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H»8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR MEDIATE RELEASE" July 26, 1957 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SAIES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change frcm corresponding period a year ago (Biased on retail dollar amounts) JaneWeek ending May 20' June 29 1 July 6 |i /July .13 July 1 : + 2 + 2 +1 tl Mi Federal Reserve District Area, and City UNITED STATIC Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn 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 Tfilkes-Barre-Hazelton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus' Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Wheeling-Steubenville + 1 113 is *19 +28 + 3 - 5 - 1 - 5 + 5 1+ 7 1+11 |+ 1 1*19 +11 +13 . + 8 + it -5 -ii + 5 + 5 ii + 3 + 1 . + 8 + 8 + 3 + h - 1 + 3 + it - 6 ii + 1 + 2 j- 7 -3 I +10 - 6 + 1 + 3 + 8 ±1 ' No Y. + 1 ' - 7 N.Y.-N.J . + 8 + 5 N• Je • + 1 - 7 * No Y. - 5 - 1 -3 + 6 + 2 - k + 9 + 1 - 1 + 2 +1it Mass* +_£ + 2 Del* N.J. Pa, , » • * & + 9 + 7 + 1 + 3 0 + 3 + 1 + 7 +11 - 2 0 - o .. + 1. — 3 ' + 1 - 2 II Ky. Ohio ii + 8 - 2 -3 - 1 " + 2 . - it M " * - it Pa. + 1 " + 3 W.Va.&Ohio + 8 V + h - 2 -10 - 6 - ii. -10 - 6 0 + 3 +10 • ! * j- 2 1 + 7 + it - 7 -5 4-lit -it + 2 ) 0 +12 + 2 6 0 -it - -j 1 -3 r- it r- 2 r+ 2 + 1 + 6 * + r+ r+ " - u . it 6 it it 3 0 + 1 * + 2 + 3 + 1 -11 - it + 1 + 5 +Jt -15 ' + 6 r 0 r+ 2 +20 . r- 1 ' r+ 9 +U2 + 5 + 8 + 1 +12 +10 + 1 + 2 + 3 +12 - 3 - it - 1 - 2 0 - 8 + it +13 0 +12 + 2 - 8 + 1 - 3 -5 -5 - 3 +15 +11 % H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SAIES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, ai^d City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Dovmtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville .. Miami Miami City Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville City Tampa Chicago District . Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis '• Detroit; Milwaukee ... St, I.onis District Metropolitan Areas " Little Rock Louisville . St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St, Raul Mpls„ and Suburbs St. Paul . Cities Duluth-Superior Percentage change from corresponding period, a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan, • Week ending May June 29 I July 6 I July 13 I July 20 : D .Jb Md, Va. iJt + 6 - 3 +10 - 3 - 2 + 1 - 6 + 3 -15 - 9 + 2 Ala. = F-la. Ga. La* Tenn, Flat 111. . Ind* Mich. Wis. + 1 0 +11 + 1 + 3 - 7 - 6 + 6 + 9 - 2 - 9 -11 + 1 -16 -11 ±i: il +13 + 6 + 8 - 5 + 7 -10 -5 - 2 + k - 8. +10 +10 + 5 + 6 + 2 + + + + + + + 3 2 3 2 U 9 3 3 + 9• r+llr - U r+ 5 r-10 r- 2 + 5 0 - 1 +2U -10 - 1 & -12 + 2 + 6 o + ? + 2 + 9 + l - 9 r+13 - 9 - 5 ii - 7 -16 -18 + 2 - 2 -5 + 5 - 8 +11 + + + + +1U + 5 h 2 5 6 + 5 0 -1 + 2 - 3 - U r- 1 -11 +v + 6 + 2 + 5 + 3 - 1 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn, - 2 - 1 0 0 - 1 - 9 + 1 -11 i-3 +11 - 1 + 2 + h - 2 - 2 +12 +18 + 1 Minna&Y/is-. + 5 + 2 Minn. - 1 -5 + 8 +13 -5 + i + 3 -i + 9 0 U +. 6 3Z(p H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND JIBEAS (Continued) Percentage chanj>e from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.Week ending May June 29 1 July 6 1 July 13 1 July 20 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita St. Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San AiAonio San Francisco District 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* Col. Kans. . it Mo. N. Mex. Okla, Mo. " | + 9 + 8 + 9 r+ 6 +19 + 2 +27 +11 +10 + k + 2 +15 0 - 2 + 4 + 7 + 1 +1U +23 -10 + 2 + 6 + 3 0 -7 - 5 0 r+ 6 r+ 5 + 5 +13 +15 +11 +11 +15 +11 +1k +2U +11 + U - 6 +18 +25 + 7 + 3 +16 + 9 +20 +1U - 2 - 2 0 3 1 9 6 k 3 + 2 - 6 -8 - U - l -14 + 1 - 3 - k + + I ! ! ! - 2 + 3 Tex. — + + - 1 3 2 5 2 + 1 +58 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 1 + 1 | + 2 + 3 - 1 Calif, tr + + + + + + + + 1 + 2 + 2 +33 - 7 + 2 + 3 - 3 - 3 + 7 + 2 - 5 ! + 5 | - 3 ; + 6 +23 + 1 0 + 2 - U r-10 + 9 | - 8 ; - 8 r- 7 + 5 - 8 + u +UU + 1 -1 - 3 + 1 - 8 - 5 - 2 - 8 — 6 - 2 — 8 - 2 +28 - 5 + 1 + 1 + 2 - 1 + 6 0 - 9 + 3 " " " Ore. Utah Wash. » 2 1 2 8 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 - 1 -1 j *—-Data not available 1
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