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BOARD OF GOVERN CBS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FCR MEDIATE RELEASE April 19, 1957 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SAIES - SELECTED CITIES ANb AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago -y , (Based on r e t a i l dollar amounts) Jan.Week ending Feb. Mar. 23 1 Mar. 30 1 Apr. 6 1i Apr. 13 Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City BITED STATES ZJl- • ±JL Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtoxtn Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Iynn Quincy Lowell Cities Springfield Providence + a +27 + 2 0 + 7 + 9 + 6 + 2 -2 — -19 +Jt + 7 +28 +19 +52 +it5 +30 +it6 +50 -19 -20 -17 - + it! -10 -26; —26 + 1 + 2 - 3 r it r.20 - 1 +18 +11 +11 ? +12 + 6 + 9 +11 +11 + 5 - 2 + 9 +it8 -20 r30 +15 +17 + 7 .- 6 New York District +_7 Metropolitan Areas Buffalo N. 1* + 1 New York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y.-N.J.+ 8 Newark N. J« +.. 1 New York . N, Y. + h Rochester + 2 Syracuse + 1 +15 - 7 + 8 +10 - 7 +22 +18 +12 - U - 6 -lit - 6 - 7 -10 - 6 - 8 +12 +lit r+ it -7 r- U - 8 +16 +23 + 2 - 6 - 6 Philadelphia D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton Cleveland D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Lexington . Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Whealin g-S+.eubenville Mass* R. i ; Del. N. J. Pa. t! " II Ky. Ohio + 1 + 7 + + + 6 2 1 1 9 0 + 1 + 3 +2U r 5 +10 + 8. -16 -11 + 3 - 3 + 6 - 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 -12 ^ 1 Pa. - 1 " + 2 W .Va«&0hio+10 - 5 -lit -21 >16 - 1 - 9 -15 - 5 -12 j - it I ' +lk : - 3 + i 1 -19 ~ n '.-\9 -|6 -13 -20 —lit -|9 -33 -11 -lit + i 7 ! o . +18 +11 +16 i431 +15 r+22 +21 - 3 - 3 . +23 - 6 +2it + 7 +32 +27 +5o +13 - 2 +18 0 + 5 +10 +iit - 3 + 6 + 8 +23 + 8 +23 + 1 + it -13 -5 + 9 0 - it - 2 +11 Page 2 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federai Reserve D i s t r i c t , Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington D. C» Dovmtcwn Washington Baltimore Md. Downtown Baltimore Richmond Va. Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville City Tampa Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee S t . Louis District Metropolitan.Areas L i t t l e Rock Louisville S t . Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls• and Suburbs S t . Paul Cities Duluth-Superior Ala* Fla. Ga. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on r e t a i l dollar amounts) Jan*— Week ending « Feb, Mar. 23 I Mar. 30 1 Apr. 6 1! Apr. 13 ±Jt rJL - 7 +12 + 5 - u +iit + 3 - 6 - 2 -12 - 5 -17 + 1 -13 -16 + 1 - 3 - it + 2 r- 3 r+31 r+13 +10 + 7 + 3 +31 +12 +1U + 1 - 1 - 8 ±A +17 - 1 0 3 7 2 1 -13 -15 + 1 - 8 - 3 -10 -11 -13 -21 -it -17 -20 ^-22 -lit + + r+ r+ 1 2 6 8 6 it ±iT +lit +11; +28 +18 La, Tenn. + + Fla. + 3 + 5 - 5 + 3 + 3 - 2 ±1 + 8 + + + + 3 5 it 3 + 7 + 6 - 6 - 2 -it + 2 - 3 + + + - + 6 + 9 +10 +19 0 0 -10 +10 +9 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. - 1 - 2 0 + 2 -11 -11 + 3 + 6 -22 -16 - 6 -lit + 3 + 7 +lit + 7 + 5 + l +10 +12 t± - 1 +_5 0 + 1 Minn. + 3 + 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 - 3 0 -8 • 1 +10 -lit Minn.&Vtis.+3 +13 + 6 +35 — 6 HI. Ind. Mich. Wis. +9 - 9 *19 0 8 8 3 5 +2k +28 +15 zr?o H.8b USEEKLT DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita S t . Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio San Francisco D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles~Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma Percentage change from corresponding period a yekr ago (Based on r e t a i l dollar amounts) =/ Jan Week ending Feb* Mar, 23 I Mar® 30 | Apr. 6 1 Apr. 13 0 Col. Kans. " u -13! 7 •. -16 -17 -IP - 1 + 1 + k Mo. -10 No Hex, - U Okla. - k +10 -10 -a + 8 +30 -25 -U +13 Mo. -10 -li -33 -5 -11 1 -15 -11 0 - 2 i 5 3 2 3 *• 6 -17 -5 + 3 +2U -U -3 Tex. + + + - Calif. + + + + + + + 2 Ore. Utah Wash* k 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 -5 + k 0 - 2 0 - 9 + 7 , - 1 + 8 w- 9 +12 +11 -10 + 2 + 3 +10 +15 +13 + 9 + 2 + 9 r+ 2 - 1 - 3 + 9 317 - 2 + 1 -21 -11 -20 -22 — 6 0 +11 - 1 - 2 +11 + 3 + 9 -11 + 6 +1h + 4 +11 +13 +10 + 7 + 7 +10 +10 + 6 +9U +10 0 + 9 + 7 - 1 +15 -18 -2 + 6 +11 +11 + 7 *21 +15 + 2 - 2 + 5 - 7 - 6 - 8 - 8 -11 -3 -12 -15 — 6 -5 -li -5 + l + 1 . -11 •0.1 -10 -23 -10 -20 -2i -19 -4 -12 -10 -4 -19 / r—Kevisedo *—Data not ava: m e . " 1 / During March and April changes frcm a year ago r e f l e c t i part the f a c t that l a s t year Easter was on April 1 while t h i s year i t w i l l be on Apr i l 21. For t h i s reason i t i s estimated that i n comparison with l a s t year an allow* ce should be made for a decrease in sales of about 8 per cent for the month of March a s a whole and a corresponding increase for the month of April* These allowancies apply t o the figures for the United States*
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