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H.8b . BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE $ • August 19, I960. LIBRA!!* I I ''VgEKljY'DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-June I Week ending 'July 231 July 301 August 61 Aug. 13 I960 + 3 t-2 ±1 Fed^caL-JBeserve-District^ Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield 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 Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh for FRASER Wheeling Digitized Mass. 11 " " 1 1 " N.Y. N.Y.-N.J. N.J. N.Y. + 4 + 1 + 2 - 2 + 5 + 4 + 7 +10 0 + 2 • + 2 + 4 - 1 + 2 - 3 - 8 + 3 + 2 + 4 - 1 -3 -13 - 1 + 3 + 1 + + + + + 6 1 2 5 2 Ky. Ohio " " 1 1 " + 9 + 9 + 8 + 5 +10 - 3 0 2 4 3 8 1 - + r- + 7 , ±1 8 1 / 7 6 0 - 6 + 6 + 8 - 5 + 2 +12 - 1 - 0 __o -10 + 3 - 1 + 3 - 1 -9 - 1 + 5 r-26 0 r- 1 -12 - 3 -11 - 6 +34 + 8 0 - 3 - 4 0 - 9 + 4 +JL +J: z_2 - 1 + + + + + + + - -18 - 3 - 5 -15 + 4 - 1 +21 - 7 - 2 +30 - 4 - 1 - 4 + 1 - 2 - 5 - 7 + 9 - 5 - 6 + 8 + 1 r+ 4 + 2 r-14 -8 - 4 - 2 4 6 • 5 2 3 1 1 2 5 2 3 5 2 5 4 0 + 3 - 2 " + 6 + 3 - 1 " 0 + 1 0 + + + + + + + Pa. W.Va. 0 + 4 +22 + 8 +11 - 3 - 3 + 4 -10 ±_2 Del. N.J. Pa. + 5 ±_i + 5 + 2 + 9 + 4 - 9 +29 - 2 0 +16 + 6 -26 +10 + + • + 3 + 1 + 3 - 6 0 - 5 - 6 0 -12 - 6 - 2 -10 + 1 - 2 - 3 - 7 - 8 3 4 7 - 1 -11 -2 + + + + 2 3 3 1 2 H.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 iJuly 231 July 301 August 61 Aug. 13 Federal Reserve District, ^/Arrea, and City - Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Dox-mtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta Columbus New Orleans Knoxville Cities Mi ami-Downtown Central Atlanta Md. Va. - 0 6 1 5 5 _ 2 - 2 - 5 - 4 - 9 + 8 + + - 3 5 6 7 9 + - 3 8 5 2 5 ±2 r=_2 r-_8 + 2 0 -27 +10 - 3 -12 0 . -10 + 7 - 5 + 4 - 6 - 1 +10 + 8 r- 6 + 9 - 8 r-12 - 7 - 5 + 4 La. Tenn. + 4 + 7 +41 +13 + 9 + 3 + 4 + 7 + 4 - 1 + 6 + 8 - 7 + 5 -16 -35 - 1 Fla. Ga c 0 -12 - 7 -14 - 7 -20 -10 - 4 -14 - 9 0 r-_J " " Ga. " " + 2 ' 111. Ind. Mich. " Wis. Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn. Minn. & Wis. r- 0 + 3 +18 + 8 + 9 + 4 + 2 - 3 + 1 + 2 Fla. St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. .Louis Mempnis 1 8 6 3 4 + 2 Ala. Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Crane Rapids Milwaukee Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.—St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St, Paul Cities Duluth-Superior - 2 D.C. + 1 + 2 + 6 0 » + 5 + + - 3 1 8 6 0 + + 2 8 5 3 1 - - ±_I 6 4 2 6 0 + + 2 3 4 5 3 -15 -18 - 1 - 7 •- + - 3 7 1 2 + l ±_1 - 3 +13 + l - l + + - 4 4 2 5 -16 - 2 + 3 - 2 + _2 ±Jt + 6 + 4 + 6 + 1 • + 4 -4 + 6 + 4 +12 - 6 - 3 -12 - 4 - 2 - 9 + 1 - 2 + 2 - 4 - 9 + 8 0 r z_6 H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan,-June July 231 July 301August 6iAug. 13 3960 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. Col. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mo. . " Nebr. N.Hex. Okla. Mo. Tex. + 2 - 1 -13 + 2 - 2 - 6 + 1 - 3 - 1 - 5 - 8 + 2 -12 - 4 + 2 - 4 . ±A i_2 r=_l 0 + 3 —8 +14 + 7 - 5 + 8 + 2 + 9 + 8 + 3 - 2 -15 + 7 + 4 - 4 + 7 r 0 + 4 - 1 - 1 - 9 -10 r- 2 r- 5 r- 9 r+ 3 -11 -11 + 1 + 3 + 2 -13 + 4 - 3 - 9 - 3 -15 + 1 - 4 -14 - 2 + 7 -10 + J. =Jl - 4 + 4 , -13 + 2 . +11 0 - 2 -23 0 - 8 - 7 - 1 -10 -7 - 8 + 5 0 + 1 Calif. " " Ore. Utah Wash. + + + + + + + - " - 0 1 3 5 7 5 2 2 8 1 2 4 0 3 *Not available. -10 -40 + 1 +16 +11 - 3 - 7 + 3 +13 - 2 - + 2 -10 + 3 - 4 . + 2 +24 - 4 +17 +15 0 - 3 + 2 + 1 - 5 - 4 r-10 - 2 r 0 r 0 - 3 + 6 - 4 + 2 +13 - 1 - 5 + 4 / + 2 ' + 2 + 4 - 5 +14 - 3 + 1 -16 - 8 - 3 - 4 z-2 + + + + + - 4 2 1 2 4 2 1 8 4 7 0 -12 0 -12
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