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^H.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, i960* WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS ... . Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-Nov; •••• Week ending-.. Dec. 51Dec. 121Dec. 191Dec. 26* 1959 .. +20 + 2 ±_2 ±_z 4-5 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston . Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield 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 Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling ±1 +^ + 4 + 1 + 8 +15 + 5 - 5 + 2 + 1 + 5 - 5 + "2 - 9 + + + + + - + 4 + 3 - 3 + l +16 ±3. + 4 ±_i ±-8. +20 - 3 + 5 + 1 0 - 2 + 1 + - -0 - 4 •jL2 Mass* " , n it 11 + 4 - 1 +10 + 5 +10 - 3 + 4 N,Y. N.Y.-N.J. + 3 N;J. + 1 N.Y. 0 " + 5 11 • + 3 Del.N.J. Pa. " " " " Ky. Ohio ' ±Jt . ' . + 8 + 4 +13 ' + 4 + 7 + 3 • + 2 0 0 + 3 0 - 4 - 1 + 3 ±_8 + 4 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + - 9 . 2 6 8 9 6 9 +10 Pa. W.Va. + 6 + 4 . +7 + 6 - 1 . 1 6 5 2 3 3 8 8 4 3 8 8 6 r- + r+ + + + . r- 4 2 6 4 3 1 r+ r+ r+ + + +20 6 +21 4 " +18 +25 9 8 +22 5 . . +20 +23 3 8 9 1 5 3 5 ±_5 +16 +21 ^+14 +20 . +15 +20 ; ±12 +15 r+11 + 8 r+12 + 5 + 1 + 1 r+" 3 +22 +21 +2.7 +26 +19 +18 ±_i +li + 1 7 + 2 1 6 - + 2 1 + 7 + 6 2 + 4 1 8 + 3 4 +11 4 "+ 5 1 + 7 + 7 7 + 6 9 - 6 7 +18 +18 • +18 +21 +21 +17 +15 +19 +22 +12 +17 +16 + 5 1 1 8 4 9 4 3 H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) ;Percentage.change, from corresponding period & year..ago ... • .' (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-Nov, .. J Week ending 1959 Dec. 51 Dec. 121Dec. 191Dec. 26* Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District " Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St, Petersburg Atlanta Augusta , Columbus . New Orleans Knoxville Cities Central Atlanta Miami-Downtown 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-Superior ±6. D.C. « Md. Va. . Ala. . + + + + + 8 Fla. ' : « Ga. ' : " • La. Tenn. + 2 • + 5 +21 + 9 +19 + 6 4-16 . / . .0. + 6. . + 9. . - 2 r- 6 - 3 0 - 2 - 7 t+17 +19 +19 +20 +10 + 5 +24 +13 . • +12 + 2 + 6 :+ 7 +22 +10 +15 1 : + 5 . .-2 .+1 - 2 - 1 0 r- 1 r+ 5 +17 +18 ' ' +44 +17 +26 +29 +36 +14 +21 +15 - 5 - 9 - 8 -15 +10 ±_1 ±_4 - 1 •• + 7 111., Ind. Midi. ii Wis. + 4/ . +10 . +14 =•• + 9 • +10 ' Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. + 5 + 6 y + 5 +13 ' ±J - 1 + 1 Minn, + 5 + 4 • + 7 ' 0 0 - 1 + 1 + 2 0 - 3 - 6 •: « Minni & Wis, + 7 -16 +17 + + + + + 2' 1 2 3 1 5 0 2 5 2 7 - 1 r- 4 - 2 0 +22 -13 r+ 9 0 - 2 : ... - +16 +23 : +16 + 6 - 2 +14 - 5 - 7 ~ 5 -11 - 3 Ga. Fla. ±JL 0. + 4 r- 3 - 2 -11 -.3 + 8 " r ... r 3 - 7 1 1 7 3; + + + -13 r+ 3 + 2 +14 + 1 +19 + + + + +14 +13 +30 +22 +19 2 2 9 5 7 ' + 1 + 1 +16 + + + + + - +13 +29 +13 +17 6 • 1 1 7 , 8 6 3 4 ±3, m + l. + l + 2 +19 +19 +18 r+3 . +28 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 amounts) Jan.-Nov, Week ending Dec. 51 Dec. 121Dec. 191Dec. 26* 1959 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 Francis co-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma ±2. + 8 + 4 0 Mo.-Kans. + 9 Mo. - 1 " + 4 Nebr. . + 4 N.Mex, + 9 Okla. + 7 + 7 Col. Kans. Mo. 0 Z_1 + 1 0 -10 -14 - 5 - 9 - 7 - 5 + 1 - 1 - + 4 r+ 4 - 5 - 7 0 - 2 - 2 - 2 + 3 + 7 - 3 - 2 +-2 Tex, Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. " " +12 + 2 - 3 - 6 0 - 2 - 2 + 1 0 - 6 - 8 +16 +15 . + 2 +17 +13 + 9 + 9 +11. +13 +15. r- 9 + 9 ±_2 •±j& +23 +10 - 7 - 1 + 8 + 2 +30 + 9 • +12 +28 +18 +12 + 3 + 6 +12 + 5 + 6 -10 - 1 + 7 - 3 +io _o JlA + 6 r+21 + + + + 6 - 1 + 3 + 9 r+ 5 + 3 + 4 - 3 +10 + 4 + 2 - 2 - 2 0 + 8 + 3 + 6 +10 + 9 + 4 + 4 - 1 + 9 + 7 + 4 - 2 - 1 +18 +22 +10 +18 +22 +21 +21 +20 +15 +31 +17 +24 +19 +17 +16 +12 + 4 + 6 +15 +11 + 7 + 6 -0 +19 +11 + 9 + 5 + 4 + 6 + + - 1 6 2 1 3 1 0 3 9 2 2 3 6 5 + + - 5 5 2 6 5 r—Revised. **Data not available. * The large increases shown for this week reflect in part the fact that this year Christmas was on Friday and the week therefore included 4 days of heavy pre-Christmas shopping; in the corresponding week last year Christmas was on Thursday.
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