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' H.8b | BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR h&iBDIATE RELEASE January 25* 1957 • • •• ! WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS - " 1 UNITED STATES ll Area, and City ti + 2 +35 =_i ; z2 Mass* + a: 0 ii + 5' + i + 3 0 +36 +19 +77 +29 +101 +59 + 2 - U +17 +li6 + 6 + 3 -10 : j - 2 + 1 -10 -13 - 3 + 5 -> + 7 • — l +30 *26 - 6 -1U ; - 8 -8 " +_7_ +30 - i ' r» 9 R, I. New York District Metropolitan Areas . Buffalo New York-N.E.New Jersey Newark New York Rochester Syracuse N. Y. + 5 N.Y.-N.J. + 8 N. J. + 6 N. Y. **'•• + 6, ii + 3 . Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Del. Wilmington N. J. Trenton Pa. Lancaster ii Philadelphia • Reading Scranton ' ii Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Ky. Lexington Ohio Akron Cincinnatiii Cleveland . " Columbus Springfield . Toledo Erie - Pa. » Pittsburgh IWheeling-Steubenville W.Va.-Ohio + 3 • v+2r w Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston . Downtown Boston Suburban Boston. Cambridge • Lynn Quincy Lowell, Cities Springfield Providence tl •• +23 +61 +69 +33 +18 +36 +3U +1U +10 + 2 + k + k + 8 + 7 0 ll + + + + + + + 0 k u h 6 0 0 5 7 8 +16 +32 +33 +21 +25 +31 •* • 1 | r+ 1 r+li + 6 , r+ 7 +15 r-28 r+13 . r-5 - 1 r+ 7 + 6 +16 + 1 I - 2 +11 j - 1 ... - . - 5 .! - 5 ; r+. 5 ! >7 I + 6 ! r- 8 r- 8 1 r- 8 "j r-12 -12 [- -i - it + 2 23 : V -17 0 - 7 - U -13 - 6 •• +J. +18 +30 -25 ' + 3 +11* -10 - 5 r+ 1 zJ. +13 0 «- 2. t -5 • -l - 2 +lh U + 7 -14 -21 0 - 7 -15 + 8 +18 + 3 + 3 +35 .. .- 5 .. ... v r 0; + 9 - 3 + 5 -10 r- 8 r- 1 + 2 ! r+11 - 1 r+5 - 5 i r+ 6 r+ 3 -17 -10 0 : z± +62: +18, +2U +19 +27 ' +lit = ; +36 • +28 + 3 +18 ' - H Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Weekending •Dec."29*1 Jan. 5 1 Jan. 12 1 Federal Reserve Districts- ' - , H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityRichmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington D.C. Downtown Washington " Baltimore Md. Downtown Baltimore " Richmond Va. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.Week ending Nov. Dec, 29* 1 Jan. 5 1 Jan. 12 I Jan. 19 + 6 ±27 + _3 r+13 + _1 + 6 - 2 + k +39 +25 +15 -10 +27 + 5 - 1 + it -17 - 6 r+13 r+ 9 +17 r+ 1 + k + 5 - 2 + 8 -5 -19 + h Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville City Tampa Fla. + 3 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. Ala. Fla. Ga. " La. Tenn. " St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock. Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark.. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Minn. Mpls. and Suburbs » St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior Minn.&Wis. | j ) ±JL +29 + 2 r+ 5 ±_h + + + + + + +36 + 2 +25 +U +26+33 +38 + 2 - 5 + h +11 -Ik' - 8 + 7 r+ 1 +27 r+ 2 r-11 -10 +10 +24 + I - 1 - 5 -13 -12 - 1 +18 1 +23 + h + 6 +10 ' +_i +37 zS + + + + 5 6 .U 8 +1*7 +16 +36 +liO - + 1 +16 - i + 7 : ; ! + 6 +18 - 8 + + + + 7 5 5 6 +36 +11 +13 +31 - 9 - 9 r-12 0 . + 7 + 2 - 7 + 2 + 6 +2k - 1 + 1 + 7 + 5 + 5 + 6 +23 +2U +21 r 0 + 3 - 8 0 + 1 - 2 + 7 +11 - 2 + 9 +50 - 7 + k + 3 6 7 3 1 6 3 9~ 5 h 5 3 ! r- 3 - 3 h - 2 + 1 + +11 + 8 +10 +12 + 2 ; zzz> H»8b ! Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED' CITIES AI'JD AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityKansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka r.lchita St. Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City . Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Y/orth Houston San Antonio Jan.— Nov. 1 Dec. 29* 1 Jan. IT" Jan. 12 | Jan. 19 + 2 Col. Kans. " Mo, N. Hex# Okla. " Lio. " Tex, " " " " + 5 + 8 . + 3 0 ,+ ij. +. £ + Ij. + 1 - 2 * ±_3 r+ 6 + 3 -1 - 7 r+ 3 +25 + 2 - 7 -11 - 6 +26 +20 +12 - 1 r- 1 - 1 -11 + 2 % -12 + 3 +2k + ^ +23 + 1 +5 +6 + 5 0 +12 +23 +20 +28 +11 +11 +10 + 7 San Francisco District + 5 Metropolitan Areas . Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. 0 Downtown Los Angeles " - i* Y/estside Los Angeles " +1 Sacramento " + 7 San Diego " +6 San Francisco-Oakland " +3 San Francisco City " +3 Oakland City " 0* Portland Ore. +1 Salt Lake City - Utah ' + It Seattle vfash. + 3 Spokane " + Ij. Tacoma " + h r—Revised. +23 +23 +12 +20 + + + - 3 9 7 9 - 2 + 1 + 7 +22 + h +20 - k +26 -28 +18 0 r±_l ±_3 +12 - 5 +20 +18 +13 +28 0 r+ 3 r- 3 r 0 -4 + L 0 - 1 + 6 +13 - 1 + 7 +2k +lt3 +27 +17 +35 r + r+ 16 'i Hi r+ 3 I - 6 r+ 1 - 2 + 2 + + + + + + 7 6 5 7 9 li 2 - 6 -11 :£ •J + l* +10 + 2 + h - 3 -st-R—Data not available. This year there was one shopping day before Christmas, while last year there was none. , I
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