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BOARD OF GOVSiiMORS OF 1I1E FEDERAL RESERVE YSTEH H.8b FOR 3MEDIATE RELEASE | January 2U, 195'8. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES , SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS , Percentage change from corresponding , period!a year ago •(Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Nqy .. Dec. 2ti*|. Jan. u|. Jan. ll|Jan,.Id . Federal Reserve District> Area, and City UNITED STATES " Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston 1 Downtown Boston r Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy. Lowell City • Springfield Mass. 11 » it Vl +32 + 2 Zh +30 ±_3 + + 1 u 5 5 0 - 2 +31 +21 +47 +39 +U7 + 5 - 1 +16 +3 "i1 +22 - 2 +28 -j 6 +3 - 8 +37. +!_3 + 1 ±1 +36' +38 +2ir +27* +27 +29 H-2 1k 16 4 2 +11 r+ 4 r+ 1 r-13 - 2 0 +5 + 6 + 5 - 2 0 -12 • - 2 • i 2 £-1 -3 - 5 -7 r- 8 -6 + 6 r+ 9 + 6 +17 - 9 -13 -.3" -9 - 2 -10 r+ 3 " " +J6 +14 + 5 +10 - 2 + 6 - 6 + 4 0 + 1 + 9 - 2 + '9 ^ 5 ° -10 New York District +2 Metropolitan Areas N. Y. + i • Buffalo • . New York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y.-N.J. + 5 N. J. Newark - h ** N.Y. New York Rochester - h Syracuse 0 Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas "Wilmington Del. •N.J. Trenton Pa. Lancaster Philadelphia ii . •Reading Scranton Vi ilkes-Barre—Ha zleton " Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas =• Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati \ Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Erie Pittsburgh "Wheeling-Steubenville + 1 +31 + 7 +36 + 1 +2u +i6: - 1 0 +30 + 8 ,- +32 0 +50 +37 -1 + 1 Ky. Ohio +kk +31 i 4 h ! 7 7 - 4 1 - 3 —10 Us + f6 + 4 + 1 . +11 + 2 +13 •*-k 1 +9 0 +21 ' " +12 +20 + 8 +27 +13' +12 -12 i + 7 -3 + 2 - U 0 •it* - 1 +U5 +32 +45 +26 ii +37 +21 ii +42. 11 i - 1 Pa. 0 +26 ii + 2 • •'' '+-24 W.Va.&Ohio+ 1 +38 r+8 + 2 i o r+ 3 r+ 8 r- 5 - 1 rl3 r-17 r+11 + 1 + 9 +11 - + 4 + 4 - 1 - 6 +16 - 7 . 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 ' Jan.Dec. 2d*| Jan. k\ Jan. 111 Jan. 10 Nov. Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityRichmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham. Mobile Jacksonville Miami Miami City Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville City Tampa Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee St. Louis District • Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Sup erior 1 + 1 +35 - 1 D. C. + 2 - b +. 5 -5 - 3 +33 +27 +43 +38 +36 -10 -11 + 4 + 9 +14 rrr+ r+ - 1 3 1 1 3 + 3 + 1 +15 +10 +18 o +30 + 4 r+ 1 0 -12 -5 - 8 r+15 r+10 - 1 r+ 3 + U -11 - 2 -1 - 1 - 1 - 8 - 1 - 8 "-•+ 3 +18 +16 Md. V Va. . /..- Ala. ii Fla. II 0 5 l 9 1 2 5 5 U Tenn, + + + + - Fla. + 2 111. Ind. Mich. + 2 - 1 0 - 6 - 1 " Ga. Ark. ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn. II II Mirm.&Wis. + r r+ - 2 2 6 0 6 9 7 0 +30 +51 . +15 131 - 2 + 3 + _U +35 +23 +32 +21 + 1 +18 - 3 -10 - b + 6 + 2 - 1 0 + b + 7 0 + 2 + b + 2 0 +29 - 1 - 2 + 1 - 3 - 3 + 1 - h +19 r+49 +27 +30 +12 - 3 r- 3 + 9 + 2 + 2 0 -11 + + + - + 2 r+32 - 1 - 3 + 2 + 3 - 1 - +33 +33 +31 0 + 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 0 r+31 - 9 - 1 0 Wis. +29 +42 +37 ' +32 +20 +27 +32 +28 +14 - 1 ** - b - 7, + 5 r+ 5 . 8 2 3 U * v . Page 3 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AlREAS (Continued) Area, and City San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francis co-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma Mo. " Tex. it - 1 +26 + + - 1 2 2 6 2 2 0 +32 +39 +28 +35 +2 9 +19 +16 + 7 o -1 : -- 6 ! +12 + 3 -13 - 5 - 2 +11 +22 1 j + 2 +29 | + + + + + +26 +28 . j +29 +23 +30 \ 3 h 3 7 1 0 Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. " + 2 - 2 + 2 +16 + 1 - 1 - 2 - 6 - 2 + 1 + 1 0 - 6 !— : 1 -9 -6 H Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort "Worth Houston San Antonio Col. Kans. n Mo." ' N. Mex. Olcla. 1 1 | Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita St. Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City, 1 Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.I Week ending Nov. U| Jan. ll| Federal Reserve District, li + 2 + 5 + h - 3 -+I g + 6 + 3 —8 + h + 2 -5 + 7 + 6 + 6 - 6 . + 7 -9 + 2 0 9 5 9 8 +11 - 1 + 7 - 5 . - l + 1 +_2 - 1 + 3 + 1 - 2 +31 +3U + U .+38 +26 ! r+ k +35, i - 1 - +U7 I +37 +27 • [ r+ 3 r 0 +39 +38 j r 0 +23 : r- 7 +20 ! r+ 2 +32 ! + 7 +29 r- k +15 +33 +18 - 2 — + + - - 3 z± - 6 - 8 - 7 „tl6 - 6 - It - 2 -16 - U 0 + 3 + 9 - 4 - 5 -ii - U +25 -ii - 8 —8 -13 .+8 - 5 - 8 + 9 + 6 •frM-Data not available. r—Revised. * This year there were two shopping days before Christmas while last year there was one. ;
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