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I H.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 1958# WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding I period a year- ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending U mos. June 7 | June Ik ' 1958 Tffgy~2U | May 31 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston-. Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield •- u Z_6 » • i t 4 1 +18 429 411 7.2 3 7 6 6 6 5 - u - 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 Rochester Syracuse " - 0 Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Vvilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia heading Scranton IfVilkes-Barre—Hazleton zlDel. N. J. Pa. - 6 + 2 — 8 - 3 - 6 - 6 -U " - 3 - 1 - 2 - 8 -3 - 7 k •Jt + 2 t u -2 0 H6 h 1 LI • 417 4 5 414 >7 4 8 411 • r 5 . | _0 Cleveland District z_£ Metropolitan Areas • f Ky. * - 2 •> 6 Lexington Ohio Akron - 9 "• L b -10 Canton 7 » Cincinnati 4 2 | 1 + Cleveland - h # • h 10 Downtown Cleveland Columbus 2 -U Springfield -10 8 Youngstown -16 i t Pa. Erie -11: U Pittsburgh * + 2 Wheeling-Steubenville W .Va.&.Ohio - 9 ' h3 > 1 - 1 + 3 - 1 + 3 + + + - Mass. +1.3 " ZJ: - 2 - 6 + i t +11 + 6 -4 -10. + 9 + 9 + 8 - 6 -U +18 +20 +12 - 1 + 1 + 1 -3 0 + 2 11 - 2 + 1 -3 - 2 + 1 -10 - 3 + 5 0 0 r+ 1 ' ~ * - * 0 r+ U r- 1 +22 1 3 5 l 2 * - 2 - 7 - 4 + 7 < 0 - 3 + 7 - 3 1 3 h - f ? r+ 4 r+ 5 , + + + - zl r+ 2 - 1 - 1 - U -10 + 3 - 9 -17 -3 -10 + 7 - 6 -11 + g + 2 - 7 -7 r-2h r- 5 . r-13 0 • ' + rlk - 2 -if. + 5 .+ l +15 + h 5 5 7 2 2 4 - 4 -13 + 2 -13 -11 - 5 + 3 + h Page 2 H.8b VffiEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change frcm corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) U mos. j V<eek ending 1958 May-2U | lay JI | June ( j June I f f" Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond - . Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville • Miami Downtown Miami Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville City Tampa Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand napids Milwaukee St. -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 z_$ D. C. - 3 - 3 Md. - + 2 8 2 -12 - Fla. Ga. + -19 - 5 + l - 3 + 1 -10 - 6 + -16 -19 + 4 + + r+ + + 3 + 1 6 + h - 3 r+ 6 - 6 9 3 1 3 3 4 . 1 - 2 0 r+ 3 0 + 7 - 5 -11 2 8 + 5 4 8 r+ - 3 Ala. • 4 + 5 - 5 0 + + + + 4 j + 5 + + 1 + 3 8 • - 9 -5 Va. 1k 2 0 | | - 1 - 8 * 2 x + 3 - 1 +15 + 3 - 7 - 3 +12 - 7 +.2 La. Tenn. - Fla. +16 + h +17 +16 - + - 6 z_h - 2 - 3 + - 4 6 3 I * 6 - 5 -10 - 5 - 9 - h + 1 -3 - 4 1 111. Ind. Mien. -.9 - 6 6 6 1 - 3 - 9 + 1 - 7 -12 - - + 5 + 5 8 v»is. - b Ark. 0 2 +12 - v . no. Tenn. - k - 7 Minn. • ! : is. 2 ; - 3 +11 i | — 1 6 1 +_U 0 - k - U - 3 - 1 +11 - 1 - 3 - 3 - - 3 - 1 - 7 - 3 - 3 - k - - + + 1 8 j o Minn + t 8 6 * - 2 - - + 7 +11 +15 + 9 6 - 1 - -11 -11 - 1 - 3 8 - - 6 6 6 515* H.8b ; Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding | period a year ago j(Based on retail dollar amounts) | Week ending k most May 2k I May 31 | June Y 1 June 14 1958 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver T'opeka Wichita Kansas City St. Joseph 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 Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised. - 1 Col. Kans. Mo. N. Mex. Okla. Mo. ti 11 r+ 3 - 1 0 + 1 - k - 3 - 3 + 2 + U ; 0 +12 4-2 +1 3 1-10 :+ll + 5 +42 + 7 + 2 + 3 + 5 + U +10 + 6 +22 + 2 + 1 - 2 - U r- 2 + 2 +13 +23 - 2 + 2 - 5 -.6 , -10 + U - 5 +12 — 8 + 7 - h 1— 1*13 » 1 1 Calif. 1 1 " " Ore. Utah wash. + 3 + +_5 - 6 +15 + 9 + 9 - 6 + 1 — 8 +10 - 5 -10 - 8 0 0 - 3 - 9 - 1 ; 8 + +14 1-15 r- 3 +1U - 1 . +10 - 7 +23 - 2 Tex. i t h + 1 + 8 1+ 2 zl - 2 - 7 -3 +21 - 7 - 1 - 3 -15 - 7 - 3 - 2 + 2 - 6 + i 2 ' - 8 1+3 j -lU - 0 • -3 1-3 ! -12 l+ 7 " ' +10 + 7 + 8 +1 - 3 - 9 - 5 -lU + h - 5 — 6 -10 - 9 - 1 r- 8 - 2 r 0 #Data not available. r- 1 - 3 . -lU - 6 -17 -5 .3 - 3 -13 + 7 + 1 -11 - 2 + 1 - - 1 -10 + 1 — 8 - 3 + h + 1 - 2 - 1 + 2 - 2 + 1 + 2 !
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