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BOARD OF GOVERNORS Ot THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H.8b FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 1956 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS eral Reserve District, Area, and City United States Mass. R. I. New York District Ke tropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N.E.Mew Jersey Newark New York Rochester Syracuse N. Y. N.Y.-N.J. IM.'J. N.11Y. it Mass. " City +10 + U +20 + U -19 - 8 + 3 0 +21 +18 +28 +21 Vr* +22 +19 0 e - 5 +18 + 9 +25 -22 -20 -26 -al -m -17 - k -10 -11 - 8 +15 -15 -15 -1U " +26 0 -12 - h +10 -10 + 8 i 1 1 j 1 I ' + 5 " " + 6 >10 + h + ii +.19 +11 -1U + 6 •. +12 +10 + 6 + 9 +12 +25 -15 -15 -ii -17 r+ 1 r-11 -5 + 8 +10 + 5 + h + b +26 r+ 8 r-13 + 3 +23 +10 +22 +29 | +26 1 +1U | ,+16 +13 + 5 +21 r+ r +15 + 5 + 3 r- 1 -20 -10 r-lU - 2 r-13 -11 +13 +39 + 9 + 1 0 - 2 0 + 7 it " " it Vet. V. ..V- .-Ohio Digitized forPittsburgh FRASER Pa. . f + 23 +11 -11 +10 + "2 +13 +. 7 +21 + 6 +21 + 7 +26 + 8 +23 +12 + 3 + '9 . +18 - r i •'13. + 7 ! +18 1 +20 1 +30 r- 2 + 6 r+ 9 -10 -11 - 5 -15 -It* + 2 -IS - 8 + 2 + 9' + 7 + 6 + 2 +11 4-D.l +11 Ky. Ohio a -11 +20 +18 +15+18 +22. + 24 + 2 ^ + U 0 . 0 :+ 2 + 5 + 9 + 9 + 5 t 7 +10 + 3 +10 - +18 . +13 + 3 Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Del. N. J. Trenton Lancaster Pa. Philadelphia Reading ScranLon Mikes-Barre—Hazleton . Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo + 22 + 7 Boston District metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn Quincy Lov/ell Cities Springfield Providence Cleveland District Metropolitan.Areas Lexington Percentage change from, corresponding period- a year ago (Eased on retail dollar amounts) Jan.Week ending Mcv. Dec.2ii-"jDec. 311 Jan. 7 I Jan. m"" +ih +19 r+10 r+l6 + ? + 6 -TV - 6 " + 1 - 9 +19 WEEKLY r;E?AHTI.i£I'T STORE SALES - LRL-Ci'ED CITIES AND AKEAL (Continued) Percentage cuange frca corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.- | v.eek ending Nov. | Dec. k?U-*|Dec. 311Jan. 7 j Jan. lq /Federal Reserve District, Area, snd City Richmond District metropolitan Areas V.asnington Downtown Washington Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas . Birmingham. . Jacksonville .Atlanta Augusta " Hev< Orleans Knoxville Nashville City ^ . D. C. " Kd. Va. Ala. Fla. •Ga. " ' La. T'enn. " Fla. + 9 +23 + 7 r- 9 + + + + 9 +27 +19 + 21 +23 +13 + 4 - 1 + 3 • r- 8 r-19 r-10 r-12 0 - 8 - 3 +11 +10 +18 5' h h + 9 + 6 +11 + 2 + 6 +12 +7 •ill. Ind. Mich. V- is. St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Term. ! + 3 + 8 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis . Detroit Milwaukee r+16 +20 +21 . +17 +20 | +19 +19 + 9. | + 25 + 5 ! + 7 j +13 ' , + 2 j Minneapolis • St. raul Duluth-Superior Minn. Minn. ^ \,is. : r- 5 .+ 8 - 9 - 9 r-10 -11 r+21 - 8 + 10 + 9 + h - 5 + 8 0 + 7 - 2 + 1 + k +18 - 9 + 3 +12 +21 +25 +22 -12 -11 - 7 - 8 0 + 3 -2k + k + 6 t +29 +12 r- 9 +11 + 1 + 6 + 6 + 5 i , j i +22 +19 +3M +24 + 8 + 2U r+10 r+ 9 -12 - 7 -10 +13 +1U +11 + 7 ! 161 — : + 9 +12 +18 + 5 + 6 +11 +16 +13 tM Minneapolis District Cities + 2a + 25 +25 +24 0 + T 2 + 2 j +16 ! +17 1 +19 - k z £ - . - 5 +10 — 6 - 3 + 4 - 8 -10 + 2 +12 + 7 +12 H.Bb Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTi.'IENT STORE SAULS - SELECTED CITIES AND ARt,AS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area> and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka michita St. Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Kansas City Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles Vi est side Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland City San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Taccma Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (based on retail dollar amounts) \iieek ending Jan.Nov. Dec.2U~" |Dec. 31 j Jan. 7 I Jan. 14 ~ +19 Colo. Kans. i " Mo. N. Mex. Okla. " +15 + 6 +13 + 8 +12 ' +12 + 3 - . M r+28 + 5 +11 + 3. r+2U +23. +15 +1U . +22 +19 +23 - 9 11 " " Calif. +10 + 9 + 9 + 7 + 7 + 6 0 + 6 + 5 + 5 + 8 + 4 + 2 +12 Ore. Utah i«ash. " " + 5 +12 + 6 + 7 +11 .+19 +21 +22 +19 +16 . - 5 - 5 r- 5 +lii + 7 + 3 +13 -18 -ll +11 -21 + 2 rlh - 1 +11 -12 + -9- + 7 + 4 +18 r+11 -12 + U + 3 +12 +1k +12 +29 + 9 +20 , Tex. " + 2 +15 Mo. h -10 +22 . +18 + 9 - +17 +15 +18 +15 +20 +17 +15 +19 +15 +19 +18 +18 +17 +16 + 4 r- 1 r+ k +11; r+23 r+lu +16 r+13 r+11 +11 + 3 +12 + 3 + h -13 - 1 -11 -20 -16 - -23 -17 - 4 -11 - 9 -17 -16 —18 - 5 -19 -14 -19 - 7 - 6 2 - 1 + 1 0 + k + 3 + 7 - 1 + 9 + 9 + 3 +14 +22 r—itevised. ->«-—Daua not available. —The large increases shown for this week reflect in part the fact that this year Christmas fell on Sunday and the week therefore included six days of heavy preChristmas shopping as compared with five days last year v/hen Christmas fell on Saturday.
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