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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 1961. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Woek™#&ins Jan.-June July llJulv 81 July 151 July 22 1961 + 6 0 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield Mass. " " " " " 11 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 f " Rochester Syracuse " Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Ifilkes-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling Del. N.J. Pa. 11 " n " ±_2 ±Ji +J3 ±10 + 5 0 + 6 - 1 +14 +20 + 1 - 8 +10 + 3 . +19 -17 +12 + 8 +14 + 4 +27 +16 +14 r- 6 + 3 - 3 + 6 + 8 ±_1 __0 + _4 0 + 1 - 5 0 - 9 + 2 +10 + 4 - 5 - 1 - 2 + 2 +13 0 + 1 - 1 ' - - 2 + - - 3 0 0 \ 6 - 3 - 5 - 1 Ohio Pa. W.Va. - 6 - 4 - 6 + 7 - 3 - 7 + 1 + 1 + 3 -10 - 5 - l - 6 - 5 7 + 2 0 - 5 + 1 - 1 + 8 + 1 +18 +12 - 1 - 6 - 1 + 2 - 4 r+ 6 0 r+ 2 + 2 0 2 6 1 5 5 + *1 + + - ±_1 ±3. __o + 1 0 + 5 + l + 7 + 3 +22 -20 + 1 - 8 4 7 2 3 9 7 6 + 8 - 2 ±_5 r=_2 ±_1 -27 r+27 + 7 - 1 +30 -16 -23 -17 +14 - 3 -3 + 9 + 3 - 4 + 6 - 1 + 2 - 2 - 8 . j-i + 6 + 4 +10 -14 -11 - 3 - 8 -20 +34 r+ 7 - 1 - 8 + 6 r+ 4 r+10 8 r+ + - 4 3 3 0 - 3 +12 + 2 -13 - 6 + 1 +11 + + + + + 3 1 3 5 3 5 + 1 + 3 0 +14 + 3 - 1 0 + 2 + 8 - 6 - 1 - 7 -13 -10 - M62H,8b Pago 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding' period a year ago (Base3d on retail dollar amounts) Week 'ending Jan.-June 1 ' 1961 Uulv llJulv 81 July 151 July 22 Federal Reserve District, Area, and..City . Richmond District . Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington" -Baltimore Dowrito^vn Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District . Metropolitan Areas' Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta August a' Columbus New Orleans Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta 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 M p l s . — S t . Paul Mpls. and Suburbs Minneapolis St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior d.C. . ;.. Md. " + 3. . - 3 0 - 3 - l Va. + 2 6 2 5 1 - 2 0 + 6 + 6 - 2 - 3 + 2 - 1 - 1 Fla. " " Ga. 11 " La. Fla. Ga. ' - 7 - 7 ; » Wis.' - + - Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn. " " H Minn. & Wig. + - 3 1 2 5 +.4-.. r- 4 0 0 r+ 2 ±2. ±_1 +6 + 5 r+ 1 - 7 - 7 +12 0 + 4 + 2 - 1 2 2 3 8 5 + 5 - 6 + 5 -10 + 4 + 4 + 1 0 - 2 - 5 + - •=4 + 2 0 - 2 -14 r-19 - 1 -11 . - 1 +39 - 3 - 8 -11 +11 + 1 - 9 - 2 +17 - 6 - 2 ' ' + 3 -20 + - + + + r+ + + - ±_2 ±Jk +_i + 1 + 2 - 1 + + + + 5. + 7 + 3 0 - 2 -11 * + 7 . - 3 . + 4 + 1 -14 r- 2 - 4 + 4 r+ 3 r- 2 - 3 - 8 - 9 + 1 1 2 • 6 • 7 4 =_2 + 9. + 3 + 9 +10 - 1 ±_2 0 4 6 6 6 9 1 6 5 -13 -15 - 9 + 8 -11 -16 -13 -26 - 5 - 1 HI. Ind. Mich. + 2 ±Jk __0 Ala. + 8 5. 5 2 3 + 5 + 3 - 1 + 3 + 2 -11 +14 ' • - 5 - 7 + 2 0 : 0 - 1 - 7 + 2 . - + 3 ' 4 9 4 6 5 0 -1 +1 - 4 - 4 + 6 ' H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Wee k ending Jan.-June July ll July 8J July 141 July 22 1961 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa 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 Francisco-Oakland San Francisco Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised, ±Jk ±_2 +J2 + + + " - 3 + 6 +18 +21 +16 -10 - 3 + 4 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 6 +23 +24 +19 -18 - 4 +10 +17 - 1 + 7 + 5 + y +23 +2] +20 - 8 + 9 +10 r-10 0 - 5 - 3 - 2 r+ 7 +20 +25 -13 -13 + 5 0 -10 - 8 - 1 + 7 +15 +13 +11 -14 -13 Mo, - 8 - 1 +10 . +13 + 7 %_Z ±_2 ±1 Tex, + + + + + + + + - Col. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mo, " Nebr, N.Mex, Okla. 6 3 3 1 1 7 3 1 1 +J Calif. - l - 7 - 1 + 9 + 8 + 2 - 2 + 7 + 5 + 1 - 2 + 1 +-2 0 IT " " ii 11 Ore, Utah Wash, " ' - 7 9 6 7 0 3 3 4 1 3 4 5 1 1 1 -10 - 4 -7 + 7 + 2 ±_1 +_5 ±_2 r±_2 - 2 -10 + 3 +14 +11 + 2 + 1 + 1 +14 - 1 + 2 - 1 +14 - 4 + 5 - 1 + 1 + 8 r+15 + 7 + 6 + 8 + 9 + 4 + 3 - 9 + 9 - 6 + 9 +13 + 4 +21 +11 +10 + 7 +17 + 7 + 5 + 7 + 9 +17 - 5 .. +14 +72 - 1 + 2 +15 + 3 + 8 -10 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 7 + 8 + 1 *Not available.
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