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^T7v H.8b BOARD CF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYS TEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 1957 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES'- SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change! from corresponding period a year ago (Eased on retail .dollar amounts) Jan,. Week ending Feb. Mar. 30 I Apr, 6 1 Apr. 13 I Apr, 20 Federal Reserve Districtx Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn Quincy Lowell Cities . Springfield Providence New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N.E New Jersey Newark New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilke s-^arre-Hazelton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Wheeling-Steubenville + 3 u . +13 + 2 -19 tik UL 131 -19 -20 -17 + h -10 -26 -26 + i + 2 -S3' - U +11 +11 " " " + 2 0 + 7 + 9 +6 +2 - 2 +19 +12 +33 +2k +U7 " R. I, + 5 - 2 -20 -30 Mass, " 41 n N. Y. + 1 N.Y.-N.J, N. J. 1 + jj. N. Y. + 2 + 1 -lit — 6 - 7 -10 - 6 - 2 i. 6 2 1 1 9 0 + 1 +18 — 6 - 3 + 1 - - 1 -19 -11 + 3 - 9 + 6 - 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 -12 - 1 Pa, - 1 » +2 W»Va,&0hio+10 - 6 -13 r-21 -34 - 9 -33 r-12 r-l5 r+ 5 0 Del, N, J. Pa. Ky, Ohio + + + a -8 +12 +1U +; U + 9 +11 +11 + 7 - 6 +10 +12 r+11 +11 r+2i| + 2 r-11 r- 5 + 3 +11* + 9 + 1 - 6 +10 r+19 +11 +12 +16 r+21 - 6 +2h + 7 +32 +27 r+36 +25 + 9 +13 +11 + 7 +1±2 +18 J +31 15 22 21 - 3 -3 +18 . ! o + 5 r?5 r+ 7 r-t-21 +1 8 +16 >^_3 >12 + 23 +16 + 6 + 8 +20 +16 + 9 + U +29 - U + 2 8 + 9 0 - k - 2 +11 2-"73 H*8b" Page 2 *. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (continued) |i 11 Percentage change from corresponding '* period a year ago -./ (Based on retail dollar amounts) ending Jan.Feb. 6 | Apr. 13 | Apr, 20 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City- Richmond District Metropolitan" Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Dovmtovm Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville City Tampa i_A - 7 +12 Ill +22 Va. + 5 - b +lU + 3 - 6 -13 -16 + 1 - 3 - h + 2 - 3 +31 +13 +10 + 7 r+ 2 r+33 r+13 +lk + 23 +12 + 25 - 1 + 8 / + 1 r-11 t ± r+21 r+20 Ala, Fla. Ga, n - 1 0 + 3 - 7 - 2 + 1 + 9 -13 -21 - h • -17 -20 -22 -Hi - 1 + 2 + 6 - 8 + 6 + h +19 +1U +1L r+30 +18 +2U +11 +28 + 8 +26 +2li 0 +15 0 r+ 9 ±13 8 8 3 5 + 6 + 9 +10 +19 +15 +17 + h + 23 D, C. Md. La, Tenn. 11 Fla. + 3 -5 - +19 +37 Chicago District Metroplitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit •-Milwaukee + 3 - 2 t_5 111. Ind, _ Mich. Wis. + + + + 3 5 k 3 + - + + + - St. Louis District Metroplitan Areas Little Rock Louisville Stv Louis Memphis 0 -10 +10 i_9 +10 Ark. Ky. Mo. • Tenn. - 1 - 2 0 + 2 -22 -16 - 6 -1U + 3 + 7 +1U + 7 + 5 + l +10 +12 +20 - h +10 +18 •±JL j_£ r-JL ±JL +19 + 3 + 5 - 3 + 5 + 5 + 3 - 3 0 - 8 + l +10 -lU +20 +22 +18 Minn.8tWis.+ 3 + 6 +35 - 6 + 9 Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St, Paul Cities Duluth-Superior Minn. " " 2 h 2 3 Z-T-f H,8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (continued) Percentage change from, corresponding period a year ago ./ (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan«Fefc, Mar, 3 0 I Apr* 6 I Apr. 13 I Apr* 20 Federal Reserve District Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita St. Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City 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 Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma P Mo. N, Mex* Okla. " - 1 +1 + U -10 U - k +10 -16 -17 -10 -28 -33 -5 -11 Mo* " -, k - 3 -15 -11 Col, Kang* - 11 Tex* 11 " " " Calif. " " " " " " " Ore, Utah Wash, ,r " + 1 L l tJL - l + .8 + 9 +12 +11 -10 + 2 + 3 +10 +15 +13 + 9 + 2 + 9 + 8 + 6 + 6 +20 +ib + 7 - 5 r- 5 + 9 +31 +10 + I +17 +11 + 3 + 9 . -11 + 6 + 7 +30 +25 +16 +U0 + 2 •' I 1 0 -17 d l + 1 + 5 +3 - 2 - 3 -21 -11 -20 -22 - 5 4 6 0 +11 -1 - 2 + 2 -13 +lh + U™ + 1 +3 +2 +2 +1 0 0 - 5 + U 0 - 2 0 -11 -11 -10 -23 -10 -20 -21 -19 -1U -12 -10 - U -19 +11 r+lk +10 + 7 r+ 6 . +10 +10 r+ 7 +9k +10 0 + 9 r+ 8 ' ±J± - 1 +15 -18 - 2 + 6 +11 +11 + 7 +21 +15 + 2 - 2 + 5 r+J + 7 + 3 0 - 9 +15 +lli +15 +10 + 7 +18 + r + 3 + 6 r—Revised. * — D a t a not available. 1/ During March and April changes from a year ago reflect in part the fact that last year Easter was on April 1 while this year it was on April 21, For this reason it is estimated that in comparison with last year an allowance should be made for a decrease in sales of about 8 per cent for the month of March as a whole and a corresponding increase for the month of April. These allowances apply to the figures for the United States. '
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