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-2^0 H,8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM F o i IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19t 1951 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Week ending June 22 | June 29 I July 6 | J u l y l j + 2 .' t-1 ; | , ±JL t k . •±1 Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t Area, and CityUNITED STATES Boston D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston • • Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn • Quincy Lowell City . Springfield Mass, M II II Philadelphia District. Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scrariton Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton Cleveland D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Wheeling-Steubenville - 1 1. . +13 +_£ + 6 3 1 € 8 3. h 1 -k - 8 + 3 +lh + 3 +13 + 8 i 1 + 7 +11 + 1 +19 +11 +13 + 8 + 4 ! + 5 - 7 - 3. + 3 • - 5 + 1 • + 7 ; ' + 2 +10 - 6 +11 ; +_3 ! I ; - 1 + 2 *• 5 +ii* + 7 + 1 0 + 7 + 2' +20 + 9' + 3 0 + 1 +11' 0 + 1 . +32 +29 + 9 4-20 +26 +18 + 8 + 1 + 6J ~ " New York D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N.E. Nevf. Jersey . Newark New York • Rochester Syracuse + 1 + + + + + 4- . N. Y. N.Y.-N.J. N. J . N. Y. » ' Del. N. .J. Pa. ' 11 it Ky. Ohio . + 1 + 8 . + 1" + 8 ; - 2 « -3 - 1 + 2 " - u - h Pa. + 1 " . + 3 , W.Va.&0hio + 8 +28 + 5 - • 0 + 2 + 9 + 5 + 5 + 2 + 8 + 2 i +19 +28 + 3 -5 -1 * + 8 ' +_£ h + 5 - U -5 + 3 0 ' - 7 • -k + 5 r+ 9 r+ 1 - 7 . - s r . - 1 ! + 2 -3 ! + 6 r+lU 1 ; j ! 1 , i I i 1 j + + _6 r- 2 + 1 + + + + - 7 1 3 7 2 0 - 3 r+ 7 + u r- 7 -5 +11* r - 1* + 2. -15 + 6 + 1 + 1 +20 0 + 8 - 2 . r + ii r- 2 -10 - 6 b -10 - 6 r 0 r+ 3 +10 . 0 + 2 +12 + 2 0 +12 - 3 - U - 1 - 2 0 - 8 + h +13 0 - ~ + + It 1 3 3 1 5 1 3'zH,8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) week ending May June 22 | June 29 I July 6 | J u l y 13 0 . +19 rzJ. ±J± *JL Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City ' Richmond D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Miami Miami CityAtlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville City Tampa" Va. Ala* Fla 0 + 1 0 Ga. + + - La. Tenn. Fla. Ind. Mich. Wis. S t . Louis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas L i t t l e Rock Louisville S t , Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. +15 + 3 +2U + h +21* + 1 — 6 + 3 -15 - 9 111. +11 - 6 + 6 + 9 -16 + 9 -18 + 2 +22 - - 1 - 1 + 2 +3 - 2 - 1 0 0 + 2 + k 2 - 2 - 7 2 + 6 - 2 r+ k r- 8 r+10 r+10 - 8 r+11 -10 + 1 - 9 +1U - 9 - 5 r+ 5 +19 - k + 3 -11 - 3 + 5 o + 2U + 5 +10 + 2 + 3 +3 +iU + + + + h + 2 + 5 0 - 1 + 6 + 9 + 2 - Minn.&W i s . +17 + h +16 +12 - h - 1 Minn. +18 + 6 1 3 7 5 o + 9 + 3 - 9 r-11 r+ 1 r-16 r-11 r+ 5 + 2 Chicago D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Chicago . Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas MnLs.-St, Paul Mpls. and Suburbs S t . Paul Cities Duluth-Superi'or + 6 - 3 +10 - 3 - 2 D. C. Md. U' 9 3 3 + 5 + 6 + 2 - 3 h + h + 8 iJL - 2 +11 + 6 + 9 0 - 1 - 9 + 1 - -11 -11 +11 - 1 +12 -k +18 + 1 + 7 + 2 + 2 - 2 2 - 1 - 5 +13 - 5 + 9 +13 + 1 + 3 3-2-12Page 3 H.8b WEEKLY DEPAROfcElMT. STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND,1 AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from, corresponding period' a year ago Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t # Jan„May -2 Area, and City Kansas City D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita S t . Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Jcplin Kansas City Dallas D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio San Francisco D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised. 1 Vveek ending June 22 1 June 29 I1 July 6 1 July 13 + 8 + 9 - 1 : 2J. • 0 - 3 + 1 - 9 - 6 - k + 3 + 2 - 2 — 6 - 2 - 6 - 7 +15 f .! : j +2 - 6 - 8 - U - l -lit +1 + 7 + 7 r+19 + 2 +27 +11 +10 + k + 2 +15 0 - 2 4- ij. + 7 Mo. - 3 - It -19 - 3 1 • 0 ! - 7 r- 5 0 + 8 • + 6 *1 |' r+ 3 Tex. + + - Col. Kans, " Mo* N. Mex. Okla, - 2 1 3 2 5 2 + 1 Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. " " + + + + + + + + 7 -21 +13 i +12 .+ 5 — 2 1 2 ' 8 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 - 1 +lh - 3 +18 +52+ 7 0 - 1 - 2 + 3 + 8 + 7 - 1 - 1 | | + 1 . j +58 +15 • +11 + k - 6 +18 +25 + 7 ! + 1 + 6 +15 +11 +iU r+2k +11 I + 1 ±_2 r+J + 5 - 3 + 6 +23 + 1 0 + 2 - k -11 + 9 - 8 - 8 - 6 + 5 .- - 8 + 4 +UU + l - i - 3 + 1 - 8 -5 - 2 - 8 - 6 ! ! 1 + 1 +1 + 2 + 2 +33 / ~ 7 . + 2 r+ 3 - 3 -3 r+ 7 +2 -5 ! ! | S j I ! 1 i : r—-Data not a v a i l a b l e ,
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