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H.Bb. BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 12, I960, WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year, ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending . Jan.-June I960 Julv 161 July 23!July 101 August 6 + 2 *1 ±Jk. Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield • +_4 Mass, Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron • Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh for FRASER Wheeling Digitized r-2 2 4 1 2 3 8 + 3 + 2 + 4 - 1 - 3 r-13 - 1 - 2 0 +16 + 6 -26 + 5 0 0 + + + - + 5 + 4 + 7 +10 0 + 2 - 3 - 6 0 0 - 2 - 3 + 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 Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington • } Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton ±_2 ±_1 + ±_i 1-2 ±10 ±A ±_1 + l + 6 + 1 + 2 + 5 4 2 - + 4 '+ 2 + 6 ' - 3 + 6 •- 4 + 9 + 9 + 8 + 5 +10 r- 3 0 r+ 2 r- 4 r- 3 + 8 -• 1 .+ 8 . - 1 - 6 - 6 0 - 6 -26 + 9 0 • - 4 + 3 + 5 - 6 +22 + 8 +11 - 3 - 3 + 4 -10 2 0 Del. N.J. Pa. z 4 4 + 6 / + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 4 Ky; Ohio 1 1 " " " " Pa. 1 1 " W.Va. .+ + + + + + + - 2 5 2 3 5 2 5 4 0 + 3 . - 2 + 6 + 3 - 1 ±JL -12 +88 +72 - 2 + 8 - 3 - 27 - 5 + 5 - 7 - 6 + 4 0 - 8 -18 - 3 - 5 -15 + 4 - 1 r+21 -7 - 2 r+30 r- 4 - 1 - 4 + 1 -0 r+ r+ + 3 1 3 1 9 1 5 -10 -27 0 - 2 -12 - 3 -11 - 6 ±-1 + - 2 5 7 9 5 - 6 + 8 + 1 + 3 + 2 -13 + 3 + 1 + 3 - 8 - 4 - 6 0 • - 5 - 6 . .0 -12 - 6 -. • 2 -10 + 1 - 2 -3 II.8b. Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-June I Week ending I960 'July 161 Julv 2?! July 3 0 August 6 *1 Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityRichmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington 'Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Riclimond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile J acksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta Columbus New Orleans Knoxville Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta D„C. Md. ' " i + - 0 6 l 5 5 1 4 1 5 8 r-1 + 2 5 4 9 8 __o - 1 r- 8 r+ 6 r+ 3 - 4 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 7 -10 + 2 r+2 La. Tenn. 0 + 3 +18 + 8 + 9 + 4 + 2 - 3 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 5 +22 +15 +11 - 7 + 8 . + 3 0 -12 + 4 + 7 +41 r+13 + 9 + 3 + 4 + 7 + 4 - 1 + 2 0 -27 +10 - 3 -12 0 -10 + 7 r- 5 + 4 - 6 - 1 +10 + 8 - 5 + 9 - 8 -11 - 7 Fla. Ga. 0 -12 - 5 -23 r- 7 -14 - 7 -20 . -10 - 4 + 2 ±£ + 1 r_0 + 1 + 2 + 6 o . + 5 + + + + 5 1 6 1 2 + + - + . r+ - 6 5 6 1 / Ala. Fla. " " Ga. " " Wis. St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. " Ky. Mo. Tenn. - Va. Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee Minneapolis District Metropolitan-Areas Mpls. —St • Paul, -Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior =_1 ^2 111. Ind. Mich. " — + + 2 8 . 5 3 1 - 6 4 2 6 0 + 1 i-1 - 3 +13 + 1 - 1 3 1 8 6 0 z-1 __0 =_6 + + - 4 4 2 5 -16 - 2 + 3 - 2 -15 -18 - 1 • - 7 ±_2 ±1 ±J± r+ 6 • Minn. + 4 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 5 - 5 + 4 + 8 - 4 + 6 + 4 +12 - 6 - 3 -12 Minn; & Wis. + 1 - 3 - 2 + 2 - 4 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. - June I960 July 161 July 2j|July 30|August 6 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 r—Revised. =_1 „_o + 6 + 2 - 1 -13 Mo.-Kans. + 2 Mo. - 2 - 6 Nebr. + 1 M.Mex, - 3 Okla. - 1 - 5 + 2 + 5 -13 0 - 7 - 2 - 2 -19 +10 + 4 0 + 3 - 8 +14 +7 - 5 + 8 + 2 + 9. + 8 Col. Kans, Mo. - 8 Tex. + 2 -12 - 4 + 2 - 4 » " 1 1 Ore. Utah Wash. " 0 - 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 5 + 2 - 2 + 8 - 1 + 2 - 4 0 " 3 •Not available. =_2 r+ 3 - 2 -15 + 7 + 4 - 4 r+ 7 + .3 + 4 - 1 - 1 - 9 -10 - 1 - 4 -10 + 2 -11 -11 + 1 I 1 -10 - 2 + 7 -10 1 i - 3 I -15 0 - 5 - 3 + 4 -13 + 2 +11 0 - 2 -23 0 - 8 - 7 - 1 -10 - 7 - 8 + 5 =-2 __Q r_l -10 -40 + 1 +16 +11 - 3 - 7 + 3 +13 r- 2 + 2 -10 + 3 r- 4 + 2 +24 - 4 +17 +15 0 - 3 + 2 + 1 - 5 - 4 -14 - 2 - 1 - 3 + 6 - 4 + 2 +13 - 1 - 5 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 4 - 5 +14 - 3 I +JL Calif. + 2 -10 -13 - 5 - 4 - 1 -12 -13 -12 - 6 - 2 - 3 -11 - 3 - 7
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