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$ 8b BOAfiD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM - - ... - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ' February 27»- 1959* WEEKLY DEPARTMENT'STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) ... Week ending lear Jan. 311 Feb. 7| "Feb; 141 Feb. 2.1* .1958 + 8 + 1 ." + :8 + 9 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan-Areas Boston . Downtown Boston .... Suburban Boston Cambridge .. .. . Quincy Lowell city Springfield Mass. it " . » ii New. York District Metropolitan Areas • N. Y. , Buffalo New York-N.E.,"New Jersey N.Y.-N-.J. N. J. . Newark - N. Y. . New York Rochester • Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton . Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton- . 0 " ' +2 + 7 + 3 .- 3 +15 • + 9 +16 - 5 , + 3 - U +18 +15 +16 -12 + 6 ' 2 +25 + 9 +26 - 1 + 2 +16 + l + 2 lA. + 6 - 3 + h - 3 : 0 '. - 1 - 2 + 9 + k + 3+ 2 +11 + h + 3 + 5 +11 + 2 r+26 - h + 2 Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington •Ky. " 0 Canton Ohio -6 , n: • • - 2 Cincinnati. Cleveland .T 3 Downtown Cleveland Columbus +• 2 Springfield - 6 Youngs town' '' -10. i Pa. Erie ' - 5 " + 2 Pittsburgh w Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling-Steubenville W. Va.&Ohio - 3 + _3 Dei.;' +.3 N. J. .. + i Pa. •, .. +12 , + 2" : ii + 1 ii ••• + 3 r+10 + 3 +47 0 + 2 + h - 6 +A - r+ 5 - 8 , - 2 + 1 . +25 •+U5 +17 +37 r- 1 . . +18 +39 -9 r- 1 ... . +U5 + 9 ' 1 +36 +25 r+15 +1+6 - , + 8;; ' r- 1 + 6 r 0 "' +22 +53 : r+ 1 . r+ 7' +34 +39 +21' r+..4 . •-+13 ' ; - .+; 2 +11 *3Q +36 -•a' • +42 • -li , +26 + L +10 + 3 + 3 . . +20 -7 +58 +36 +7 U +U5 +55 +113 +12 • r+Il . • +19 +26 "+21 +U5 - 6 + 8 + 9 +27 + 7 : o. +15 , . : +12 - 2 + 6 -+21 • +11 + 1 + 6 .. .+10 • +17 +23 +17 ' • • +17 . +21 " .+% + k + 3 - +22 + 2 + 1 +11 - +18 • r+ ,8 + 12: +13 +29 r+16 +16 +13 - 1 +12 +15 r+15 - k + 6 +23 +29 +1U H.8b Page 2 f WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Year Week ending 195:8 Jan. 31| Feb, 7 | Feb. lk\_Feb. 21* - Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Dov/ntoT.-n Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville ivaami Eown107,-n Miami Atlanta, Augusta Columbus Nev; Orleans Knoxville 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 Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior D. C. Md. Va. Ala. " Fla. La. Tenn. + 1 -+11 + 8 r+ k +30 + + - k 1 1 u 3 +1U + 7 + 5 + l +1U + 8 r+ 2 + 2 - r- 9 + 9 r+ 3 0 r- 8 + 2 - 1 +20 +16 +82 +66 + 9 + 1 + 9 +_5 r+ 5 r+2U 0 2 1 1 2 3 - k + 7 - 3 - 1 + 6 +15 - l + 2 - 1 + 6 +25 +11 +1U +10 "4 9 +' 2 +15 + 9 + 5 +. 8 +13 -14 - 8 +17 +1:9 +21 +19 r+ 7 r+ 1 r+ 7 - 9 + 6 -30 r+23 + 7 +13 +13 + 7 +7U +13 , +_6 + 6 +19 - 5 + 8 +20 - 5 + 8 + 5 +15 + 7 +1U - l '+lb +30 +31 +2L + 9 + + + + +13 - 2 + 6 Wis. - 1 - k - 7 - h - 2 + 1 • + 8 +10 + 8 "+ 8 o I• i^2 + 8 +11 +12 Ark. Ky. • Mo. . Tenn. + 3 0 0 + 1 + 2 +2U +29 + 8 +1U + 9 + 5 +15 +12 +15 + 7 ' +18 +16 +21 + 8 +20 0 - 2 + U + 9 + 9 Minn. + 1 0 - 2 - 3 0 . + b + 5 + 3 + 9 +13 + 6 +11 + 3 111. Ind. Mich. " : +1 . Minn. is. - 2 %+ 6 * * bS~(a ,H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Year Week ending 19# Jan. 311 Feb. 7| Feb. 1U| Feb. 12* 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 Col. Kans. "Mo. Nebr. N. Mex. Okla. Mo. + 3 + 8 + + + .+ 9 + 1 +12 + 7 + 2 - it +1U + U + l +1U +11 +iu + 3 - 5 0 1 k 3 6 3 5 ,.3 3 2 - 3 ** +11 - 8 + 8 + 6 + 7 + 7 +16 +_8 +10 + l + 7 + 8 . + 3 + 3 + h +1U +10 .+ 9 +18 +13 +18 +16 +16 - 3 + 3 + 6 +16 +26 +1U +11 , + 2 +13 Calif. + 1 - 6 0 + 8 - 1 + 1 - 1 -12 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 +10 + 7 + 8 +28 +1U +16 +1U + 9 +19 +18 + 5 +12 + 9 +11 11 " " " II Ore. Utah Wash. " +11 +17 - 6 + 8 + '8 - 1 +13 r+19 r+15 +31 + 5 + + + + + + + + - +13 1 8 5 8 3 0 +18 +1U +11 +33 Tex. II r+ 9 +12 + 5 +15 +27 +16 +17 r+18 + 8 r+26 +1U +13 + 5• + 9 + 7 — +12 + 8 +26 +19 + 7 + 5 0 +2U + 5 + 6 + 6 + 2 + 1 % +17 +10 + 5 +15 + 2 + 3 - 2 + 3 +13 +10 . +20 +10 + 5 + 2 +50 +20 +31 +28 +28 +U6 + 5 • +37 +U5 - 6 +1+2 r—Revised. **Data not available. * Comparisons are affected by store closings in seme cities in observance of Washington's birthday, which occurred one week later this year.
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