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@H<8b BOARD OF GOVEiiLNOliS OF THb FEDERAL RESEtiVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 1959. ' " WEEKLY DEPAR1MENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CHIES AND AREAS - .Percentage change from corresponding . period a year ago , (Based on retail dollar amounts)=/ Jan-Feb Week ending Mar. 14I Mar. 21j Mar. 2ti| April 4 1959 +16 + 9 =11 til 1±- ' Federal Reserve District, • • Area-, and City • ! UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy • Lowell,. City Springfield -10 ±29 + 8 + 5 - 3 +22 +10 +23 0 * ... - 9 -13 + 2 + 3 + 3 -13 +24 +16 +39 +15 +22 +40 + 7 - 3 +26 " + 2 +39 +10 +13 -11 +33 +18 - 6 zl +16 r+ 3 ^18 - 6 - 7 - 7 -10 + 1 -11 + 7 +18 +18 +10 +13 +10 +1U r+ 2 - 5 r- 1 r+11 - 1 -18 -19 -29 -17 -12 -12 lA ±35 ±1 Mass. ii ii " New York District *1 Metropolitan Areas + 5 N. Y. Buffalo New York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y.-N.J. .+ 6 + 8 N.J. Newark + 2 N. Y. New York +11 Rochester + k Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster 'Philadelphia j Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton +11 Del. ' +16 N. J. . + 7 Pa. : +36 ii +10 ii +16 t l6 ii + k Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Ky. Lexington Ohio : Canton ii Cincinnati ii Cleveland ii Downtown Cleveland i i Columbus ii . Springfield ii ' Youngstown .Pa. ; Erie i i Pittsburgh " Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling-SteubenVille 1. Va Ohio ' tl +1U + 6 + 5 + k +11 +10 + l +10 + 6 +12 -17 -17 -17 -16 -18 -45 -21. • +Ji + 9 - 3 +50 + k +•12 -lit -16 +65 +58 +61 +29 +57 +58 +30 + + rr+ + + • + + 7 +15 r+16 ...riU +19 +25 +20 +21 +13 "+21 +40 +23 +21 + 7 + 3 +20 -19 -26 +16 + 6 +16 + 2 - 2 ' • +5 + 2 +16 +10 + 5 + 5 +10 +20 +20 . +18 +1U. +10 + 7 +21 + I* r+20 r+19 r+17 +23 3 7 3 4 2 5 3 -27 -19 -23 -20 -2k -31 -29 . -lit - -18 -19 -30 + .1 -2h -11 - 8 -lit Page 2 ' ti.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SAILS - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) \ Federal Reserve District, Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts)— Jan-Fe't Week ending Mar. 141 Mar. 211 Mar. 28| April k 1959 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 DistrictsMetropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis • Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul - Cities Duluth-Superior D. C. Md. Va. Ala. Fla. Ga. 11 " La. Tenn. HOU +10 +37 +15 +lh + 7 +13 + 6 + 7 +11 +1U +11 + 5 • -17 +12 + k +35 +21 +52 +30 +18 +10 +23 r+13 + 7 -12 + 6 +22 -17 -20 -21 -23 -17 -12 +12 +12 +16 + 6 + 1 + 9 +20 + 5 + 7 +1U + h +18 +12 + 9 + 7 - 2 +16 - 3 + 2 . + 6 0 +29 +11 + ii. 0 +13 +33 + 3 +lh +11 +lii - 2 +30 +2ii +20 r+17 +59 +29 + 25 r+27 -16 -23 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 -17 -18 -28 -15 + 7 m +10 +16 zJ +10 +22 +2k +18 + 9 - 8 - 1 - 6 -10 + 5 + 3 + 9 +11 + 5 + h + 6 + 1 +39 + U +iu + k +16 +12 +1U +10 + 8 +18 +15 +20 -12 +10 + 8 + 7 +16 +20 +38 r+13 +19 +21 +21 +1U + 7 +22 +2k +15 +31 -13 -18 -10 -11 +_£ + 9 +ia +12 -17 + 5 + k + 7 + 9 + 8 +10 -X + 9 +12 + 8 +23 -18 -19 -lk Minn A W is. + 7 +1U +22 +16 - 9 111. Ind. Mich. " Wis. Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn. -* ; b90' H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago , ,(Based on retail dollar amounts)Jan-Feb Week ending 1959 Mar. 141 Mar. 21| Mar. 2ti| April 4 -10 +17. r+lb +19 +11 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 City Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma Page 3 Col. Kans. Mo. " +11 + 5 + 7 +13 * " + 8 Nebr. +13 BL Mex. . +16 Okla. +15 +10 Mo. Tex. " 11 11 " Calif. ii " " 1 1 Ore. Utah Wash. » " +19 +19 —-+18 +21 + 9 +17 + 9 +24 +32 +27 ; +13 +13 +21 +23 + 8 +19 r+ 6 +25 +23 +26 +23 +21 +13 +20 0 +23 +10 .+29 - 6 +15 . - 6 -10 -13 - 7 -lit -24 - U -12 - 7 -16 + 5 + 7 + 7 - 3 -19 . +10 +12 +12 +24 * -11 + 8 +11 +11 +11 +12 +26 + 8 +23 - 8 +29 +21 + 9 +22 +13 -18 " +19 +27 +25 +32 +31 ilk +18 +17 +26 zl +15 .+ h +11 +26 +1U +10 +10 - 1 +25 +13 +23 +11 + 1 +11 +24 +1U +19 +30. +21 +15 +1U + 8 +26 f 8 +16 + h + 3 +1U +15 r+ 8 +1U + 25 +25 r+17 +1U + 9 r+38 +12 +18 +1h +20 +19 +27 +18 +17 +38 +32 +26 +25 +18 +38 +14 +31 +18 +17 +32 - 7 -20 - h + 8 + 2 -18 -18 -22 + 6 +1h -17 -14 - 8 -10 -16 - 9 -18 . * -17 r—Revised. *Data not available. 1/ During March and April changes from a year ago reflect in part the fact that last year Easter was on April 6 while this year it was on March 29. For this reason it is estimated that in comparison with last year an allowance should be made for an increase in sales of about 2 per cent for the month of March as a whole and a corresponding decrease for the month of April. These allowances apply to the figures for the United States.
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