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F E D E R A L statistical H.8b R E S E R V E release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 1962 IVEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED GITIES AMD AREAS Federal Reserve District,' Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield Mass. i i " " 1 1 + 3 - 5 +15 +13 + 3 - 1 + 5 - 2 +13 +16 + 1 + 5 +25 +14 +38 +18 +22 J-14 + + + - 4 1 8' 1 + 2 " + 2 + 6 0 +13 ' " • + l + 1 + 2 +19 Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Del. Wilmington N.J. Trenton. Pa. Lancaster " Philadelphia " Reading 1 1 Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton " %. Ohio Pa. W.Va. +11 +18 + 1 + 4 ±_2 + 8 +19 + 2 + 2 - 6 + 8 + 5 + 6 + 8 + 7 +10 +24 + 6 + 2 + 4 r+12 + 8 + 8 +23 +31 +15 + 5 + 4 I+_6 r+26 +19 + 1 +19 + 8 +14 +18 +19 r+ 7 - 2 r+ 5 r+ 6 + 8 + 4 +11 +32 +18 r+29 +10 + 6 +10 ±_3 New York District Metropolitan Areas N.Y. Buffalo New York-N.E, New Jersey,N.Y,-N.J. N.J. Newark N.Y. New York " Rochester Syracuse " Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-Nov. Week ending 61 1961 Dec." 301 Dec. 231 Dec. 1 Dec. 9 + 1 +2 + _2 ±12 ±_8 + 6 +23 ±A iJt ±_5 +06 +_i 0 0 +11 + 6 - 2 -12 + 4 - 8 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 9 + 2 - 8 + 8 + 9 +17 +24 +13 - 1 +19 +12 +11 +13 +13 +19 + 8 +18 ; +30 + + + o, 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 + 1 + + + - 2 5 2 1 1 4 1 + 2 0 + 2 + 2 - 2 + 1 + 3 -7 + 4 - 3 r+ 5 . + 1 +14 - 3 + 7 - 3 -11 - 2 +12 0 +10 +10 + 2 . - 7 + 4 - 2 r+10 - 8 r+ 9 r- 4 r+ 1 r- 8 + 1 + 9 + + + + - 2 0 - 1 + + + + + + - 2 2 4 2 9 1 6 3 2 2 6 3 1 5 3 . YZS*? H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington D.C. Dovmtown Washington " 'Baltimore Md. Dovmtown Baltimore " Richmond Va. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago • (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-Nov. ~ Week ending 1961 Dec. 30!Dec. 231 Dec. l6jDec. 9~" + 9 r+ 5 + 6 +1 +15 +6 + 5 r+ 3 r- 1 r+ 6 - 1 +10 +19 - +11 - 5 - 1 - 4 0 - 1 + 1 0 + 1 - 4 + 2 - 4 + 1 0 + 7 + 6 + 1 - 1 0. - 3 - 1 +23 +17 Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile • Jacksonville Miami ' Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta Columbus New Orleans Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta Ala. " Fla. " " Ga. • " " La. 0 +8 * * +25 +20 +16 * + 3 Fla. Ga. * +17 r+21 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago . Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee + 6 + 9 -14 + 9 + 3 +10 +16 +9 +10 + 1 r+19 + 5 0 - 3 +16 +12 +20 +19 + 5 + 3 r+]0 ±A Minn. " " " + + + r+10 +10 +7 r+10 + + + + Minn.&Wis. +3 2 r+12 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Hps.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburban • jiiriheapoiis St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth-Superior +14 ±2 .±18. Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. 3 4 2 2 + 4 - 2 - 1 ±_2 r+14 +14 + 6 +10 r+22 +22 r+19 + 1 - 2 :s + 4 - 2 +6 - 3 + 6 + 3 + 6 + 5 - 7 • - 4 - 1 + 4 - 3 - 4 _0 0 + 9 + 5 + 1 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 4 + 2 0 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 6 + 6 - 8 -11 5 5 1 6 - 7 - 2 r- 8 -11 - 3 + 5 0 - 2 t l - 3 - 3 - 5 + 2 V - 2 0 -10 - 1 H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) " Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityKansas City District Metropolitan Areas Col. Denver Topeka Kans. " Wichita Kansas City Mo.-Kans. Downtown Kansas City Mo. St. Joseph Lincoln Nebr. Omaha Albuquerque N.Mex. Oklahoma City Okla. Tulsa City Joplin Mo. Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-Nov, Week ending 1961 Dec. 101Den. 231Dec. 161 Dec. 9 ±_9 +4 +15 + 2 + 7 + 6 + 1 -11 + 4 +14 +37 - 2 +11 +10. + 8 + 8 + 5 + 1 - 7 r+13 r+ 6 +30 + 8 r+11 - 3 -7. - 7 - 5 -11 -14 - 8 - 9 + 8 -16 - 9 ±-1 + 1 + 2 - 3 -10 -15 -17 - 8 -10 +28 0 + 3 ; + 6 +'2 - 2 + 1 -2 + 3 +12 +13 +19 - 9 - l Tex. " +13 +20 -9 +13 - 1 ±_2 - ±12 ±2 ±_Z +_2 + 8 - 2 +12 +17 +20 +17 + 4 +18 +16 +20 + 2 - 2 + 5 +11 + 6 +11 - i +14 +11 + 6 + + + + +_2 r+lZ + 8 +16 • + 9 +15 +32 + 6 r+ 1 + 2 +20 r+35 + 6 + 4 + 7 + 4 c- 2 r+ 9 + 8 +13 r+ ? + 3 - 2 + 4 +21 +30 + 5 + 4 + 7 - 1 - 3 0 + 3 + 5 + 6 + 2 - 5 + l +11 +14 + 3 0 + 4 + 6 +.1 0 + l + 4 + 2 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 Utah Salt Lake City Wash. Seattle Spokane " Tacoma + 9 + 4 +10 +24 +26 +11 +10 +11 +11 - 5 + 8 + 4 +13 + 2 r—Revised *Not available %_6 * +13 +10 +14 + 7 +18 +14 +15 +14 +12 1 5 2 5 4 +J 1
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