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FEDERAL .•;o9^»v; statistical f RESERVE release H.8.b FOR:IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 1966. WEEKLYlDEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Areas and Cities .Within Federal Reserve Districts Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell Providence Mass. R.I. New York District Metropolitan Areas New York-N.E. New Jersey Newark • New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre N.Y.N.J. N.J. N.Y. " Del. N.J. Pa. - Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington , Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh JyOhio Pa. Percentage change from1 corresponding period a year ago (Based on.retail dollar amounts) Week ending 1965 Jan. 8 |jan. 1 1Dec. 25 (Dec. 18 - 3 + 1 - 7 +10 - 7 - 2 +19 - 2 0 - 4 - 9 -13 - 3 + 1 +17 +10 +22 +20 +15 +18 +16 -17 +14 -41 + 7 +17 +11 r+ 4 +10 +24 r+26 +21 +13 • +18 +14 +33 - 1 +17 +18 +11 + 2 + 9 + 4 r+15 +21 r+17 r+11 +22 r+18 +16 +14 +18 +23 +24 +10 +16 +10 + 3 +14 +23 r+22 +10 + 7 +13 r+ 3 + 3 r+12 - 7 +14 + 5 - 1 +29 ' - 8 +23 r- 2 + 6 +28 r+ 5 - 2 +13 +20 - 1 + 4 + 7 +26 + 7 +17 +11 0 +16 +13 +14 +10 +11 +13 - 3 + + + - 1 1 2 6 1 4 1 + 5 - 1 + 3 + 6 +14 : , ' + + + + + + 0 7 4 6 1 3 5 + 6 +14. - 3 + 6 + 6 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 9 r+ 3 + 1 +11 - 4 + + + + + 4 2 5 5 3 3 3 + 6 - 1 + 7 +12 + + + + + + + 9 6 8 5 5 5 5 +, 4 + 9 + 2 + 5 + 4 0 + 5 + 8 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 7 - 1 2_c,5- -Z-ACo Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Cont.) Areas and Cities Within • Federal Reserve Districts Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond *•' Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan. 8 |Jan. 1 iEec. 25 |Dec. 18 1965 D.C. " Md. + 7 > 4 + 3 Va. + 3 r+11 + 6 +10 + 5 r+18 Ala. " Fla. +26 4- 9 r+ 7 + 1 11 - 2 +18 +14 +17 . +13 +14 4 :;5 - 5 + 5 - 1 + 1 + 9 - 3 - 4 - 3 + 9 + 4 +14 +13, +14 Atlanta 'District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Cities Miami Downtown ^ Central Atlanta " Ga. " La. +43. +43 +28 r+ 2 +22 +43 Fla. Ga. + 7 +47 r+12 r-16 +11 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee . 111,. Ind. Mich. " Wis. +17 +39 +15 + 6 + 8 +19 +23 +15 +11 +11 +17 +26 +21 +13 +13 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. +19 + 4 + 9. +18 +17 - 1 r+ 6 - 9 +18 r+ 7 r+ 8 + 7 +24 + 5 r+ 4 + .7 Minn. " " " + + + + r+ + + + 7 9 7 3 +15 +15 +13 +14 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 6 +10 +11 +10 ' . .. * St. Louis District . Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls.. and Suburban Minneapolis St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth-Superior Minn.6 8 7 4 8 + 8 >11 +21 +16 . +19 +22 +27 - 2 + 2 - 3 + 8 +14 +13, + 7 + 3 H.S.b . Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Cont.) Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities 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 Seattle-Everett Spokane Tacoma r--Revised *--Data not available Colo. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mo. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan. 8 I Jan. 1 (Dec. 25 |Decv 18 1965 + 1 +20 +12 + 5 + 8 + 7 +16 + 4 +26 +22 +16 +13 +20 r+13 +12 r- 6 r+15 - 1 +17 r+13 + 7 ,» + 3 + 7 0 + 5 - 2 + 9 0 + 7 +,\ Mo. - 5 r+21 - 3 Tex. n +13 + 7 +15 + 1 : +15 +16 +12 + 1 Nebr. N.Mex. Okla. Calif. " Ore. Utah Wash. +10 + 3 + 6 + 8 +12 + 6 - 1 + 9 +12 +12 + 7 .+ 2 + 2 + .1 r+10 + 7 +15 + 3 r 0 0 - 8 + 3 +14 +16 r+17 r+12 + 4 r 0 + 1 + 4 + 7 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 8 - 3 +15 +12 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 +16 - 4 + 2 +12 + 5 + 8~ + 6 ... + 1 +26 +11 +16 - 1 +16 +10 + 4 -12 + + + + +11 - 5 + 6 +18 +15 +10 + 7 + 5 +19 - 4 +10 - 4 + 7 - 7 + 8 + 2 +10 - 3 + 4 - 2 - 7 - 2 + 7 +29 +15 +20 +13 +17 6 2 9 2 + 4 - 5 + 9 0 + 3 + 3 -3 - 7 + 6 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 6
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