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m . 8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 1959. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-Oct Week ending Nov. 7 1 Nov. 141 Nov. 211Nov. 28 1959 + 8 + 3 ±2 . u Federal Reserve 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 Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling ±_1 + 3 + 4 - 1 +11 + 5 +10 - 3 + 4 + 5 + 4 + 4 +13 -11 5 - 4 + 4 ±_3 Mass. » " " " > Ky. Ohio Pa. W.Va. ±_1 2 5 3 3 1 — 6 +10 + 9 +12 +22 +23 + 2 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 9 -10 >15 + 7 - 4 +_4 + 3 ±1 4 3 0 0 5 3 + 4 + 2 -11 - 1 + 8 - 1 + + + + + + + 5 -11 +10 + 8 + 4 +14 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 2 +25 -17 +11 - 4 +12 + 9 +12 -13 - 5 " -11 + 1 - 2 0 + 5 ±_7 ±_6 ±A ±1 +13 + + + + + + + + + + + + - + 7 + 1 - 1 + 9 +10 + 8 + 6 + 4 -11 + 2 + 7 + 7 + 4 r- 1 + 6 + 6 + 8 + 6. + 4 + 7 +13 r- 3 r+ 1 r+ 7 + 8 - 6 + 6 + 7 + 2 +10 +10 + 9 +12 +12 + 6 + 9 + 8 + 8 - 4 + 8 + 8 + 6 +17 +11 + 9 +20 +20 +13 +14 +12 +10 +13 + • N.Y. N.Y.-N.J.+ N.J. N.Y. + + Del. N.J. Pa, + + r- 0 9 1 6 7 9 5 9 9 6 4 6 6 2 - 1 8 7 3 7 2 - ±_8 + 7 + 8 + 4 + 3 r+10 + 1 + + + - 7 4 3 1 4 3 + + + 2 2 3 4 4 7 1 ±4 + 7 . •+ 6 + 9 + 3 + 2 + 3 r+ 1 H,8b Page 2 VJEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage-change from corresponding period a year ago • (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan,-Oct. Nov. 7 iNov. 141 Nov. 211 Nov. 28 1959 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Doxmtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta Columbus New Orleans .Knoxville Cities Central Atlanta Miami-Downtown Chicago District Metropolitan Areas ' Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Kpls.— St. Paul Mpls, and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior - 5 +1 r+_l . - 2 - 4 -11 -16 - 6 + 2 0 - 4 -10 + 6 r+ r+ ±_§ ±1 ±11 ±3 r+ 6 - 2 + 7 +26 +11 + 7 - +17 + 2 + 1 +12 + 2 +11 +42 +18 +28 + 8 +24 + 7 + 9 + 5 - 8 - 9 +28 + 3 +20 +17 +16 + 3 +13 r+ 9 - 5 +14 +18 + 8 +18 La. Tenn. + 2 + 6 +19 + 8 +18 + 6 +15 0 + 6 + 9 Ga. Fla. - 1 + 6 - 9 +10 - 8 +15 - 1 + 2 -10 +15 + 8 ±JL ±11 + 1 + 4 +10 +14 + 9 +10 + 6 + 5 + 6 + 6 +11 + 3 + 8 +1-5 +10 +13 + 9 +13 +13 + 8 +15 - 6 +16 + 8 + 7 + 5 ±J> +17 + 7 tl +11 + 7 +26 +10 + 7 D.C. Md. Va. Ala. Fla. " ii Ga. " " 111. Ind. Mich. " Wis. + + + + 8 1 2 7 3 * 5 1 2 9 9 - 2 - 6 - 7 -13 - 3 + 3 0 +13 + 9 +22 +17 +13 +10 r+ 5 +14 + 1 +11 + 6 +16 + 6 + 5 + 8 - 1 - 3 + 5 -11 0 - 4 - 2 - 7 Minn. & Wis . + 8 + 2 - 1 r- 3 - 4 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. + 5 + 6 + 5 +12 ±J> . Minn. 8i(z? H»8b -n • -Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-Oct, Week ending 1959 Nov. 71 Nov. 141 Nov. 211 Nov. 28 Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityKansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Dotmtown Kansas City St. Jcstph Lincoln Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Jcplin 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 Col. Kans. + 9 + 5 + 1 Mo.i.Kans,+ 9 Mo, - 1 + 4 + 4 Nebr. N.Mex. +11 Okla. + 7 11 + 7 Mo. Tex. Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. " ±JL + 5 - 4 - 1 + 1 - 6 - 7 : - 2 + 8 + 4 + 6 ±_1 + + + + + + + + 1 1 3 7 2 5 6 4 3 1 ±_i + 8 - 4 - 5 +10 + 6 0 + 1 -6 r- 4 +18 + 1 + + + + + 1 4 6 4 6 5 3 7 1 7 - 2 +31 + 4 + 5 ±_8 ±11 +_8 +10 ±_2 +12 + 3 + 6 +12 + 4 +12 +14 + 6 +16 +13 +11 - 4 + 3 +18 +12 +15 + 1 + 4 +17 +10 + 7 -11 - 3 + 6 - 4 ±11 ±10 +_2 + 2 rr_l +13 + 4 + 7 +17 +12 + 7 + 7 0 +20 +11 +10 + 6 + 5 + 7 +15 +13 +13 +13 + 8 + 1 + 2 - 6 +19 +20 +14 - 4 + 8 + 5 + + + + 1 -12 + 2 0 + 1 - 2 - 1 - 9 +11 + 2 - 1 -10 0 -15 - 1 + r+ 3 7 3 3 0 - l 0 r- 7 +14 + 2 + 7 + 1 - 1 - 3 *Data not available. 4 3 1 3 0 0 + 3 -11 +19 + 1 - 2 - 6 - 6 ,11
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