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344 H.8b BOARD GF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 30, 1957• WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALEg - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS ' Percentage change from corresponding period.a y ear ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) , ending Aug. 3| Aug. [101 Aug. 171Aug, ?.h Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES + 1 Boston District Metropolitankreas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield -6 -13 + 8 - 2 .+ 9 + 3 + 3 Few York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo N. Y. New York-M.E. New Jersey N.Y.-N Newark N. J. New York N. Y. Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas "Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton wilkes-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District tic o'?opoil ban Areas Lexington Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield T jile do E:;ie Pittsburgh "Wheeling-Steubenville + 2 -10 + 6 - 5 - 3 -10 - 6 •+ 1 Ns J. +11 + h o +12 0 - 2 + 2 -5 -12 - 1 0 + 7 Yv.Va.&Ohio :l o - 2 H.8b - Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARBiENT STORE SALES - SEIECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change.from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) • Vveek ending Jan.Aug. 31 Aug. 10|Aug. July Federal Reserve District Area, and City H I Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington . Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas • Birmingham Jacksonville Miami Miami City Atlanta Augusta Knoxville Nashville City Tampa 0 + 2 h h 9 $ 2 - 3 -10 + 7 - 9 - 5 + 2 - S + 6 -11 - k r+ r+ + rr- + 2 + 1 - 1 r+ U + 2 0 +12 0 + 3 — 6 - 1 + 8 -11 1 +10 - u - 1 -1 + 8 - 5 +13 + h + 3 - 7 + 3 0 + 1 + 3 - 2 . + 5 r+ 8 r- h + 1 r+ 9 r- 1 - 6 ±J± • D.C. Md. Va. Ala. Fla. " " Ga. Tenn. + + - . - 1 - 7 + 7 - 9 + 1 - 1 - 2 +10 + 1. + h - h ' ~iU 0 + 5 + 2 +16 * + 2 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 3 + + - 2 5 2 2 + 3 0 + $ + 3 + + + + + + 0 • + 1 + 1 + 6 2 1 1 1 + - 2 5 u 8 + + - 1 1 3 7 -3 + 1 +11 - 2 - 2 • +1 + 1 - 8 0 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 1 0 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 5 0 - 1 r+ 2 + 7 • • +11 - 2 -10 - h r+ U + 2 111. Ind, hich. Ms. + + + + St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. : Tenn. + - 8 2 9 8 h 0 Fla. Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas ' " topis .-St., Paul 'Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior .+ 2 3 1 2 1 . + k Minn. + 3 + 5 - l ' Minn .Ms is. + h : 9 3 h 1 6 6 5 2 ' - 1 34(2 Ho8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Vvichita St. Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio - 1 - 1 Mo. N. Hex. Okla. » +1 - 1 +3 -7 - k - 3 + 2 - u + 1 + 3 - 3 + 3 - k - 3 h 2 2 9 2 3 0 Mo. " - 3 - 2 - 7 + 1 •11 Tex. " " +1 + b +•£ +11 +1 Col. Kans. 11 + 1 2 + 2 11 " San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. Downtown Los Angeles " Vvestside Los Angeles " Sacramento " San Diego " San Francisco-Oakland " San Francisco City " Oakland » Portland Ore, Utah Salt Lake City Seattle Wash, Spokane " Taccma " r—Revised. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on reta '$il dollar amounts) «Jan,week ending July Aug, 31 Aug 10|Aug. 17|Aug. 2k +2h + + 2 9 6 3 + 8 - 3 -25 - u +27 r+19 - 3 - 1 - 3 - 2 + 2 - 1 0 +11 +12 + 6 + 2 +3 o + 3 +16 +3 - 1 - 1 -2 0 +2 ' + 2 - l - 2 + 2 + 9 r+ 3 -5 - 9 - k +3 9 + h - 8 -10 - 2 - 9 - 5 -13 +15 -20 1 1 6 3U 1 1 0 1 h 2 •13 k •10 *—Data not available7 + 1 + 5 + 6 + 6 +10 + 1 + 2 + 3 0 - 2 r+ 2 - 8 + 2 -3 - 2 +30 +26 0 - 3 0 -U + 1 - 1 - 9 - k + 1 + 3 + 5 . + 7 + 8 + 3 -11 -13 - 7
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