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FEDERAL RESERVE statist!(0 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 21, 1966. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell Providence New York District Metropolitan Areas ' New York-N.E. New Jersey Newark * New York . .Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown,Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Mass. R.I. Percentage change from corresponding 5 pleriod a year ago ..... . (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending 11 mos.^ Jan. 151 Jan. i $1 Jan. 1 |Dec. 25 1965 +33 +21 +46 +25 +34 +29 +36 - 3 + 1 - 7 +10 - 7 - 2 +19 - 2 0 - 4 - 9 -13 - 3 + 1 +17 +10 +22 +20 +15 +18 +16 -17 r+17 -41 + 7 r+15 +11 + 4 +10 +24 . +26 +21 +13 +18 +14 +33 + + + f - I3 i N.Y.N.,J. +18" N.J. +22 N.Y. - 2 " + 7 +19 4 2 5 5 3 VJ + 6 - 1 : : .+ 7 +12 1 " Del. N.J. Pa. +31 +36 +31 +35 +24 +17 +22 Ky. Ohio +18 +40 + 5 +34 +23 + 9 +22 +21 +27 +12 + 7 +22 + 5 " V n .' ' " i Pa. • it ; r+ 2 +17 +18 r+10 + 2 + 9 + 4 +15 +21 +17 +11 +22 +18 +16 + 3 +23 +10 r+10 r 0 r-11 + 5 +29 r+21 + 6 r- 6 +13 - 1 +14 +22 + 7 + 3 +12 +14 - 1 - 8 - 2 r+17 + 5 +20 + 4 +14 :• •" +18 +23 +24 +10 +16 +10 + 7 +26 + 7 +17 +11 0 . +16 +13 r+13 r+11 +11 . +13 • >3r + + + + + + + 9 6 8 5 5 5 5 + + + + + 4 9 2 5 4 0 5 8 8 7 6 7 1 + + + + + + - Page'2 H.8vb WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Cont.) Percentage change from corresponding •••• — period a year-• ago - - •— •^Rfl^ed, on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan. 15) Jan.. 81 Jan. 1 I Dec. 25 ~Sr: areas and' Cities W i t ^ . .....Federal Reserve DistrlgJ*. •^e$b4$WSS£. . .• , Hecropclitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington . - Baltimore : V <' » Downtown Baltimore 1 • RichmondAtlanta District ! Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampar&t. Petersburg Atlantav Augusta New Orleans Cities Miami Downtown Central Atlanta D.C. Md.' V.a. Ala. Fla. Ga. La. +15 + 8 +19 +13 +19 + 4 +14 , ^+11 +11 * +27 '+. 4 +35 r+ r+ r+ + 1 +26 + 7 + 9 + 1 +11... • +• 8 + 9 "•"y +28 + 2 +43 +43 +22 +18 +43 + 9 +11 +21 +16 +12 i!6 +11 - 2 +17 +26 +21 +13 +13 + 7 r+42 Fla. Ga. + 6 +16 111. +17 +39 +15 + 6 + 8 +19 +23 +15 +11 +11 r+13 - 1 + 6 - 9 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago ' Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee Wis. +21 +58 +27 +12 - 3--. St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville • St. Louis : Memphi's1 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tetin. + 8 +28 +15 •+ 5 +19 + 4 + 9 +18 •+ 9 +12 ,+10 + 3 + + + + Mi nneanolis: pjgtrict; Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-S-t'. Paul. . Mpls.-and Suburban Minneapolis ! St / ¥aul & Suburban Cities i • • *" for •FRASER Duluth-Superior Digitized Ind. Mich. Minn.SHis.+ 7 + + + + 8 7 4 8 r+ 9r : 7 9 7 3 +10 + 5 0 : + 7 +1 + 7 +18 : +14 +17 ' +13 • +14 +11. . + 6 +10 + 5 +18 5 4 4 1 3 * +19 +22 +27 : i +18 +T ... + 8 . + 8 + 6 +16 + 4 + 4 + + + - 5 7 1 1 ' +15; •• + 5 ;i . + i 5 +13 • +11 + 5 + 6 + 3 H.8.b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Cont.) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending 1965 151 Jan. 8| Jan. 1 IDec. 25 Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts •' Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities 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-Everett Spokane Tacoma r--Revised *—Data not available + 6 + 3 + 9 + 4 +27 0 + 5 + 3 +11 +11 + 1 +20 +12 + 5 + 8 r+ 5 r+ 7 + 4 +26 +22 +16 +13 +20 +13 +12 - 6 +15 - 1 +17 r+15 + 7 + 3 + 7 0 + 5 - 2 + 9 0 + 7 + 7 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 +16 - 4 + 2 +12 + 5 + 8 Mo. +15 r- 4 +21 - 3 + 1 Tex. it + 7 +11 +11 - 8 +13 + 7 +15 + 1 +15 +16 +12 + 1 +26 +11 +16 . 1 Calif. + 6 - 4 + 8 - 2 +12 0 - 5 - 4 +10 + 2 0 + 7 + 4 +16 r+ 9 ' r+ 2 r+ 4 + 8 r+10 + 6 - 1 + 9 r+11 +12 + 7 + 2 + 2 + 1 +10 + 7 +15 + 3 0 0 - 8 + 3 +14 +16 +17 +12 + 4 0 +11 - 5 + 6 +18 +15 +10 + 7 + 5 +19 - 4 +10 - 4 + 7 - 7 Colo. Kans. Mo. -Kans. Mo. " Nebr. " N.Mex. Okla. 11 Ore. Utah Wash. " • • + + + + 6 2 9 2 + 4 -5 + 9 0 + 3 + 3 - 3 - 7 + 6 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 4 . + 6