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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E statisti t a I FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 1964 H.8.b WEEKLTJEPARTMENT : STORE SALES - ELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts i Boston District. Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N.E. New Jersey Newark New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia Di q+.rint Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington t Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling 1 Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Year Week ending 1961 8(Feb. 1 Feb. 22 + + + + + 4 3 5 5 4 0 Mass,, -16 -19 -13 - 5 -14 -14 +19 +12 +29 +28 +17 r+12 + + + + - N.Y. +22 N.Y.NJ.+ 2 N.J. 4- 1 + 2 N.Y. 11 + 7 " - 1 + 7 +12 + 1 +13 r+12 r+14 + 4 +14 +16 '+12 + 4 +11 + 2 +22 : +24 +17 + 7 • +11 +18 +10 + 7 + 7 + 9 - 2 -20 ' -4 0 r+12 - 7 +24 r+14 +20 r+12 + 1 +11 -11 -10 + 7 + 4 +39 +14 +25 +33 +25 +15 +14 - 2 C + 2 + 6 + 9 - 1 . + 1 +13 + .4 + 9 +11 + 3 - 2 - 7 +22 +16 +17 + 4 +12 r- 1 +13 +33 +16 + 8 + 6 +14 + 8 +19 Del. N.J. Pa. Pa. " " Ky. Ohio +11 + 3 +10 +15 +16 + 8 +10 + 9 + 5 + 3 Pa. +10 + 7 + 3 W. Va. - 5 +13 +11 +17 +13 +21 +13 +17 - 1 r+13 r+20 r+16 +20 +12 +16 5 4 7 5 7 2 + + + + 3 1 6 4 0 - 4 + 8 + 4 + 3 0 + 6 .+ 1 + + + + + 7 4 3 1 4 2 5 + i + + + + + + + 6 5 4 3 5 4 4 8 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 - Z 1 + 2 H,8.b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES * SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown I/ashington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Md. Va. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Year Week ending 1961 (Feb. 221Feb. 1 *Tl Feb. 6[Feb» 1 .+13 +11 + 3 0 + 7 • r+ r~ r+ r+ + 3 1 5 4 6 +10 + 4 + 1 + 6 + 2 +10 +14 +11 +21 +22 +34 + 1 -12 +27 +16 0 +11 + 9 - 1 . 4 + 1 +13 +14 +12 +13 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 7 + 2 + 1 Atlanta District Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St« Petersburg Atlanta Augusta - 6 + 1 +14 +10 + 8 + 8 La. + 5 +21 +32 +16 + 4 +1? +35 +71 0 -14 r+18 +14 + 4 +17 +10 r-41 Fla. Ga. +11 +10 + 8 +12 +11 + 6 +10 + 9 +17 +15 . +13 + 9 - 7 +15 - 1 - 1 + 5 + 6 +20 - 2 + 3 + + - +16 +10 +11 + 6 1 i 1 : 1 + 5 ! + 5 Fla. it " Ga. 51 : ; 1 Cities Miami Downt own Contr .1 Atlant.; Ala. I 1 + 4 + 8 - 2 + 2 Lstrict Metropolitan-Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee Wis» +14 +10 + 8 +20 + 6 + 4 S_Oistrict Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark, Ky. Mo. Tenn. +10 +22 +21 +10 + + - +11 + 9 + 8 +16 +16 +15 +11 +18 + 3 - 2 ~ 7 +14 + + + 4 2 1 9 1 ! * + 5 + 5 - 3 + 3 + 1 ! * 111. Ind. Mich. Minno-nnolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls,-St. Paul Minn, Hp Is t and Suburb .-.n Minneapolis St, Paul & Sufcurt\n Cities . Duluth- 'jupuric r Minn. & Wis. 9 8 4 3 5 2 1 1 + + + + + 5 3 6 3 2 + + + + 5 4 1 3 H,8.b , , Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Year Week ending 196? Feb, 221Feb., 151Feb. 81 Feb. 1 Kansas Citv District Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso 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 Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised + 4 +26 + 2 +13 + 3 - 1 +10 + 7 - 1 + 7 + 6 + 7 + 1 + 2 0 - 7 -l6 r- 2 r-15 +10 +11 + 3 + 5 - 6 - 5 + 3 - 4 -11 + 3 - 3 -13 - 2 - 1 + 5 -10 - 2 + 9 + 2 0 - 7 +11 + 7 - 3 + 2 Mo. - 9 + 4 + 1 + 2 Tex. 11 +19 + 5 +13 - l +10 +15 +18 + 4 +10 - 1 +12 + 4 + + - Col. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mo. " Nebr. " N. Mex. Okla. " " Calif. + 5 - Ore. Utah Wash. 5 + 2 +19 + 5 + 3 - 1 - 7 + 6 -10 +16 - 9 - 3 + 2 + 3 -15 - 2 +20 + 7 + 5 + 4 - 3 + 6 0 - i - 7 + 1 - 4 +10 r+15 + 9 r+11 + 6. r+ 7 r+ 6 - 1 r+ 3 - 1 + 1 r- 7 - 1 r- .1 + 6 - 2 + I ; +5 j - 5 - 3 1 + 3 + ' 3 + 8 i +3 • +3 ! +a 5 2 5 5 r+ 7 r+ 9 + 5 +21 r+ 3 +24 ! ! + 1 + 6 1 + i +23 +12 r+20 r+45 - 9 + 2 + 7 + 5 1 j ! j *Not available +4 + + + + + + + + + - ? 3 7 2 2 8 4 6 0 4 6 3 3 7 1 1