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BOAhD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3 , 1956 H.8b .WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES SELECTED CITIES. AND AREAS F e d e r a l Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City Percentage-change. from.corresponding p e r i o d a year ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) "Tear ~ Vveek ending 1955 " J a n . .7 N a n . l ^ J a n . 211 J a n . 2b United S t a t e s + 7 -11 t ± -19 i l - 1 + 9 -10 •• • - 1 -11 - 2 + 1 - 8 +15 -19 + 6 -15 -15 - 3 +15 -lit + 9 + 7 +12 + 22 + 6 +10 • -22 -20 -27 -Ul -lit -17 - U + . 5 + 3 - b -12 +10 -10 i i -1U + 3 + U 0 0 + 2 + 5 Boston D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn Quincy Lowell Cities Springfield Providence New York D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Buffalo New York-N.E.New J e r s e y Newark ' New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton toilkes-Barre—Ha z l e t o n Cleveland D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Cincinnati Cleveland, Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Wheeling-Steubenville City Pittsburgh for FRASER Digitized + 2 0 + 8 + 6 Mass. « " Mass. iv. I . . N. Y. N.Y.-N.J. IN. J . ' N-. Y, ' " " ' . . 1 2 + 8 + ? + 1 + 23 +11 ' -12 +1U + 5 t i r+ 8 . -10 -15 -15 -11 -17 + 1 -11 - 6 + 6 +11 + it • + h + 5 r+ 9 r+ 8 r+ 8 r+ 7 r+ 8 rf 11 .+27 + 8 + U . + 8 +10 + it -13 U . •ii +lit - 1 -20 -10 -1U - 2 -13 -17 +iit +39 + 9 + 1 0 - 2 - 3 +13 - a . - 6 + 5 + 9 r+16 - 2 +16 - 8 + 9 +lit - +15 - +1 + 2 +10 -11 +10 - 3 +20 + 2 '+ 7 + 5 + 7 + 7 +11 + 8 + 5 + 7 -11 -11 - 6 -15 -lit.. + 1 -lit -16 - 6 r- 3 + 2 r+ 8' + 7 + 6 r+11 +11 r+12 + 1 -13 + it -25 + 7 0 - 9 + 2 +17 - 8 -lit +15 '- 3 +16 +16 +11 . +12 +23 +22 - 9 r+20 - 9 +U6 ±1 Del. N. J . Pa. it ±_5 +. 9 + + + + + + 7 5 7 9 3 9 -. * /" Ky. Ohio II Pa. vv, Va.-Ohio Pa. +19 H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) F e d e r a l Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and C i t y Richmond D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Richmond Atlanta D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Atlanta Augusta Mew Orleans Knoxville Nashville City Tampa Chicago D i s t r i c t m e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Chicago Indianapolis . Detroit Milwaukee S t . Louis D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas L i t t l e Rock Louisville S t . Louis Memphis Minneapolis D i s t r i c t . Cities Minneapolis S t . Paul Duluth-Superior D. C. Md. Va. Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a y e a r ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Year Week ending J a n . 7 I J a n . 1 4 | J a n . 2 1 | J a n . 28 1955 + 8 - 9 0 - 2 + 8 + + + + - 8 -19 -10 -12 - 2 -10 - 1 +12 - 3 r-10 r-10 + 9 +11 + 6 + 9 + 3 + 8 r+ 7 0 . +10 + 9 + 5 - 5 + 8 0 + 7 + 7 +15 r+ 7 + 3 + 6 + 7 + 7 + 6 +16 0 8 b h 9 +10 Ala. ' Fla. Ga. La. Tenn. Fla. + 8 + 7 +11 + 1 + 6 +12 + 7 + k - 9 - 9 -10 -2k -11 +21 - 8 i |i + 7 -16 -20 + 1 +k + 8 + 8 - 9 + 3 t l +15 Ill Ind. Mich. Yi/is. + 6 + 7 +12 + 3 -12 -11 - 7 - 8 . 0 + 3 + U + 6 + + + +18 +10 +13 +11 + 8 - 9 +10 - 3 + 5 Ark. ky. Mo. Tenn, + + + + -12 - 7 -10 -10 +13 r+ 8 +11 + 7 - 7 -1U - 1 0 + 5 - l +10 -10 + k - 8 +10 0 + 8 Minn. + 3 + 2 + 2 - 8 -10 + 2 +12 + 7 +12 - 2 + 6 r+ 1 + 9 + 7 + 9 Minn. & Wis. 2 6 9 5 2 8 7 8 H.8b- . - Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMJ AREAS (Continued) F e d e r a l Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City- Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Denver Topeka Wichita S t . Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma C i t y Tulsa City Kansas C i t y Dallas D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso F o r t Worth Houston San Antonio San F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles V;est,side Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San F r a n c i s co-Oakland San F r a n c i s c o City Oakland City San Jose Portland S a l t Lake C i t y Seattle Spokane i'acoma r—Revised. Colo. Kans. Mo. N. Mex. Okla. Mo. Tex. II II " Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a year ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Vveek ending Tear J a n . 7 | J a n . l h j J a n . 211Jan. 28. 19# + 7 -11 + u •+1U + 5 +12 + 7 +11 +12 • + 3 - 6 - 5 -18 - 5 +56 -11 -21 +1U + 7 + 2 +13 -16 +12 +- 2 " - 3 + 9 + U • -15 +10 . - 3 + 2 - 9 -lit - 1 + 1; - 8 -12 + 9 - 3 + 3 + 9 -12 -13 - - 1< -11 -20 + 3 ; + 3 +12 +1U +12 -20 + 8 -10 +11 + 3 + + + + - + 2 + 3 + + + + 8 9 7 6 + 5 0 + 5 + $ Ore. Utah Vvash. 11 8 1 2 6 5 7 1 + 9 + 5 + 7 II + + r+ + . + + + 3 + 8 Calif. + k *.k .+ 2 +11 +" 5 +10 + 5 + 7 +10 i -16 -23 -18 -11 - 9 -17 -16 -20 - 5 -19 -13 -19 -7 - 6 r—Data not a v a i l a b l e . rr+ 1 3 1 1 0 •+ u + 3 r+ 6 - 1 + 9 + 9 + 3 +lii +22 0 - 2 + 1 +12 + 7 + 9 +11 + 6 +10 - 3 + 7 + 1 - 4 + 1 8 2 3 3 6 -13 -22 -12 0 + 5 + 2 "+ 3 0 +3 -12 - 3 + 1 -3 + 2
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