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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E N?/ release FOR.IMMEDIATE RELEASE. January 4, 1963 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Mass. Boston 11 Downtown Boston " Suburban Boston " Cambridge Quincy " " Lowell c ity Springfield New York District Metropolitan Areas N.Y. Buffalo New York-N.E. New JerseyN.Y.-N.J. N.J. t'ewark N.Y. New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre-lIazleton Del. N.J. Pa. " 1 1 Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Ky. Lexington Ohio Akron Canton " Cincinnati 1 1 Cleveland " Downtown Cleveland " Columbus " Springfield " Toledo " Youngstown Pa. Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh W.Va. Wheeling Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago • Week ending Dec. 291Dec. 221Dec. 15lDec. 8 + 5 +a ±11 +46 + 4 i_4 +43 +25 +70 +44 +55 +131 + + + r- +50 ±12 5 5 4 1 3 9 + + + + - 0 - + 3 + 4 + 7 +45 6 8 6 1 0 + 4 - 4 + 5 0 - 1 0 0 +25 + 3 ±_1 +62 +35 +35 +21 +30 r+ + + + 4 1 7 3 1 5 + 9 r- 4 +31 + 3 +27 ' - 2 . +24 r+ 4 +38 0 r- 0 +33 +28 + 3 r+27 + 8 +29 - 2 + 9 + 2 + 3 +15 +15 • +15 + 4 +14 + 1 +10 '+ 5 - + 2 +12 +37 +21 +44 +23 + 8 +43 +35 +46 +24 +36 + 8 - 2 +29 + + + + + + 2 6 1 3 9 2 0 - 7 9 6 4 -20 -18 11 mos, 1962 ,±-i +2 + + + + 2 1 6 6 2 1 - 9 + 2 + 4 - 5 - 5 , - 9 0 -2 + + + + + + - 6 -7 • - 9 - 7 - 7 -11 -11 + + + + + + -12 3 5 2 1 4 4 + 4 4 2 4 4 4, 1 5 +_1 - 7 + 3 - 1 - 2 -13 -17 + 2 - 2 r+ 4 - 4 r-22 r-10 r-12 + 2 0 -14 -22 + 6 -28 -29 - 5 0 - 4 -14 - 3 -12 r-15 -17 + + + + , + + : + + + - 5 9 6 5 0 9 6 4 8 35 1 2 + 4 H.8b 'REKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas D.C. Washington Dovmtown Washington Baltimore Md. Downtown Baltimore Va. Richmond 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 Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little *ock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Ala. +41 +35 + 3 0 r+ 1 - 1 r- 1 0 -.4 + 1 - 2 + 1 -2 - 7 -10 -14 - 3 r+35 r+_5 r+ 6 + 7 +44 +40 +40 +33 +25 r- 5 0 +11 + 4 +32 +23 + 6 * * La. +36 +23 +35 + 6 . • - 2 • + 3 + 6 - 2 0 Fla. Ga. +13 +29 + 1 -8 - 4 + 1 - 6 - 1 ±38 r+ 7- Ga. +45 +40 • +37 +31 r+26 Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Minn. Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth-Superior Minn. & Wis. Percentage change from corresponding • • period a year.; ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) I 11 mos. 'Week ending Dec. 291 Dec. 221Dec. 151 Dec. ti 1 1962 1 + 1 + 2 + 6 z_4 ±22 - 4 + 8 +10 + 5.. +12 + 5 + 6 + 5 Fla. Page 2 . +15 +31 +26 +27 +10 0 +10 + 2 + 4 + + r- 1 5 6 0 ±29 + 4 +29 +32 +16 +23 + + - +25 - 1 3 5 2 2 - 3 + 4 + 9 +10 . + ... + - 5 o 7 3 + 5 + 7 - 2 + 5 + 7 . .+ 7 +19 +10 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 8 + 5 + 2 + 5 + + + + + - + 5 + 4 + 7 8 2 4 1 4 1 1 1 + 6 + 7 + + + + 6 1 7 5 +13 + 7 + 5 + 7 + 5 + 3 + r- 1 1 7 4 - 7 + + r+ +1 + 3 - +1 +12 + 3 + 9 + 1 5 6 2 1 + 1 - 3 - 3 + 3 + 4 H.8b "T5EKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City- Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Col. Denver Topeka Kans. " ' "ichita Kansas City ifo.-Kans. Downtown Kansas City Mo. " St. Joseph Nebr. Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque N.Mex. Oklahoma City Okla. Tulsa City Joplin Mo. Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio Tex. " " San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles " Sacramento " San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco . Oakland San Jose Ore. Portland Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash. Spokane Tacoma r—Revised Page 3 Percentage change from, corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) 11 mos. Week ending Dec. 29 1 Dec. 22 11 Dec. 15 I1Dec. 8 1962 r+26 ±_1 + 6 + 6 + 3 +20 + 9 - 1 - 5 - 2 - r+ 9 r+ 3 +11 - 2 - 1 + 4 - 5 - 2 0 - 1 + 6 + 8 -,1 +10 r+ 9 + 8 + 5 +10 +10 + 6 + + + + + + + + + + 9 +22 +28 +10 +35 +21 +3 4 +23 +22 -12 + + + + + + + + + 6 9 1 5 3 6 6 5 3 1 3 1 7 1 2 2 1 1 5 4 + 1 + 3 +_3 ±_7 + 1 + 6 + 3 + 5 0 + 6 + 7 +12 + 1 +12 + + + + r+36 r+ 5 + 2 -a +30 + 5 + 3 - 1 + 2 0 5 3 8 1 1 6 6 3 7 6 4 3 5 +30 - 4 +22 - 1 +15 +49 +16 +37 + 1 +23 +45 r+46 +33 +24 +25 +42 • +34 +44 +51 +35 +38 +12 + _5 + 5 + 2 - 2 + 5 + 2 + 9 . + 8 + 5 + 7 *Mot available + r+ + + + + + - 3 -10 - 9 + 5 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 6 - 3 + 2 +15 + 3 + 2 + 6 i ! 6 9 9 9 +_7 + 8 0 + 2 + 8 +13 + 6 + 4 + 3 *+ 9 + 5 +10 +13 0 + 9