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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM "H.86 " J; " FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 1956 • W E L DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS . EKY Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City New York D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N.E.New Jersey Newark New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton 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 + 6 +22 •r+10 + 3 +20 •Uk_ -19 + 3 0 + 8 + ! + 6 + 10 + 1 - 1 + 7 + 1 + 9 +11 +21 +18 +28 +21 +22 +19 0 - 5 +18 + 9 - it +25 -22 -20 -28 -itl -17 - it + h + h + 9 + 3 +18 +13 +26 0 - U -12 +_7 United S t a t e s Boston D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell Cities Springfield Providence - Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) VJeek ending Dec. 171 Dec. 21t* IDec. 31 1 Jan. 7 Nov. Mass. Mass, R. I . - i i . + 2 +19 r+11 -lb + 2 *h 0 0 + 2 + 5 + it •+ 2 •+ b - 1 + h + 7 +20 +18 +15 +18 r+22 r+2U r+12 r+10 r+ 6 r+ 9 r+12 r+25 -15 -15 -ll -17 + 6 - 7 + 7 +10 r+26 +10 <9 + 9 + 5 + 7 +10 •3 +10 + 11 + k +ii ,..+12 + 3 + 8 + 6 +23 +10 +22 +29 +26 +lit +16 r+13 r+ 5 r+21 r+10 r+15 r+ 5 r+ 3 *3£' +J +23 r+11 Pa. W.Va.- Ohio + 2 + 7 + 6 + 7 + 8 +12 + 9 + 5 + 7 - 1 * + 7 + 1 + 8 + it + 5 + 8 + h + 7 +13 +21 r+21 +26 +23 + 3 r+18 r+13 +18 + 2 + 6 +15 +1U r+19 + k +18 +18 + 7 -10 -11 - 5 -15 -lit + 2 -lit -13 - 6 Pa. +20 +15 +30 + 6 -9 u N. Y. N.Y.-IM.J. N. J. N. Y. Del. N. J. Pa. Ky. Ohio 0 -20 -10 -13 - 2 -12 -11 . H,8b Page 2 W E L DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) EKY Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City Richmond D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Richmond | D. C. Md. Va. + + + + ±_1 +23 r+ 7 - 8 1 8 h u 9 +10 + +27 +19 +21 +23 r+13 r+ k r- 1 r+ 3 - 7 -18 -11 -11 ^ + 3 + 8 +10 Atlanta D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville City Tampa Fla. Chicage D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. Ala. Fla. Ga. La. Tenn.'** " ±2 + r+18 ±_9 =Ji + 9 + 6 +11 + 2 +6 +12 + 7 $ + 7 + 8 - 2 + 7 +13 +10 +12 +20 +21 +17 +20 +19 +19 +12 +18 + 5 + 6 +11 +16 +13 - 9 - 9 - 9 -2k -11 +26 - 8 + 3 +2U + 9 - 2 + 1 +18 zA +2U +25 +25 +2U +12 +21 +25 +22 -12 -11 - 7 - 8 + 8 - + 8 • X Minn. Minn. & Wis. + + + + +10 +29 +12 - 8 +h + 6 +13 r+ 8 +22 +19 +3U r+2U + 8 +2U + 9 +10 -12 - 7 -10 - U ±b Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. + 5 + 7 +13 + 2 +_8, S t . Louis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan 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 Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on r e t a i l dollar amounts) Jan.Week ending Nov. Dec. 171 Dec. 2WHDec. 311 Jan. 7 JL3 +17 ^_5 - 8 +h + 2 + 2 + h +1 + 7 +16 +17 +19 - 6 - 3 + U - 8 -10 + 2 + + + + 1 6 8 5 7 h 9 9 H.8b _ Pace 3 WEEKLY DE PARTITTi-IT STORE SAL'S - SELECTED CITIES AHD AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and C i t y Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t Metropolitan 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 Pas o Fort Worth Houston San Antonio San Francisco D i s t r i c t - Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles Downtown Lcs Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francis co-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland C i t y San Jose Portland S a l t Lake C it y Seattle Spokane Tacoma Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Week ending Jan.Mov. Dec. 17-| Dec.2h* I Dec . 31| J - n . 7 +_8 t l +19 r+15 -10 +15 + 6 >13 + 8 +12 +12 + 3 +11 + 7 + 5 0 + 8 + 5 + h +23 +23. , +15 +1L +22 +19 +23 r+27 + 5 r+11 + 3 - 2 r+29 + 9 - 5 - 5 -18 -13 -11 -21 Mo, + h + 2 +15 r+ 8 -Ik + 9 u Tex. +10 + 9 + 9 + 7 + 7 + + + + - + 8 Calif. + 6 0 + 6 + 5 + 5 + 8 + h + 2 +12 + 5 +12. + 6 + 7 +11 Colo. Kans, Mo. -N» Hex. Okla. Ore. Utah Wash. 11 : +20 r+11 -12 +19 +21 +22 +19 , +16 + 7 + h +18 + 9 +22 -12 -13 - 1 -11 -20 + 2 +18 r+ 9 %15 0 2 2 6 2 h. u 2 3 1 5 h L h +17 r+15 r+18 +15 +20 +17 +15 +19 +15 +19 +18 +18 r+17 +18 + 'U 0 + 3 +lh +20 +15 +16 +11 +10 +11 + 3 +12 + 3 + k -]6 -23 -17 -11 - 9 -17 -15 -18 - 5 -19 -lli -19 - 7 + + + . + + + + + + + + 3 h. 5 h 3 - 6 r—Revised -:h:-—pata not a v a i l able . -"-—The l a r g e i n c r e a s e s shorn f o r t h i s week r e f l e c t i n part the f a c t t h a t t h i s year Christmas f e l l ' on Sunday and the week t h e r e f o r e included s i x days of heavy p r e Christmas shopping as compared w i t h f i v e days l a s t year when Christmas f e l l on Saturday.
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