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BOAhD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H.8b FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 1958* WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STOKE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending 10 mos. Nov. 15 Nov, 22 Nov. 29| Dec. 6 1958 - 1 + 1 + 2 + 7 + 3 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED SPATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield Mass. !t t! If II ft If New York District Metropolitan Areas N. Y. Buffalo New York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y.-N-.J h. J. Newark N. Y. New York ti Rochester n Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton V«ilkes-Barre— Hazleton Del. h. J. Pa. 11 It It It Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Ky. Lexington. Akron Ohio If Canton I t Cincinnati I I Cleveland I t Downtown Cleveland I f Columbus ft Springfield It Youngstown Erie Pa* it Pittsburgh t i Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling-Steubenville W. Va*&Ohio - 1 + 5 - 2 +_R - l + 2 - k +1k + 9 +1U - 6 + 6 - 3 +23 +16 +20 - 2 - 1 - 8 +13 0 +10 -10 + 5 - 5 +2R +19 +22 r- 7 + 1 - 6 +15 - R +27 -13 - 1 + 6 - R + 2 - 6 + 2 - 2 - 1 r+ 1 + 9 h 3 5 l 3 3 -11 - 1 - 5 - 3 - k - 7 - 5 0 - 9 0 - 2 - 3 -1R r+ 3 r+ 3 0 r+ 2 - 5 0 +12 + 9 + R + 3 - 3 0 ti ti + R +19 + 1 0 +11 0 2 + 3 - k +1U + u +16 + R +15 + l - 5 r- 5 - 5 +16 + 7 + 6 - 3 - 6 r+ 5 + 5 +15 + 5 + 2 r+ 1 - 5 +36 +19 +2R +20 +19 0 - 1 2 - 3 r-13 t_k 1 - 7 - 8 - 2 - 3 * + 1 - 8 -12 - 7 + 1 * - 5 + R - 9 - 1 - 1 - R - 6 + 2 + 1 -12 - 5 - 5 - 6 + 3 -10 -18 -lR -1R -11 -1R -1R -11 -20 - 9 -10 - 9 -16 +10 - 6 + 2 + k + .- + 2 -13 - R r- 2 - 5 - 8 - 2 -15 -10 r-15 r- 5 r- 5 + 6 0 - h + + + + + + 8 1 6 5 8 8 0 Page 2 H*8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STCRE SAIE& - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) 10 mos. Week ending 1958 Nov. 15i Nov. 22j Nov. 29l Dec. 6 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 Downtown Miami Atlanta Augusta Columbus New Orleans Knoxville 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 Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superi or D. C. tt Md. It Va. - 1 + 3 - 1 + 3 0 - 3 - 5 - h + + - + 1 - 3 0 - 8 - 8 r+ r+ r A 3 2 6 0 + 3 r 0 0 Ala. It Fla. II ii - 2 + 1 - 1 + 2 - 2 + 3 - 5 + 7 - h 5 2 2 5 6 — + 5 + 5 - 2 - k -h + 6 + 1 - 1 0 - 3 +11 -11 + 9 + 1 +15 lA + 1 0 - 2 3 + 1 +13 - 2 - 7 - 2 - l + 3 +17 + 6 +26 +1U + 2 r 0 h 6 7 3 U 0 r- 1 - 5 + 6 - 1 + 5 * - 3 - 5 - 6 + 2 - 3 +10 - 2 + 6 1 + 3 0 - 3 - 2 - h 0 + 6 -12 - 6 - 9 0 0 + 8 + 3 0 - 3 + 6 z Jl r- 5 + 9 + k - 2 - 1 - 1 -10 + 6 +10 + 2 + 2 - 1 - 9 + 2 - 2 -1U - 5 - 2 + 6 +12 + 8 + 9 - 1 + 7 + 6 + 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 + 7 + 8 + 5 + 6 + 6 r+ 6 + 2 + 1 + U - 2 - 1 - 3 Minn A W is- U + 2 + 5 1 - 3 Ga. it it La. Tenn. 111. Ind. Mich. ii Wis. Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn. tt It - 7 9 5 -10 - 3 - 6 + 6 - U +10 + + +16 + - + Page 3 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) 10 mos. VUeek ending Nov. "IF Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6 1958 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Vvichita Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cxty Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort toorth Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles bestside 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. + 2 + 5 + # + 8 0 +11 + 6 + 6 1 + 6 - 8 -10 + 9 +11 +15 - 6 - 1 0 !f - k 0 Mo. If - Nebr. N. Mex. Okla. IV Mo. Tex, k If + 6 + 5 0 + 2 t - 4 +19 +17 + 5 + 9 r+ 3 + 7 + 2 + 2 - 9 r+ 8 +39 + 2 +19 +11 + 1 + 8 + 3 + 8 + 1 + 2 +15 -12 -13 - 6 - 2 + 1 + _U 0 +28 l - 8 + 2 - k 3 - 4 + 9 + u 0 +11 +10 + 6 1 h + ft r+ 6 8 2 + 5 - 6 - 5 + + + t! If + 7 i + 6 - 7 +11 + + + - 2 + + + k + + h 2 h 6 9 - h + U r+ 5 ~ Ceili f if it it it !! 11 II It Ore, Utah wash. it tt • 1 8 2 + 6 3 0 1 -13 + 3 0 1 0 + 1 1 - + - + n 4 +11 +23 +18 + 6 + 5 + 2 +16 +12 - h +13 + 8 +19 +12 + + 6 + - + h k +11 +20 +16 + 7 r+ 8 0 + 20 + 8 1 + 3 +12 +1U ---Data not available. 6 2 + 7 +12 +10 + 2 0 1 + 8 +12 1 +10 + 6 +1U 6 +19 +11 - 1 1 -10 + 6 + 7 +13 + 3 + + h + 6
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