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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM J|H;8b FOR M E D I A T E RELEASE January 23, 1959* SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago' - " (Based on retail dollar amounts) Yv'eek ending 11 mos Dec... 27.*I. Jan. 3) Jan. 10[ Jan. .1.7/ 1958 r+ 2 +_U - 1 tE Federal Reserve District, . Area, and City . UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas BostonDowntown Boston ' . Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy ... Lowell . City Springfield New York District Metropolitan'Areas Buffalo New York-N.E. New « "Newark New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District . Metropolitan Areas -Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton ' W like s-Barre—Hazle.t on Mass. » + 2 - % +1h 4- 9 +1U 6 ' +36 * +29 +U7 • +22 +57 +23 - 6 + 2 - 8 -12 -10 + 1 +30 +18 • -12 +12 + 6 -18 : r- 3 + 6 - 2 +25 : >: 9 +13 .+ U + U ; + 1 • +28 - l r 0 - 5 + 3 - 5 - 1 -k -3 +25 •'+28 +23 +36 •" +26 + it - 2 - 2 - h +10 - 5 r+ + r- 3 2 5 3 r- 6 ."0 131 + 1 0 >10 0 - 1 + 2 i• +37 • *2k +28 ,• it zl - " i -8 - 2 ** o - 8 -12 - 7 ' 0 • - k +26 +17 ±S. + 8 +3U + 1 9 - +23 - +21 +2U +27 +33 • +26 +25 +30 '.r ' ' +18 +15 +26 + r+10 • + 9 . r+11 r+15 r+18 +11 6 r 0 r+18 r+ 1' r 0 + 5 : 2 r-27 r+_6'. +2U 0 +1U r+ 6 r- 2 + 2 . -7 : +33 • + 9 L I • " +31 • " Cleveland District Metropolitan"Areas Ky: '.Lexington ; • Ohio Canton Cincinnati • Cleveland ..J Downtown Cleveland Ctilumbus' 'r : Springfield it •Youngs town Pa. Erie • it Pittsburgh"Downtown Pittsburgh Vvheeling-Steubenville "W. Va&Ohio +3U - 1 N. Y. • N.Y.-N.J. N. J. N. Y. • Del'. N. J. • Pa. - 1 M r+16 +10 r+37 + 7 r+ 6 r+ 2 v r - T Z +26 +_k V . 0 + it + 3 0 +25 + 8 +12 +10 +20 " • +36 +13 - + 1). + 6 - 3" r- 6 " 0 + 5 - 2 - 3 + 2 . - 5 . T. 9\ . . - 3 -12 - 8 • 0 - 1; + 3 - 3 •• -1L ,-3 + 2 - A . : - h - U - U + h - 2 6,3 5" H.8b , „ Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding . period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Dec. 27*| Jan. 31 Jan. 101 Jan. 17 1958 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Dovmtovm Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond +29 + 2 + 3 0 - 3 - 5 - h +31 +22 +27 +12 +24 + - 0 +27 + 7 +30 2 1 +31 1 +29 1 +25 +21 3 2 +28 +22 5 6 I j +30 - +27 4 +19 3- + 1 + 9 +10 +11 +15 +14 - 4 + 2 + 4 + 9 - 1 D. C. Md. Va. Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Downtown Miami Atlanta Augusta Columbus New Orleans Knoxville Tenn. Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee zJi +30 111. Ind. Mich. ii Wis. ' - 2 7 9 5 3 +33 +27 +29 +28 +25 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St.^Louis Memphis - 2 • +23 Ark. %y. Mo. Tenn. + - - 1 Minn. - 1 - 1 - 1 +19 Minneapolis District ^Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior Ala. Fla. Ga. " " . " " Minn.&Vvis + + + + - 2 2 2 1 3 r+ 4 + 8 r- 2 r+ 5 r+15 -r+11 r- 6 . +16 + 2 0 - 2 + 5 + 6 + 7 +10 + 7 - 2 - 5 - 8 r+ 7 r- 6 r+ 7 +11 + 6 +16 + 6 +11 + 3 + 6 + 4 + 4 +17 + 2 +12 0 r+ 4 + 3 - 4 +14 + 5 + 7 - 3 0 - 3 + 5 + 2 + + + - r+ 1 + 5 + 4 + + r + 2 2 0 5 + h - 5 + k +15 +12 + 4 - 1 + 9 +26 - 2 + 2 - 1 +27 +24 +35 - 1 - 3 + 2 + 2 0 + 7 - 1 - 5 + 7 - 6 r+ 3 + 4 +34 +26 +18 +34 | 2 6 7 2 1 1 1 3 7 1 .W.8b Page 3 W E E K L Y D E P A R T M E N T S T O R E S A L E S - S E L E C T E D C I T I E S AIND A R E A S Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Dec. 27*1 Jan. 31 Jan. 101 Jan. 17 Federal Reserve District, Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth 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 City Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane T'acoma OCO ~ Area, and City Aensas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Mchita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph. Lincoln Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City J'oplin (Continued) +2 9 - 9 + k + 1 - h 0 +29 +23 +25 +29 -12 -12 -20 - 7 + 8 0 +12 +18 +15 +52 +2U +38 '- 1 + 9 - 8 -17 -s3 Mo. - 6 +21 -lk - 1 +26 Tex. » » + + + + .1 U 2 7 2 +20 +23 +35 +26 +27 0 +33 + 8 +13 1 8 2 7 2 0 +35 +25 +28 +10+39 +31 +28 +20 +50 +26 +29 +27 +26 +2U r+ 1 - 1 + 5 +31 r+19 r+ 7 r+ 5 r+ 2 r+23 +15 - h +13 + 6 + 9 +17 + 7 +17 +27 +12 + 7 + 6 - 2 +17 + 3 +19 +10 - 6 + 3 Col. Kans. " Mo. ti " Nebr. N. Mex. Okla. " " Calif. II » " " " Ore. Utah Wash. " -K* - h -JH5- + - - 1 -13 + h 0 - 1 0 + 1 0 + + + + +11 + 9 + 2 + 8 +11 + 9 + h - 9 —lit - • +18 r+21 + 8 +15 +10 + 5 +12 +13 0 +- 2 +21 +15 + 9 +11 + 1 + 7 0 + 8 + 2 U 8 5 1 7 + + + + + + 5 + 8 + 6 -10 7 9 8 8 3 + . 8 +11 + 8 + 1 +11 +21 +18 + 8 + 5 + h +37 +15 +18 + 9 - h +18 r—Revised. **Data not available. * This year there were three shopping days before Christmas compared with two last year.
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