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BOARD OF GOVERNORS , OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM , FOR , IMMEDIATE; RELEASE ' "August 17 i 1956 H.8b VFFIEKLY RAEPFLBHHENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES'AND AREAS Federal Reserve District, Area,:, and City + 6 United States Boston District MetropolitanAreas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn Quincy Lowell Cities Springfield Providence Mass. Mass. R. I. Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Del. Wilmington N. J. Trenton •Pa. Lancaster Philadelphia heading Scranton Viilkes-Barre—Hazleton Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis + + + + + - 1 1 h 3 2 3 1 + 7 - 2 L i a + 7 - u +12 + 7 + + + + - 2 - 5 - b - 7 + 1 - b -16 -12 -19 +12. ' +10 +16 +29 - 5 + 6 - 2 +10 + l - 5 - h +12 + 9 + 6 +15 + 9' + 2 +12 +10 •+ + + 1 3 2 3 1 - 6 rt 7 +13 +17 +12 + 5 +17 : : +. 1 +12 , + 3 +13 - 1 + 6 - l3 ; z r+13 +11 • lii + h + 3 + 7 :v + •5 # + 6 +5 + 6 ' + 6 - 1 Z_U ft >~5 + 7 + 6 + 9 - 1 - U > 2 - 2 - 2 -1U 0 + 3 . ,- 1 - 6 - 7 .-•5 - 3 - 6 ,-11 £t t Ky. Ohio Pa. l/y.Va.-Ohio . + 7 - 1 + 2 + 2 New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo • •• I' M New York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y.-N. Newark J* New York „ Rochester n Syracuse Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Cinc.umati Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Yvheeling-Steubenville http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago . — •^^^sed^^n_rptail^3ollar^amoui^^}___ , T f l i e e k ending Jan."July 21! | July 2b I Aug. ItI Aug. u. 'June - 3 + 2 -5 + 8 + 1 - 6 - h + 5 -17 - 3 2 -13 - 5 +18 r 0 - 1 -17 -15 - 2 +10 - 7 7 9 2 3 0 + 1 - 8 r+ 5' + 6 r+17 r+11 +U8 r+33 + 9 +26 + 7 +15 + 9 +11 +15 + 7 + 6 + 3 + 9 + 2 +16 + 5 + 7 -26 - 9 +11+ + 9 - 3 - 3 + U + 2 + h + 3 + 22 - 6 + 7 + 2 + 2 H.8b : ^ K T . Y nRPAETMBI^T .^nRE SAIES - S S ^ C T E D CITIES A N D AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and'City .Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metrcpolitan Areas Birmingham v Jacksonville Atlanta Augusta New Orelans Knoxville Nashville ^ City .. ... Tampa.. Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Cities Minneapolis S t . Paul Duluth-Superior "Peroontage change from corresponding period a year ago on retail dollar amounts) W e e k ending Jan«T u T y a I July 2U|Aug. L l A u g« 1 1 June 1 1 D. C. Md. Va. + 8 0 + 3 + 6 + 7 Ala. Fla. Ga. La. Tenn. Fla, ZJL + - - k - u - u - k r+ r+ + + + 1 £1I b 5 3 9 ' 111. Ind. Mich* wis. + + + + 7 6 9 5 M i n n . & Wis. + 2 + + + 11 1 3 iJ± * +12 - 6 + + k 5 1 i — + 5 i - u i + 2 + 9 +10 i +3 + 6 ft inn. +21 + - ±1" - 1 + 7 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. + 2 - 8 + h + 1 0 + 5 r + J h 6 1 2 9 + 6 '+'$'* ' + 6' + h ' + 8 + 8 + 9 +12 +2 It +23 + 7 + 7 + 8 + 6 -2/ +61 5 7 1 1 7 5 U - 6 +12 ±i. 6 3 5 6 . +11 +25 + 6 +• 5 r- 6 r- 6 + 3 +11 + k + 9 - U - u + 8 i —16 | + 8 + + + + + + + + 6 - 3 +12 +11 '+ 3 - 3 + + + - 9 3 5 2 r- 1 +1U 3 3 6 6 + 2 -11 + 1 + h +12 +18 • +15 +11 - 2 + 3 r_0 - h + h - 3 + h + l +12 + - 0 0 + 1 I%8 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week.ending July 21(July 2d|Aug. li |Aug .11 if 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 Vvorth Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles iftestside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland City San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—kevised. + 2 + 3 - 7 + 3 + 7 +10 + 7 +10 + 9 • Colo* Kans. " Mo. N . Hex • Okla. Mo. " Tex. + 9 +10 + 2 + 3 + 6 + 7 + S + $ +13 - 3 - 5 - 5 - 2 +13 : - h - 6 + 1 - 1 - 8 -10 -13 + 9 + h r- 6 *lh. + 3 + 6 + 7 + 7 +21 + 2 - 1 + 9 - 1 -10 - 6 + 7 - 5 +10 0 + 5 + 8 - h + 7 + 6 + + + + - 1 + 6 + b +28 - 2 - h + 2 0 -12 +18 + 6 + 2 + 2 + 3 - 1 +11 + 3 +10 + 3 + u + 3 + l 0 + 3 + 8 + 6 + 7 + 7 + 5 c+13 c+ 5 +10 + 6 + 2 +25 - 1 0 + 1 + 2 + 8 + 9 + 9 + 9 - 1 + 2 + 7 + 6 + 5 - 2 2 h 7 7 0 + 6 + 1 - h • Calif. . it " ii Ore. Utah ^ ash. + + + + + + + c+ c+ + + + + 1 5 l 8 9 3 k 2 k 2 3 5 3 3 • - 1 + 6 - 3 +16 : +10 + 7 + 8 + 3 c+19 j c~ 8 • -8| -7 i +111 '+ ^ 1 * — Data not available. r- 7 " r-11 - 6 + 2 -13 + U + 3 + 2 c+12 c- 9 + 1 r+ 2 - 8 r- 3 c—Corrected. 1
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