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H.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, I960. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan.-Apr., I I960 (May 211 May 28*1 June 4* I June 11 -12 +_2 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 Lancasi r 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 Wheeling http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Mass. " " " " " " N.Y. N.Y.-N.J. N.J. N.Y, " " Del. N.J. Pa. tl + 4 +16 + 6 + 5 + 9 +12 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 5 + 3 0 33 +15 -14 -22 + 7 +42 -16 0 +21 JL6 + 2 - 3 - 1 -17 -17 -22 - 4 0 + 3 +18 +20 +13 +14 +18 + 9 + 6 - 2 ±1 + 6 +10 + 6 + 5 - 1 + + + + + 8 3 4 7 4 -10 - 2 - 9 - 2 - 7 - 2 +10 +19 + 7 + 7 +18 + 7 +23 -21 -14 r-18 -20 r-13 -21 r-15 r-21 -10 -22 -31 ±JL ^4 ±16 ^12 - 1 + 2 0 +11 r+28 +21 + 8 +12 +19 +18 +25 -18 + 9 + 2 -16 -17 -20 -21 -26 -14 -16 -23 -16 - 9 -17 -20 -35 + + + + + 6 6 4 8 5 -10 0 + 6 W.Va. + 6 -19 -22 -16 . -11 + 2 + 4 + 5 Pa. 0 +21 +12 +11 ±A + 6 Ky. Ohio - 2 +14 =18 + 1 + 4 + 9 0 + 8 + 6 - 2 -18 - 9 -10 -12 — 2 - 4 . + 9 r+11 +21 +17 +16 as +17 0 - 2 - 1 + 4 + 2 0 + 5 0 r-i - 1 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 - 1 - 3 +15 + 9 - 3 + 7 - 2 - 3 + 5 - 1 - 3 - 8 + 1 + 8 + 6 - 4 Page 2 iffiEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding U . ,'L. ' * period a year1 ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan»-Apr7[ Week ending I960 pay 21)May 28*1 June 4*1 June 11 Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityRichmond District - Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond 0 D.C. Md. " Va. Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta /Augusta Columbus New Orleans Knoxville Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta Ala. " Fla. Ga. Chicago District' Metropolitan Areas • Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas. Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis ±_1 +i ±-2 • - 1 + 4 +20 + 8 +10 + 7 + 3 0 + 9 +31 +25 + 8 + 5 +42 + 3 + 5 + 6 - 5 + 1 + 6 +J r+ 6 +14 +25 r- 2 r+ 6 + 5 + 7 .+ 5 +. 8 + 2 + 7 Fla. Ga. + 3 -12 -12 -12 + 3 -12 -15 -13 =.1 ±12 -18 + +12 + 9 +30 +13 +27 -23 « + 4 + 5 + 9 + 6 + 8 + 6 3 1 8 4 2 +1 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn. 1. & Wis, 1 6 5 5 r-20 r-24 -21 -26 r-19 La. Tenn, ... ill +19 +10 + 8 + 3 + 5 + + + Wis. • J . - 4 -10 - 4 - 9 - 5 + 5 . 0 . + 1 + 2 Ill; Ind. Mich. Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.—St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities ' Duluth-Superior + 3 - 4 0 - 6 - 2 -15 -13 -15 -20 - 7 - 8 r+10 + 7 +27 +14 +23 + 5 + 6 - 1 + 8 * - 4 -13 - 4 0 . + 3 - 4 - 2 + 8 ±11 - 2 +12-. + 2 + 1 - 4 r+ 9 - 3 0 + 6 +J. +_2 +2Z r=12 z-2 + 7 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 2 +27 +33 +17 -16 -15 -18 - 3 - 1 - 6 + 2 - 1 +21 -26 - 4 +6 + 4 +24 + 9 - 5 -10 - 4 +18 : - 7 - 2 + 5 + 6 +16 + 8 0 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 Jan,-apr, Mav 211 May 28*! June 4*1 June 11 I960 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District. Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City Sto 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 0 - 2 +20 -10 - 1 + 3 0 -12 Mo.-Kans . + 1 Mo. - 1 - 5 Nebr. - 1 N.Mex. 0 Okla. - 3 - 3 + 6 - 8 -13 - 1 - 7 - 6 0 - 1 - 6 -10 r+18 +19 - 1 +19 +22 +11 +29 +10 +33 +29 - 8 -16 -19 - 7 -20 -14 r-l6 -14 - 1 r-18 0 +10 -17 + 3 - 3 -12 + 7 -12 + 5 - 9 Mo. - 7 + 3 +20 r-26 +11 Tex. + 5 -10 - 2 + 7 - 2 + 3 - 9 - 4 - 7 -11 - 7 -11 - 7 - 9 -13 + 6 -12 +12 0 + 6 + 7 -17 0 - 3 - 6 ±15 =12 0 r+15 + 4 r+28 +16 r+14 +19 r+18 +18 r+28 + 9 r+20 r+ 6 +12 + 7 -18 -16 -17 +17 ~ 5 -17 -20 -17 - 5 -18 -12 -20 -13 -21 Col. Kans. + 2 Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. 11 + 3 + 1 + 5 + 6 + 8 + 7 + 5 - 1 +10 0 + 5 - 2 + 2 0 . t-1 - 4 - 3 - 1 + 5 + 3 - 2 - 4 - 3 +12 - 7 - 2 -13 - 4 -11 + + + + + + + 3 5 2 9 4 0 2 6 7 2 2 1 4 1 r—Revised. **Not available. *—Memorial Day last year occurred in the week ending May 30, whereas this year it was one week later. Therefore, the week ending May 28, I960 had one more trading day than the corresponding week last year.
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