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F E D E R A L statistical H.8b R E S E R V E release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 1962 WEEKLY, DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Mass. 11 Downtown Boston " Suburban Boston " Cambridge Quincy " " Lowell City Springfield New York District Metropolitan Areas N.Y. Buffalo New York-N.E.New Jersey, N.Y.-N.J. N.J. Newark N.Y. New York " Rochester Syracuse " Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Del. N.J. Trenton Lancaster Pa. 11 Philadelphia Reading " Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton " Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Ohio Canton Cincinnati » Cleveland " Downtown Cleveland 1 1 Columbus n Springfield " Toledo " Youngstown Fa. Erie " Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh 11 W.Va. Wheeling for FRASER Digitized Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) 2 mos. Week endine 1962 Apr. 14*1 Apr. 7lMar. IllMar. 24 ±18 ±_1 ±£ ±22 +28 +22 - 6 - 8 - 3 + 9 • - 5 + 6 + 4 0 + 9 + 8 0 + 1 +31 +25 +38 +22 +20 +14 +24 +20 +30 +18 +1S -12 -13 -16 - 9 + 2 -13 + 1 +26 +24 +11 +22 - 5 0 - 8 __o + .5 + 8 -10 + 3 - 3 + 6 -11 - 3 +_6 - 1 0 - 3 0 - 6 +15 + + + + + + + 5 - 5 + 6 + 8 + 1 -24 - 7 + 3 - 8 + 7 - 3 . + 7 -18 - 9 - 4 +28 x+17 ' +24 +25 +17 +28 +18 +21 +18 . + 5 +10 ' +20 ±22 +41 +41 +27 +38 + 7 +31 +29 ±12 r+38 +14 +31 r+20 . +38 +17 +33 +26 +13 +15 +22 +37 +14 - 6 0 +13 +30 +22 +14 +15 + 7 +15 +28 +12 +35 +36 +10 - 6 +39 +16 +41 +10 +24 +35 +33 +42 . zJt -16 .8 -18 -14 - 5 -13 r- 5 r- 7 +19 - 9 -19 r+ 5 +11 -13 6 9 4 7 5 4 •LI -12 • - .4 -13 - 6 - 1 -9 - 1 . - 4 + 9 - 4 . - 7 . - 9 - 6 - 4 +12 + 3 + 6 + 7 . + 8. + 6 + 7 • +J +13 +19 + 3 + 8 + 2 -7 + 6 4-2 + 2 + 4 + 9 , + 4 - 3 + 4 • H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City- Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond D.C. " Md. Va. Page 2 Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending 2 mos Apr. 14*!Apr. 7'Mar. '311Mar. 24 1962 +21 r+22 +18 +14 +29 +14 + 8 r+17 r+11 +31 +17 +14 +21 ±12 - 6 +11 +13 r- 2 +18 r+22 +45 +24 ±_8 - 1 - 6 - 8 -13 +15 + 6 + 5 +12 + 3 + 3 zJL —0 ±_8 -24 - 3 -10 +10 0 - 2 - 8 -22 -11 + 2 -12 +16 + 8 + 3 - 5 - 9 + 4 + 8 + 2 + 8 +22 +12 + 5 + 2 - 2 3 5 4 8 Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Cities' Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta La. +18 +22 +13 +24 +20 +30 +17 +16 Fla. Ga. +19 +24 r- 8 +18 +15 - 1 +11 + 3 + 3 +10 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee ±12 ±22 i_6 + 4 ±_2 HI. Ind. Mich. Wis. + 7 +22 +18 - 1 +28 +21 +37 0 + 9 + 1 + 4 0 + + + - + + + +24 r+12 zJl + 4 +1 + 5 +21 +26 +29 + 1 +25 +18 +19 -19 - 9 0 - 5 -13 - 8 + 9 + 5 - 3 +13 +-5 + 5 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ala. 11 Fla. Ga. Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Minn. Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis St. Paul & Suburban " Cities Duluth-Superior Mini i. & Wis. - 2 +22 + 1 + 8 + 8 -12 +22 +21 +15 +24 - 5 +15 4 3 2 3 l 5 9 6 z_2 rr- 5 4 3 7 - 9 - 4 4 7 2 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 1 0 H.8b . Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Tex. " " 1 1 San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long BeachCalif. Downtown Los Angeles " Westside Los Angeles " " Sacramento " San Diego " San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco Oakland San Jose Ore. Portland Utah Salt Lake City Wash. Seattle " Spokane Tacoma +11 + 3 + 9 + 7 +18 + 9 + 2 +18 + 6 + 6 +13 ±15 n Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio +10 5J Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Col. Denver Kans. Topeka " Wichita Mo.-Kans. Kansas City Downtown Kansas CityMo. -IT St. Joseph Nebr. Lincoln " Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma Oklahoma City " Tulsa City Mo. Joplin £ 1 Area, and City Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago fBasfid on retail dollar amounts) 2 mos. Week ending 1962 ar. 24 Apr. 14* zj. -11 r+13 +19 - 9 + 8 . - 9 +18 - 3 +13 - 7 +22 +17 + 1 r+13 rf23 -9 -10 +15 + 8 - 5 + 3 -11 y+_6 - 1 ' + 2 + 1 + 5 - 7 +15 + 5 + 3 -9 +42 +13 '±1 + 1 - .4 . - 1 + 2 - 2 - 5 - 2 - 4 +22 + 4 + 2 8 +24 +15 +24 - 5 ±_2 +18 ruZ - 1 + 8 - 1 9 + 1 + 7 + 3 + 6 0 +11 +12 + 7 + 2 +10 - 1 -10 - 1 - 1 + 6 + 3 ' + 3 + 1 - 2 + 1 : + 8 +15 + 5 + 9 + 8 + 3 + 6 +18 +26 + 8 + 5 + 6 +17 + 6 + 7 +13 +13 + 9 + 2 - 7 + 8 +29 +41 - 5 +20 +17 + 6 +19 +28 +20 + 8 ±16 - 3 - 6 + 1 +12 +22 +13 +10 +11 +12 +15 +28 +24 + 2 +22 +20 r-10 + 7 -16 +71 - 2 +13 - 6 - 2 +15 +16 -11 -10 +13 +19 - 9 + 4 - 8 + 8 . - 9 +27 +13 +23 r- 5 +20 - 7 +24 r- 9 -1 -3 -17 + r—Revised ** Not Available. *Interpretation of the weekly percentage changes during the Easter season is affected by the shifting date of the holiday (this year, April 22 and last year, April 2). Adjustment factors have been developed for this calendar irregularity. For the week ending April ?, the factor is +12; this yields an "adjusted" year-toyear change for the United States of + 6 per cent.
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