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™H;8b EOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR M E D I A T E RELEASE | June 2, 1958.' . WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS • Percentage.change•from corresponding• period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) 3 mos. Week ending , Way 3 | Way 10 ]'May 17 | May 2k 195:8 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City . UNITED STATES -i 6 Z± . + 8 + 7 +12 - 2 - 9 + 5 - 3' -11 +15 . + 2 +: 2 - 6 -12 - 6 -1U: H9 +; 2 -11 - i +18 +29 +11 • I - ti -iq - 2 + .3 + 3 - 2 + k -12 ' I - 3 y + + . :! 1 h 2 0 +15 - 5 + i o -ii + 6 +iU - 6 Del. N. J. Pa. -12 -10 -i 2 11 +15 + 5 + 7 " " " Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Ky. Akron Ohio • Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Youngstown Erie _ Pa Pittsburgh Vu heeling-Steubenville Vy .Va^tOhio - 6 0 - 3 Mev; York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo N, Y. 5 New York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y.-M.J. + U Newark N. J. - 7 New York N. Y. - 2 Rochester " - J ' Syracuse " - 6 Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton "Wilkes-Bar re—Hazleton - 2 zM Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield -it : * - 2 + 8 +12 h - 5 - -10 - 1 - 8 , - 9 - h - 2 - 1 -10 -15 -10 + 3 4 7 4 Ia - 7 -22 -15. - 8 y -18 •12 I H•17 + 1 -2l| 0 - 9 - 2 -15 - 7 + 1 + 1 -10 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 8 - k -12 -10 + 2 - I + 6 - 4 k - 3 * - 3 H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtovm Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Downtown Miami Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville City Tampa Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) 3 mos. Week ending 1958 "May- J" "Hay l"0~l~May l7 | Kay 21; d D. C. - Md. Va. Ala. Oa. La. Tenn. ^t. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior " —Wis. Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. r-_3 + k_ - 9 -10 -16 -19 - 6 - 5 - 8 -5 - 8 - 9 rrr- + + + + + + 1 - 1 - h + 6 +" 3 - 3 - 6 - 6 - 9 . +39 h i . - 5 1 ! 1 I - 2 - 8 - 9 -7 - 3 i - 8 -16 -22 -14 -lU Fla. 111. Ind. Mich. zA 3 2 2 1 +1? Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis ""Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee -11 0 0 - 9 - 3 - 5 " 1 - 2 + - Fla. 2 2 6 7 3 zA 2 7 3 6 3 - 2 5 2 U 1 2 r- 5 - 9 + 2 + 1 - k - 6 -16 -10 - 2 - 1 - 8 - k - 6 r- 3 - 7 - 5 - 3 -10 - 1 +31 +18 - 6 - 2 + l - h - 9 -10 -10 - 2 , 0 -11 - 6 - 1 - h + + + -12 -11 -19 * * + h - 7 -11 • - - 5 + U l 7 2 5 5 - 3 -15 - 9 - 2 + 8 + - 1 U 2 6 -14 -19 -10 -27 - 2 — 8 - 9 -13 - 2 + 8 - 2 -11 + 7 +11 +15 + 9 + 1 j -10 + 9 + 9 0 o 0 I -10 | - 6 j -16 - 3 - 1 - 6 +10 +10 +11 +11 0 1 -11 -15 - 7 + 1 Minn. " it Minn.dtMs.. i;-x- To3 H.8b | Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALhS - Sr,LECTlti) CITIES AM) CITIES (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago j (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week- ending T BIOS, 19*8 l a y 3 | May 10 | May 17 ( Kay 2k Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka ichita Kansas City St. Joseph " Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Port.worth Houston San Antonio Col. Kans. " Mo. " N. Hex. Okla. " + 3 Mo. -10 - 8 - 2 k h 11 " - 0 0 - 3 -10 + 1 - 4 - 8 - $ +18 - 7 - 2 h 6 0 -18 : + II r+ 5 + 7 •-.+ 2. + 7 r 0 +16 r 0 +1U - 1 +12 + 2 +13 -10 +11 + 5 +12 0 + 6 0 - 5 +13 + 8 +1U -15 - 3 2 I izl - 9 - 9 k \o -10 :- k - 2 - .2 - k !- 7 - 7 •: +1*8 - 1 9 + i - 5 - 3 - 1 - 9 - 5 -1U - 2 O + 2 41 4 7 I 0 + 1 -1U + 1 '+ 3 f 1 + 1 + 5 + 6 + 2 - 7 + 3 -1U + 1 - 3 - 3 -12 + 7 +10 -Wi. 2 + 1 0 - •0 + 5 - 3 a 0 +i'U 3 - 3 -13 0 2 ; o - 7 + - 2 zJ. Tex. " " San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. Downtown,Los Angeles " Westside Los Angeles " 11 ' Sacramento San Diego " San Francisco-Oakland " San Francisco City " Oakland " Portland Ore. Salt Lake City Utah Seattle wash. Spokane " T'acoma " r—Revised. - 5 - 5> - it $ + 1 + 1 " * 6 ! 0 jl. - 2 - 2 -10 10 + rl I 2 h -18
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