The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies.
H4I H.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF HIS FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February II4, 1958. WEEKLY. DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES A3STD AREAS Percentage change jfrom corresponding period, a year, ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) 1957 UNITED STATES + 1 Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield zJ. 0 Mass, - 3 + 6 +. 6 + 1 -1 - 2 ... <t ±J New York District Metropolitan Areas Buf falo N. Y. + New York-N.E. New Jersey N0Y,-N.Je+ Newark N. J. New York ' N. Y. " Rochester II Syracust + 1 5 -h 2 2 Del. N.J. Pa. f " + 6 0 - 1 0 + 7 + 1 - 1 ! I Feb. 1 ! Feb. 8 -_8 2 + 2 2 + 6 + h 0 +12 + 8 +13 -12 7 Ll "• +j 2 7 +10 -10 - + u : 0 +12 0 +.5 +iU - U *19 -17 -5 +1 f9 -8 ±J + k 4 5 - 2 - 1 -15 - 2 ±1 Cle%9land District ±1 Metropolitan Areas Ky. Lexington + 7 Ohio Akron - 2 " Canton V i Cincinnati - 3 Cleveland + 1 Downtown Cleveland * 0 Columbus Springfield > 5 , Pa. - 1 Erir " Pittsburgh + 3 T-vhee ling-Steubenville W. V a. &Ohio + 1 J 25 Jan. lti I Jan +17 9 -16 - r- 7 r+lli + 6 + 5 r-.-5 -12 :• - k + _2 i + 5 U U - • • tii t 9 + 2 > , L- " ; P k k I ±_5; + 9 - 5 -10 + 8 +11 + + - 3 8 +12 7 h 8 J 2 4 7 u 9 - 3 -10 9 + - - .±1 r+10 r+ t r 9 • L 9 } : < -1 ;- 6 -h r- 6 rj-17 j-10 i- 7 • I Ox Area, and City- It Federal Reserve District, Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton ' r-ll . r+17 r 0 r+ 6, . * 8 r+12 r+ $ zio - 9 -10. - 6 9 - 5 -11 + 1 -10 - 2 -17 -17 rJ - .8 - 5 -22 -2 -17> -1U -12 r- 1 R L 9 -33 0 0 +16 - 5 -10 + 1 -12 +19 -56 -36 . -15 -15 -23 - 8 -20" -lU + U. - 5 -lU -12 -25 , t-HZH.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SEIECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve.District, Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan. Areas Washington D. C. Down torn WashingtonBaltimore Md. Downtorn Baltimore Richmond ' Va. Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Downtown Miami Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville City Tanpa Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee St. Louis District Metropolitan Are as Little Rock . Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-ot, PaulMpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior Percentage change from correspondng period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Year Jan. 18 J Jan. 25 1 Feb. 1 | Feb. 8 1957 + 1 j tl 0 + + - + 2 - 1 +15 + 9 +18 + 9 + 7 -10 -ik - l r- 7 r- 7 r-11 r-l6 + 1 ... - 9 - 7 - 2 . - 6 + 1 + 3 0 - 2 r- 7 r-_7 - 1 Ga. » La. Tenn. - 1. +10 - l + 3 - 5 * k - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 0 - 7 - 1 - 8 >3 - 1 - 1 - 6 + 5 + b - 3 + 5 -17 -15 - 5 -13 - 6 - 6 r+ 3 r- 1 -10 r-26 -10 Fla. + 5 >16 +15 * +36 -11 r- 9 -11 111. Ind. Mich. + 2 - 1 0 - 6 - 1 -11 - 5 - 9 -12 -13 -10 + 1 -13 - 6 - 8 -11 -16 - 9 -12 rz_2 Ala. Fla. 2 3 5 5 • • - 2 +b 0 Wis. 0 + U + 7 0 + 2 + b + + 2 r- 7 U -lb 1 - 6 - 6 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. - 2 - 2 + -b 1 + 8 + 2 + 3 - - 2 - 9 + 3 r-29 + 1 -12 - 7 +11 + 2 - 3 + 2 r+ 5 Minn, 11 , + 2 + 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 + + + - 1 - " Minn.&Wis. 0 u 1 1 1 1 +17 + 5 ' + 7 + r_5 +b -16 * - 5 - 9 -15 . -18 - 8 * + 1 -16. - 7 -17 - 7 1 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 ~ - 6 W3 H.8b 1 Page 3 MEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SJUES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAb (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago 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 Worth Houston San Antonio Year 1957 + 2 ' %_3 r=_2 =_2 1 3 1 5 2 3 1 ,+ h + 2 - 5 + 7 + 6 + 6 -k 0 + 6 - 6 i -21 1 - .J ! + 5 +12 - 6 -10 + h - 1 r- 6 r 0 ; + 9 + 5 - 3 - 7 0 - 8 -2U - 5 - 2 - 9 + 2 r- U r- 3 + h 0 ±_2 " ±JL + 2 + 3 + 2 +11 - 1 + 7 . - 5 l . - 1 Col. Kans, Mo, N. Mex. Okla. Mo. " Tex. » « San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. Downtown Los Angeles --testside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francis co-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland Portland Ore. Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash. Spokane Tacoma . r—Revised. Jan, 18 | Jan. 25 1 Feb. 1(Feb, 28 + + - + 1 0 + 1 - 3 + 1 +15 0 - l --2 - 7 - 2 + 1 0 + 1 - 6 i ! zJ =A ! + 8 - 3 +10 + 3 -lU +13 - 3 - 2 - 7 -19 - 3 i + 7 ! -i ' ^ i r- ii . • - 5 -11 - h +# • - 9 - 8 - 8 -12 + 9 - 5 - 8 + 9 + 6. -2h ; -15 i - 3 - 3 ; r- 5 ! r-10 r- 7 ! r+12 ' J r-13 r- 3 - h r-13 0 i ! - h ! *2 i +lh i - 6 * Data not availablef z_7 8 _- 8 -12 -13 - 8 -l£ - 8 * +15 -11 - 9 -12 - 7 - 6 -10 -18 - 8 - 9 - 6 - 1 +11 - 9 - 1 + -7 -13 - h
@FedFRASER