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^3? H.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, I960. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES . SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS • Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending • Jan.-May June 111 June 181 June 25lJuly 2* I960 r+_5 + 2 +3 ±15 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge 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 Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie • Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh for FRASER Wheeling Digitized Mass. +J ±11 + 8- ±_8 ±21 + 5 + 4 + 7 +10 + 1 + 2 +15 +15 +16 +17 0 - 2 + 8 + 7 +10 +31 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 8 +10 +21 0 + 1 +2^ +25 +25 + 5 +13 +16 + 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 +29 '+_£ ±1 ±15 +24 + 5 + 6 + 3 0 + 2 + 2 + 4 r+15 r+12 + 8 +13 +16 +20 +24 +19 +18 +14 +13 ±J£ N.Y. N.Y.-N.J. N.J. N.Y. 11 " + + .+ + + + 1 7 1 3 5 2 + + + + 1 5 2 1 5 0 ±-1 ±A 3 2 . 4 2 3 l 3 +10 + 4 +12 + 1 - 5 + 9 + 3 r+ 5 +16 +16 + 2 + 6. + 8 + 1 ±3. ±J2 tA ±_1 Del. N.J. Pa. _ " " " 11 Ky. Ohio " 11 " " Pa. " " W.Va. + + + + + + + 3 8 4 3 3 1 2 + + + + + + + + + + - 2 5 3 3 6 3 5 2 1 6 3 7 4 2 + .+ + - +15 + 9 - 3 + 7 - 2 - 3 + 5 - 1 - 2 - 9 0 + 8 + 6 - 4 +10 + 7 - 3 + 6 + 7 + + 7 - 8 r+ 3 - 7 r 0 + 8 + 5 + 8 6 +24 + 3 - 1 +11 ±-2 + 9 +13 + 6 0 : +11 + 8 + 5 m +53 +24 0 +13 + +23. , +• 4- - +19 . + 8 +16 . -16 - 6 +10 - 2 + '4 + 3 + 8 --.3 + 8 +16 + 6 +15 +14 +39 ? Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago on retail dollar, amounts) Jan.-May Week ending I960 June 111 June 18!June 25|July 2* Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityRichmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St, Petersburg Atlanta Augusta Columbus New Orleans Knoxville Cities Miami-Downtown . ~~^Central Atlanta - 2 D.C, 0 6 2 7 4 +J - 1 - 4 - 2 -13 - 6 ±_3 r±_6 r+19 + 8 + 1 +28 +22 +11 + 3 - 5 -14 - 3 + 7 +11 - 2 +28 r+11 + 6 r+ 5 + 8 0 + 2 r+ 2 +14 +31 +34 +36 +15 - 5 - 8 +24 +10 - 5 -13 + 2 -14 r- 9 -13 + 5 - 3 +_2 - 1 ±_3 ±J1 ±18 - 4 0 + 3 - 4 - 2 + + + 0 2 4 1 5 - 1 0 +12 - 1 + 5 +15 +11 +23 +15 +26 + + + ±_4 ±_2 La. Tenn. - 1 + 2 +19 + 8 + 9 •+ 5 + 3 - 1 + 1 + 2 + 7 +27 +19 +14 +22 + 5 + 6 - 1 + 7 + 2 Fla. Ga. + 1 -12 Md. ,Va. Ala. Fla. Ga. , —0 1 5 2 3 6 - 5 -11 - 4 - 7 - 7 - 5 4 3 3 1 r+ r+ r- ** Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago - . Indianapolis • Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee Wis. + + + + + St, Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis 0 + 8 i_2 ±_6 +11 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. - 4 +10 + 1 0 + 6 +16 + 8 0 - l +22 +11 - 6 + 1 +35 0 + 2 +11 +44 + 4 +11 +J ±-1 ' ±_2 +18 Minn. + 5 + 7 + 1 - 3 - 1 - 6 + 5 + 7 - 1 + 9 + 7 +15 +18 +17 +19 Mi i. & Wis. + 2 - 4 + 5 0 +19 Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.—St. Paul Mpls, and Suburbs St* Paul Cities Duluth-Superior 111. Ind. Mich. 2 2 7 1 6 H*8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES- SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-May Week ending I960 June 111 June 181 June 251 July 2* Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St, Joseph Lincoln Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City 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 City Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma - 1 - 1 + 3 - 2 -13 Mo.-Kans . + l Mo. - 2 - 6 Nebr. 0 N.Mex. - 2 Okla. ' - 2 - 4 r+ 1 +10 -17 + 3 - 3 -12 + 6 -12 + 5 - 9 Col. Kans. Mo. - 8 +15 0 Tex, " " " Calif. ii it " Ore. Utah Wash. " + J5 +19 + 4 - 1 + 2 + 5 -21 • -15 + 2 + 8 0 + 5 0 -10 0 r+10 + 1 - 2 - 2 +23 + 1 -12 +23 +14 - 2 +23 +19 +23 +29 - 3 ** +20 +20 - 1 - 9 +13 - 8 - 1 +10 + 3 + 8 + 1 +15 +12 + 3 -12 - 4 + 3 - 4 + 7 -17 0 - 3 - 6 - 4 -21 - 5 - 8 - 4 0 -14 + 1 - 6 +11 j_2 - 1 - 2 - 4. r+13 + 2 0 + 5 + 6 + 8 + 5 + 3 - 1 + 9 - 1 + 3 - 3 0 - 2 + + - + - 5 - 5 - 1—18 — +12 - 2 - 5 + 1 + 2 - 1 - 7 -11 - 4 - 6 +11 + 9 +15 - +10 +22 +13 +11 +15 +23 +11 +34 +15 +28 + 1 + + + + + 3 6 2 9 4 0 2 6 7 2 2 1 6 1 7 4 3 4 0 + 3 0 + 1 +12 r 0 - 3 - 1 + 5 r- 2 r—Revised. **Not available. * Independence Day last year occurred in the week ending July 4, whereas this year it is one week later. Therefore, the week ending July 2, I960 had one more trading day than the corresponding week last year.
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