 5 + 9 + 3 - 3 + 3 +10 0 +11 + 8 +22 - 3 + 8 + 6 +20 - 3 +21 + 8 + 3 + 6 +18 +25 + 8 + 5 + 6 +17 + 6 + 7 +13 +13 + 9 **Not available. * Interpretation of the weekly percentage changes during the Easter season is affected by the shifting date of the holiday (this year, April 22 and last year, April 2). Adjustment factors have been developed for this calendar irregularity. For the week ending April 7. the factor is +15; this yields an"adjusted" yearto year change for the United States of + 7 per cent. ~
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