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Ids H.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 1961. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts Week endin? Jan.-Nov. iJan. 14 Dec. 24**1 Dec. 311 Jan. 7*1 I960 + 4 +_2 rll ±30 + _I Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES ' Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy • . Lowell City Springfield Mass. ii " n II " , New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo N.Y. .Hew York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y.-N.J. N.J. Newark New York N.Y, Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia. District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton ^ Lancaster Philadelphia Reading . Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas . Lexington Akron .Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield ' Toledo Youngstown . Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling for FRASER Digitized Del. N.J. Pa. " it Ky. Ohio Pa. " " W.Va. +_J +32 __G rll +14 + + + + - +40 +33 +49 +33 +41 +43 - 2 - 3 + 1 -11 -15 - 2 -11 - 9 -14 -19 -17 -19 +14 +12 +17 + 7 +12 + 5 4 3 5 7 1 3 . + 4 +41 +11 - 7 +17 +_4 +44 __o r=lV +14 + 2 + 5 0 + 1 + 4 0 +17 +47 +37 +41 +34 +28 + 9 • - 4 -17 - 3 +16 r+ 6 r- 9 r-14 -16 r-18 -11 -18 +19 +13 + 5 + 8 • +11 + 9 ±_1 +40 r- 8 =10 ±_Z r-+46 +45 +29 r+43 +19 +30 +21 r-10 + 6 + 1 r-11 -12 +16 - 7 r- 1 r- 8 r-10 r-11 -13 -22 -14 -12 + 5 + 9 + 9 - 3 + 8 +16 +22 ±_i -zll + 6 +• 7 +15 +14 +26 +19 +15 +27 +10 +37 +13 +20 +26 +21 +17 r 0 + 1 - 4 + 8 + 2 - 1 r+17 +12 +17 r- 2 r 0 + 3 + 1 +14 -17 -20 -19 - 8 -15 -20 - 4 - 3 '+ 1 + 4 + 3 0 . + l - 2 . - 1 + + + + + + + + 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 . 8 2 1 3 4 1 0 -24 -16 - 9 -12 + 7 . - 9 0 - 2 +12 + 5 0 + 5 - 5 - 7 + 5 +11 + 9 + 2 ,Hc8b • - Page 3 SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STOR& SALES Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-Nov. Week ending I960 iPec. 24**1 Dec. 311 Jan. 7*1 I Jan. 14 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin 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 Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma 0 Col. Kans. " Mo.-Kans. Mo. 11 Nebr. N.Mex. Okla. Mo. Tex. 11 " " Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. " + 3 - 1 -13 + 2 - 2 - 4 + 7 - 3 0 - 4 +25 r+26 +33 + 4 +19 +25 +30 +50 +18 +19 +20 +12 - - 3 +15 - 1 +17 - 5 0 . -17 +19 - 9 + 9 -13 +27 - 2 r+10 +32 + 8 -21 +10 - 9 + 6 - 2 +14 +19 +13 + 2 + 7 +11 +13 +41 - 4 + 1 . - 5 -10 +17 +15 r-14 - 7 - 2 +24 + 2 -11 + 3 0 -12 - 5 0 - 4 +29 +15 +19 +23 +30 + 7 0 + 6 +12 - 8 -10 -22 - 9 -11 -10 + 2 0 - 2 + 6 +11 0 +22 + 3 -15 + 4 1 3 1 4 8 3 1 4 8 3 1 4 0 - 4 +17 +12 + 8 +21 +38 +29 +28 +32 +27 +26 +22 +18 , +28 +21 + 1 - 5 +11 + 5 + 5 + 2 - 2 + 4 r+ 1 +11 +18 + 9 - 2 + 7 + + + + + + + - + 4 -19 + 7 -25 + 1 -15 + 2 - 5 + 8 - 3 + 5 - 9 + 1 -11 - +14 - 5 + 4 -3 +14 - 8 5 • + 5 +18 -34 + 7 - 9 - 2 - 9 r—Revised. ***Not available. *—New Year's Day this year occurred in the week ending January 7 whereas last year it was in the week ending January 2, I960. Th6 week of January 7, 1961, therefore, had one less trading day than the corresponding week last year. **-The large percentage changes shown for this week are due mainly to the difference in timing of Christmas 1959 and i960. Christmas in 1959 fell on Friday whereas in i960 it was on Sunday. Therefore, the week ending Dec. 24, i960 had the advantage since it included 6 pre-Christmas shopping days, while the 1959 week ending Dec. 26 contained 4 pre-Christmas shopping days, 1 holiday and 1 postChristmas shopping day. /o#,
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