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H.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF lYiti FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 16, 1961. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED•CITIES AMD AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending January-April Kay 2C)T"May 271 June 31 June 10 + 1 ±J5 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City- ±J> 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 Soranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling Mass.. __o ±-2 ±_5 ±_i + J5 + + - 3 2 9 2 1 3 + 8 0 +21 + 2 + 9 + 3 + 9 0 +22 -™2 - 3 - 8 + 6 + 2 +12 - 3 - 3 r-l6 + 8 + 2 +17 - 3 + 4 +27 + 1 +21 - 5 + 4 + 9 ±JL + 8 + 4 + 3 ' - 8 ..+ 1 + 1 - 5 - 3 0 - 5 - 1 - 4 - 6 + 2 r 0 - 9 0 + 1 + 4 + .3 ±_Z Z-l + 2 r+ 9 +14 + 6 + 7 +12 + 2 - 4 + 1 - 2 - 4 - 7 +11 -11 + 2 N.Y. N.Y.-N. J. N.J. N.Y. " - 1 2 8 3 2 2 - 4 Del. N.J. Pa. - 5 7 2 3 9 5 8 - 4 - 4 Ohio Pa, W.Va. -10 + 4 - 6 -10 - 1 - 2 + 1 -14 - 6 • - 2 - 6 - 6 - +1. - 2 0 + 4 +10 + 5 + 3 +11 + 9 +24 - 2 + 2 + 1 - 6 + 4 , +9 +6 + 4 +16 - 2 £-2 + 1 + 1 r- 1 - 3 -13 r+ 2 + 3 + 1 - 4 zlJr=_2 ±_1 r- 8 - 8 -16 r+ 1 - 3 r- 9 + 1 + 1 + 4 r-10 r- 9 r- 4 r- 8 - 2 + 9 - 6 -11 + 8 0 - 5 + 2 + 2 + 6 - 7 - 7 - 4 -11 - 9 1 + 2 + 6 + 2 -6 -11 - 7 - 1 + 6 0 - 7 + 3 +1 3 + 6 + 5 - 6 + 1 - 6 + 8 H,8b ' ' \ p^g2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District",' Area, and City . Percentage cfraftge.from corresponding period-a-year ago (Based on-retail dollar amounts)January-April!! Week ending 1961 "" " ... . Richmond District ' " Metropolitan Areas' Washington Downtown'Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas 1, Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville. Miami Tampa-St, Petersburg. • Atlanta ; ^ ... Augusta ^^ • • Columbus . New Orleans Cities Mi ami-Doxmt own Central Atlanta B.C.Md. ' ' Va. ' ^ z_2 +11" - 1 - 6 - 4 -10 - 4 +13 + 7 + 8 + 6 + 3 . "+J - 6 Ala.' ±2 + 3 - r+ 2 , . + 8 0 + 1 r- 2 + 6 : : +. 8 + 2 + y ' 0 + 5 + 2 0 - 6 r —0 r+ 5 + 2 - 7 " + 2 + 1 +11 - 7 +16 - 6 . + 8 + 2 - 1 r- 1 -10 r 0 . + 1 + i • + 6 -10 + 1 +10 -11 +18 - 4 -15 - 2 - 1 - 3 La. - 4 0 + .9 + 7 - 2 - 6 - 1 -5. -.2 - 8 + 5 + 1 •+ 6 + 8 - 2 +• 5 +20 + 2 Fla. Ga. -10 -10 - 1 - 5 - 4 ±_2 r_0 -2 - 4 -10 - .9 - 5 +16 - 2 + 4 + 4 - 4 - 1" - + 4 + 1 - 9 -10 - 1 - .1 -12 -10 - 4 + 3 0 - 1 - 4 - 1 + 6 Fla. " 11 Ga. " " it - 2 -13 r-12 r- 2 - 6 + 3 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids . Milwaukee Wis. St. Louis. District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville . St. Louis • Memphis : - 4 =_3 r_J ±_2 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn, -3 + 1 - 4 +19 + 8 -11 - 1 -10 + 6- 1 -14 -10 - 1 +14 +13 + 5' ' + 8 - 8 • - 1 ±_5 j_l . r+_6 Minneapolis District ... Metropolitan Areas Mpls.—St. Paul Mpls» and.Suburbs St. Paul . •Cities Dul-uth-S uperior 111. IndJ Mich. , Minn. Minn. & Wis. -/r. - 2 -1 - 4 '+ 5 1 + 7 1 - 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 - 4 •+ 6 - 1 r+ 5, + 6 + 4 + 7 + 9 + 3 - 3 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) Week ending January-April Mav 20lMav 271 June 3(June 10 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 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 Oakland San Jose ^ Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised. Col, Kans. " Mo.-Kans. Mo. " Nebr. N.Mex. Okla. Mo. Tex. Calif. " 1 1 it " " Ore,. Utah Wash. it ±_3 +_6 + 5 + 3 - 6 + 1 - 5 + 5 +18 +22 +11 - 7 - 3 + 5 + 3 + 6 + 2 ±J> + 3 + 1 +24 +14 +31 -10 - 4 + 2 -11 - 7 - 8 - 8 +40 +10 +27 +21 -20 -14 + + - 3 5 6 1 4 0 r+13 r+25 +19 -15 + 3 + 9 0 +12 + 5 + 6 +11 +19 +27 +20 -10 -13 -10 - 1 - 4 r+16 + 3 - 2 +_6 - 4 - 2 - 9 - 3 0 + 1 + 2 - 1 -16 +19 + 9 - 2 0 -10 - 8 + 7 - 1 + 1 zJt - 3 -9 - 3 + 6 + 6 0 - 5 + 5 + 3 - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 . - 3 + 6 - 5 -10 - 3 +10 +10 + 3 + l + 2 + 1 + 6 + 7 + 3 + 2 + 6 *Not available. -14 -17 r-13 +13 + 5 r+ 2 + 2 r+ 2 + 2 - 2 r+ 7 + 2 - 2 r+ 2 =J1 + 2 - 3 - 2 - 1 -11 0 + 3 0 + 2 -15 +16 + 5 + 7 + 2 - 2 + 4 + 3 + 8 0 + 1 + + 4 8 1 2 2 Li +n 0 +11 + 7 +16 + 3 o + 3 + 3 +10 + 6 0, - 8 0 .
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