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FEDERAL RESERVE s t a t i s t ! (d • FOR I1WEDIATE RELEASE January 31,. 1964 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTS CITIES AMD AREAS Percentage change from corresponding . period a year ago (Baised on retail dollar amounts) Week ending 11 mos. Jan. 251 Jan. 181 Jan. 11(Jan. 4 1963 Federal Reserve District Area,' and City UNITED STATES +17 Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell +J5 New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N.E. New Jersey Newark New York Rochester : Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akroh Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling Mass, + + + • . - 4 4 3 6 4 8 +18 N.Y. N.Y. N.J. N.J. N.Y. " Del. N* J • Pa. ii ii " Ky. Ohio 11 " Pa. " " W.Va. ±8 ±_1 - 5 . ±_9 + 9 + 8 ±1 + 3 - 6 - 7 - -5 — 6 -22 r- 8 + 9 + 7 +11 +11 - 3 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 4 + 6 -. 6 + 5 + 3 0 + 6 + 3 0 •- 7 - 7 +13 + 6 - l r+ 6 +11 +11 r+ 2 +10 + 1 + 1 +36 + 4 +13 + 3 + 6 +12 + 5 •+ 4 + 4 + 2 - 3 + 3 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 3 +43 r- 8 +11 +14 + 7 +12 + 8 - 7 + 4 +36 +26 +16 +49 +48 +28 +29 r-15 r+ 1 r-19 r- 4 -24 r-32 -31 - 6 -11 -13 - 4 - 2 0 - 8 - 7 - 8 - 1 - 6 - 2 -22 -25 -27 + 3 + + + + r+13 -11 -16 - 8 r+ 5 r+ 4 +34 ; +- 5 + 8 - 6 + 7 +11 + 9 +30 +17 +20 +15 +20 +12 +68 +30 +21 +44 +31 +21 +37 +32 +38 +37 +22 +40 +31 +30 - + 8 + 7 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 r+ 1 -10 + 6 + 6 - 4 + 1 r+ 8 +14 +11 : 0 + 1 r+ 9 r+15 r+ 1 r+ I c- 3 + 4 + 2 - 1 " - 3 r+ 3 +16 8 3 2 2 6 0 + 2 + + + + + + + + 5 3 2 2 3 5 3 6 2 0 + 1 .+. 2 - 2 + 1 (L,C(L, Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from, corresponding period .a year ago >unts X- • (Based on retail- dollar -amc 11 mosc . Week, ending Jan. 2*51 Jan. 181 Jan. Ill Jan. k4 1963 Federal Reserve District Area, and CityRichmond District. Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown- Washington Baltimore" Downtown Baltimore Richmond D.C. Md. Va, Atlanta District. Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Cities Miami.Downtown Central Atlanta 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 Mplsj-St, Paul Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth-Superior ±13 r- 8 '• _ o + 9 + 9 +21 +21 +16 r-12 r-13 r- 5 - 8 - 5 r+l6 Ala. 11 Fla. " ii Ga. " La. Fla. Ga.. 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn. : ii " Minn. & Wis. +J + 4 .. ± 3 0 . ;+ 9 0 - 5 . .. + 2 + . • +13 • '+ 6 "+ 1 + 1 +10; 0 ... - 5 , - 7 ; '+13 + 4 ±JZ +16 + 9 +21 +10 • +17 •+14 • + 5 +12 r- 2 - 3 r+ 7 +15 - 2 - 1 + 3 +23 - 1 + 9 r+11 - 8 +10 + 7 +11 - 4 ;- 3 + 1 . +20 +11 +11 + 9 + 4 +24 +23 +19 + 3 +14 -15 +17 +31 + 8 +12 - 3 +15 , +7 +13 + + 2 + +11 ' + + +19 . + +34 - 2 + 4 +40 +46 +25 +?3 r- 1 2 1 3 -12 - 3 - 6 - 1 +24 . +14+14 • +16' + 1 +17 • +13 • - 2 - 3 - 5 + 6 + 8 - +12 - 6 + 2 +12. +10 + 8 + 7 + 4 + 8 5 3 5 2 1 + 2 + +14 +16 r+11 . + 9 + r+ 2 +13- . + + 5 +12.: + 6 3 1 3 r+12 r+19 +15 +10. > 3 +13 +13 + 8 +14 +16 +13 +14 +24 +15 +13 + 9 +21 +10 . + 4 + 8 + 4 + 3 +15 ; : + 4 - 5 +12 +16 +19 - 2 H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amc>unts) 11 mos. Week ending Jan. 25!Jan. 181 Jan. Ill Jan. i h- 1963 Federal Reserve District Area, and City KarififlR City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Dovmtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City 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 Spokane Tacoma r—Revised Col. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mo. " Nebr, N.Mex. Okla. Mo. ±_] r+12 + 9 +17 +11 +18 + 9 + 6 +19 + 8 - 1 +14 +21 + 5 + 5 - 4 +12 + 2 + 5 + 9 - 2 -7 . + 5 r+ 8 +12 +10 + 9 +29 +22 +26 +15 + 7 +12 +23 + 4 +15 +18 + 8 +20 r+ 5 + 6 +10 + 5 -15 , + 3 +11 +22 +11 + 8 +20 + 6 +22 - 2 + 2 + " + + + + + + 6 3 0 4 5 3 3 2 8 3 2 r+±5 ±J m +_§ ±_3 Tex. +18 - 3 +25 - 3 - 2 +15 +15 + 3 +15 +11 +13 + 7 +14 + 8 + 6 + 4 + + + + +3 ±3 : Calif. + 6 0 + 2 +20 + 6 + 7 0 + 5 + 5 - 3 + 5 - 6 0 + 1 + 7 0 + 3 +10 + 2 - 8 -13 -19 + 4 . + 6 + 5 - 3 " " " " " it " " Ore. Utah Wash. " * - 6 + 9 + 1 r+ 9 r+ 7 r+ 5 r- 8 -12 -16 r+ 7 + 6 + 1 - 4 * - 6 *Notr available 3 1 5 3 +Jf + 4 + 8 + 5 + 6 +12 + 3 0 - 1 -11 + 7 - 8 +11 + 1 + 7 - 3 + 1 + 7 + 4 + 5 - 1 -4 + 5 + 3 + 2 - 8 + 1 - 1 * 0 FEDERAL .••ptCOKr-.; statistical RESERVE release H.8.a WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES NOTICE OF TERMINATION This is the final H«8«a report to be issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Responsibility for preparation of national figures on weekly department store sales has been transferred to the Bureau of the Census and, beginning next week, that agency's Weekly Retail Trade Report will include data for department stores as a regular feature. Those persons interested in this comprehensive report on retail sales should write to the Publications Section, Bureau of the Census, Washington,D.C. for further information. The Federal Reserve J3anks will continue for the time being to publish weekly department store sales for selected cities and metropolitan areas. Additionally, a summary of these local figures will be included in a revised version of the H.B.b report regularly issued by the Board each Friday. To obtain this H.B.b release, please write the Boardls Division of Administrative Services.