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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E statisfica FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 24, 1964. H.ti.b JEEKLY/ DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD .AREAS 3 Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell Week ending 1 Mar. 28 1 Apr. 18| Apr. Ill Apr. 4 | 2 mos# 1964 - + 1 - 3 + 6 +14 - 7 +31 -15 -11 -19 -16 -15 r-32 -18 -18 -18 - 5 -14 -13 + 8 + 1 +18 + 4 +24 — 6 + 5 + 4 + 7 + 5 4- 1 + 3 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 ii Rochester Syracuse " +13 +29 + 8 +10 +12 -10 r- 8 - 8 -20 r- 9 -11 -22 - 7 - 9 -15 + 7 - 2 + 3 +13 + 1 +12 +12 + 8 +12 + 9 + 8 Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading ' Scranton Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton +37 +26 + 4 +28 +22 +21 + 8 - 9 r-17 - 7 r-l6 + 7 -17 r-26 - 1 -14 -21 -13 -18 -17 -25 +13 +13 +10 - 3 + 8 +10 + 6 +16 +13 +13 + 8 +11 + 6 + 5 +20 + 9 ^+18 +17 + 1 -19 +56 +14 +13 0 +22 +12 + 6 +11 " -11 - - 4 -15 -19 0 r- 6 -16 -25 r- 8 + 4 -29 - 7 - 3 -22 -24 - 9 -10 -24 -18 -26 -20 -25 -22 -13 -18 - -25 -24 -30 +13 + 4 - 5 +18 + 6 - 8 + 4 + 7 ' - 2 + 5 + 9 -10 —20 + 4 +18 +12 +12 +13 +15 + 4 +13 + 8 +13 +13 +12 +14 + 8 + 7 Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling for FRASER Digitized Mass. " " ti " " Del. N.J. Pa. Pa. " " Ky. Ohio " " " " Pa. " " •W.Va. \ N jj 2-9 Page 2 , -.WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE S "XES - SELECTED CITIES /\ND AREAS (Continued) 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 Apr. 18| Apr. Ill Apr. 4 | Mar. 281964 D.C. " Md. " Va. + 8 + 3 +10 + 6 +13 r-l8 r-20 -18 - 8 -21 -14 -12 -24 -22 -18 + 3 0 +10 - 3 +10 : +13 • + 3 +19 +12 +11 Ala. " Fla. " " Ga. " La. +14 +15 +23 +10 +16 +10 +24 +28 -12 -27 r+ 6 r+ 8 0 -17 -23 r-22 -22 -20 -10 - 7 - 4 -12 -15 -21 - 4 +10 +10 +21 +17 + 4 +18 +21 + 3 + 5 +23 +16 +10 +16 +14 +13 Fla. Ga. - 6 + 3 r+ 3 -17 + 2 -13 +15 - 8 +11 +10 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee 111. Ind.. Mich. " Wis. +19 + 8 +14 w + 6 -17 -15 -13 - 7 -14 - 7 + + - 3 4 5 2 6 +17 + 9 +21 +11 + 9 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis —Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Term. +22 + 8 + 3 +13 - 4 - 9 r- 5 -13 + 2 r-20 -19 -13 + + + + 5 9 8 6 +13 : +20 +11 +11 Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Cities Miami Downtown Central Atlanta Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Minn. Mpls. and Suburban " Minneapolis " St. Paul & Suburban " Cities Duluth-Superior Minn. & Wis. + + + - - 8 13 + 5- 4 7 4 2 - 9 -13 -17 0 + 3 6 9 4 + 2 - 3 - 6 +14 -< -*3 -16 - 8 + 7 +16 +15 +21 ; + 6 3o H.o.b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver — Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City 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 Col. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mo. Nebr. N. Hex. Okla. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Apr. 18 | Apr. 11 | Apr. 4| Mar. 28 1964 +11 + 1 + 7 +10 - 3 + 5 +13 + 9 - 2 +17 -7 - 3 -13 -13 -22 -11 r-12 -17 -12 -21 -18 +16 + 5 + 9 +13 + 4 - 4 - 9 - 9 -24 - 9 -17 -16 -11 -15 + '3 +10 +10 +16 + 2 + 3 - 3 -11 - 2 - 3 +18 - 2 Mo. +18 -10 -28 + 7 +10 Tex. + 7 +10 +11 0 -20 + 6 -12 + - 4 3 1 3 +14 +23 +23 +22 +15 + 9 +19 - 1 - 1 -15 + 7 - 3 +24 0 +17 +44 +24 +27 „ -+24 +12 +20 +23 +11 + 9 + 3 +11 +11 + 2 - Calif. 2 - 6 - 8 -34 +40 +18 +16 Ore. Utah Wash. + 9 + 7 +22 + 7 + 1 - 5 +27 +23 - 1 +34 + 1 +12 - 9 -11 -14 - 5 +12 -10 +17 - 2 - 3 -10 - 5 -15 - 5 -16 - 1 *Not available + 6 +17 + 7 + 6 + 3 - 5 +10 + 5 + 6 - 2 + 2 + 1
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