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,r.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS'OFTHE FEDERAL RESERVE j SYSTEM . FOR MEDIATE RELEASE ; . - . y February 15, 1957 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a| year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Year Week ending 1956 Jan. 19 I Jah> 26 | Feb. 2 [ Feb. 9 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES x BOSTON DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn Quincy Lowell Cities Springfield Providence 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 Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Wheeling-Steubenville + 2 a + 2 Mass, + 2 0 + 5 + 5 R. I. - 9 - 5 - 7 o + 9 - 3 + 1 + 3 0 -10 + 6 2 - k + 2 + 5 + 6 N. Y* N.Y.—N.J » + N. J, N. Y. -a tA Ky. Ohio + + + + + + 9 2 2 3 8 5 o 0 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 5 Paii - l- 1 + 5 + 5 W.Va.-0hio+ 8 4 3 lli - 2 - 3 + - 7 -10 + 2 - 7 -11 si -29 :s; +13 *2h +38 + 3 +26 - 3 -18 t 7 - 1 - 2 1 U . *17 + 2 - 5 -13 - 6 Del. N. J.. Pa. -i 1 0 r+15 0 r- 9 r- 2 + 8 r+ 3 +3.-: +20 +30 -25 + 3 +iU -10 f 9 +U6 - 6 - 3 2 -5 - 2 +iL - 5 + 9 "-1U -21 0 - 8 -16 + 7 +18 + Ij. + 5 - 2 " 1 + 3 z-3 rJ. r+ 1 - 7 o - 7 - 6 -9 0 -19 - 1 r- 5 +19 r+ 7 + 5 U. ±1 Ik h i +1 + i -28 +22 +1h +15 + 3 +17 + 9 -10 lin + 5 - 2 + 3 +22 + 6 - li.- 3 + 7 :! +12 ' J23) H*8b Page . r WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, if Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas D. C. Washington Downtown Washington 11 Md» Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Va. "tl + 6 * 3 + V * + 2 Percentage- change, from'corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan. 19 1 Jan. 26 | Feb. 2 JI Feb. 9 + I - 6. + 3 k + 9 - $. -20 -11 -19 + h -10 -11 +17 tl + 8 + 1 +h?: +36 r+ 8 + h - h +15 + .7 -12 + 6 + 3 + 8 + + + + + + 5 5 2 1 5 2 9 + 3 - 1 - 5 -13 -11 - 4 +18 + 5 * - L * / +13 +1U +30 Fla. + 2 +10 + 8 Chicago District Metropolitan Chicago Indianapolis Detroit . Milwaukee +_i ' . +_3 + 3 + Vtjf +11 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. + + + + + 1 +16 - 1 + 7 + h + 9 0 + h + + + - 5 8 3 1 +lli - 2 +17 • 7 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St, Louis Memphis Ark* Ky. Mo. Tenn. •Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham . Jacksonville Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville City ^ Tampa Ala, Fla. . Ga. Tenn. Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas . Mpls.-St. Paul Minn. Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities D-jluth-Super lor Minn.&Wis. 5 h h 7 + 9 + 1 + 5 r+17 - 8 + 7 r+18 . - 6 +13: + 7 + + • + .+ .+ + k 7 6 2 U 7 6 + U + 1. +11 + l + 3 • - l + + + + 5 h k 5 + 8 +10 +12 + 2 + 7 + h - 9 +36 -12 -16 +13 - h + 3 -10 0 + 2 + 6 + 7 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 7 +11 - 2 + 1 + 3 - 3 - l P *-Z + 1 + 2 ~ 2 + 8 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 7 o. + 1 H,8b - Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STOKE SALES - SELECTED CITIES A&D AREAS (Continued) Percentage change :from corresponding period a :fear ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Year Week eriding Jan, 19 | Jan* 26; | Feb, 2 1 Feb. 9 1926 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 Pas, Fort Wf>rth 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 Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokan© Tacoma r—Revispd. - 3 j +10 0 5 -20 +22 - k + 7 -13 - 1 1 + it >15 r+ 3 - 9 +17 +20 +22 + 2 + 1 + 8 -5 - 2 * 2 + 8 - 3 + 2 +11 -10 ! r+23 +12 -lit - 5 +JL =.I ±10 + 1 +22 + k +20 - u - 2 -17 + 1 + 2 - 2 - 1 +17 +lit +25" !• - r+ 8 | - 7 + — + + i ! -9 -28 - 7 - 1 - it - 3 - 3 - 3 - 2 + 3 0 - 8 + 1 + 2 • il Col. Kana. ii Mo. N.Mex. Okla. + U + 7 + 3 0 * 2 + it + h + + + + + Mo. 0 - 2 u . Tex# " Calif. ti " " Ore. Utah Wash. + + + - 0 it 6 it l 3 9 7 8 2 1 7 — • •11 12 H .0 - it + l + 7 + 5 + 3 >'3 0 0 + 3 + 3 + 3 + it + 6 +33 - 1 + 7 + 5 + it + it + i -16 +10 + 2 + k - 3 • +20 +19 +21 + 7 +10 + a - + 3 . + 6 + U + 2 - 5 -17 +7 •Ms—Data not available i ! - 1 + 3 - l +15 +s + 1 0 + 2 - 7 + 5 - it + 2 + 3 6 7 6 5 h
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