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F statistical E D E R A L R E S E R V E release H.8b FOR ..IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 3, 1964 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Ba$sed on retail dollar amounts) „ / Week ending 10 mosV Dec<28 -•'iDec. 211 Dec. 141 Dec. ' 1963 7 Federal Reserve District Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell 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 Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland. Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling . ±24 Del. N.J. Pa. Ky. Ohio i i " " " Pa. " i i Jf.Va. + 7 + 7 + 6 0 + 1 + 7 + 3 + 1 + 6 1 • 4 +10 + 7 +16 +16 +10 +15 + + + + + - + 8 + 6 +11 + 4 +29 +32 - 1 +10 + 4 + 9 0 r- 3 +11 + 6 + 3 + 2 r+ 9 + 5 +17 • +11 + 9 + 7 + 9 +10 + 8 + 2 + 8 - 1 +44 +32 +32 +26 +29 +32 +32 r+22 + 8 r+11 + 6 +15 + 6 + 4 +13 + 2 ,, + 8 - 1 + 8 + 6 + 7 +20 +15 +20 + 4 +22 +11 +13 + + + + + + +34 " +30 . +26 +34 +26 +24 +34 . +28 NoY. N •Ye N.J• N.J. N.Y. ±_2 .+32 Mass. r+ 6 ' '+30 r+_5 +11 +21 + 2 +31 +30 +39 +31 +39 +18 +32 +56 +37 +39 +27 +24 +15 +24 - 4 . 2 - 5 + 7 - 6 -16 + 2 + 6 0 - 2 -13 + 5 + 2 - 4 +12 +20 +40 + 4 +44 +21 +19 +19 +21 +22 +11 +18 +11 +22 + + + + + + + + + + + - +30 +30 ' +31 +36 + 8 : +j9 t i r + 4 . r+15 + 4 + 6 r+ 7 +21 r+ 6 + 8 +15 + 8 + 8 +26 + 9 + 6 + 4 ' +11 + + + + + 4 1 7 4 2 6 9 5 3 1 7 2 3 4 2 2 3 2 6 5 4 2 2 3 4 5 6 2 1 1 2 2 2 I ( & C) a H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago. (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Dec. 28=/IDec. 21 (Dec. 14IDec. "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-Jt. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Cities Miami Downtown Central Atlanta +3& D.C. Md. Va. Fla. Ga. La. +10 + 5 0 + 9 + 9 +31 +24 + 8 +16 + 3 + 5 +10 +12 + 9 - • 0 +26 + 9 +13 +14 - 3 + 5 +36 +34 ' ^ ;, +36 +33 + 6 +17 + 6 2 +10 • + 5 +12 + 6 2 + 1 +18 + 6 + 6 +12 + 3 + 7 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock" Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. 111. Ind. Mich. +46 +10 +40 +21 + 2- r+ 3 +22 Fla. Ga. Wis. + 6 r+ 6 r+ 4 +10 + 9- r+45 Ala. Chic aero District . Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis . Detroit. Grand Rapids Milwaukee Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls« and Suburban Minneapolis St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth Superior + 7 +40 +31 r+J +2 •410 +45 + 3 - 2 4 6 0 + 9 + 4 +16 + 1 + 6 + 3 +2 '±2 +± + 7 0 + 2 +29 +37 +36 1131 +30 +37 +34 +10 Minn. & Wis* 3 5 8 3 :i r+ 9 + 2 r+41 Minn. +10 +10 + 4 +41 +37 +34 +49 +10 + 9 + 9, + 7 + 4 + 2 - 1 +41 r+ r+ r+ r+ .0 + 5. + 6 +15 + 6 :ii + 8 + 8 +9 !(o£> I H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding : period a year ago Federal Reserve District Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Cmaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City 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 Rattle Spokane Tacoma 10 mos. rnding ^illeek c Dec.28=4Dec. 2 [Dec. 141 Dec. 7 11 ' 1961" ±22 Col. Kans, Mo,-Kans> Mo. " Nebr. 1 1 <f j N.Mex, Okla. Mo. +40 +29 +34 +37 +10 + 5 + 2 + 6 - 2 - 4 r+ 6 r+ 6 + 3 + 6 + 4 +27 r+13 +23 +35 +31 +34 +25 +36 +26 r+4l Tex. " " +_£ +35 +35 +52 +38 " " " +36 +30 +24 +45 +39 +36 +27 +32 Ore. Utah Wash. " +37 +28 +35 +17 +19 +30 + JL- + + + - + 2 + 8 0 . 0 - 6 - 7 + 1 + 4 + 2 - 6 + 2 9 5 1 7 4 0 + 5 + 8 +13 - 3 0 + + + -+ + + + + 6 3 1 5 4 3 " 3 3 8 3 2 0 -14 + 2 ±3 +_8 +J> +_3 +10 - 2 +11 + 3 + 9 +10 + 2 + 2 + 7 +12 - 7 + + + + r+3 Calif. ±1 + 4 -5 - 2 +13 - 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 + 4 0 + 2 - 6 - 3 - 3 + 6 ±9.' +10 0 + 5 +18 r+ 6 r+10 r+ 8 + 5 +12 + 8 + 6 - 2 + 4 + 4 ; ±A + 2 - 8 - 1 +13 - 7 + 7 + 6 - 3 +11 + 4 + 6 - 5 -4 - 3 3 1 5 4 +J + + + + + 6 - 1 - 2 + + + + - 5 3 3 8 1 1 r—Revised * Not available 1/ The large percentage changes shown for this week are due mainly to the fact that Christmas this year fell on Wednesday, giving the week two pre-Christmas shopping days compared with one in the corresponding week last year. ' 7 2 2 6 4 . "
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