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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTM H.8b FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 1956 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Federal Reserve District, Area, and City- Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.Week enamg Anr. May 26 I June2 j-June 9 I June 16 United States lA. Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn Quincy Lowell Cities Springfield Providence + 7 + 9 +12 -I + 1 til + 9 - 5 - a - 8 + 7 -9 -10 - 5 + y + 2 + h +16 +22 - 6 -16 +1U +11 +21 - 3 +13 +20 +1i3 + 8 + h +16 +16 +17: +15 - l - 9. - h - 1 +17 +12 +19 + 2 - 1 + 6 +11 +13 -1 Mass. Mass. I. New York District Metropolitan Areas N. Y. Buffalo New York-N.E.New Jersey N.I.-N.J* N. J. Newark' N. Y. New York " Rochester .Syracuse " Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Del. Wilmington 1M. J. Trenton Pa. Lancaster Philadelphia " Reading " Scranton \H ilkes-Barre—Ha zleton " Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Cincinnati Cle veland Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Digitized forVvheeling-Steubenville FRASER u. - 2 2 1 1 2 3 6 + 5 - 6 + + + + + + -+ 1 3 k - 2 U-. / 0 U-Z - 2 5 +10 3 - 1 " 11 " " 1 1 Pa. lin.Va.-Ohio +11 +1U +18 +10 +17 +1U + 5 • 0 + 6 r+11 +15 +13 - 2 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 7 - 2 + 1 - 7 + 4 - 6 +21 - 2 _L + 7 + 3 - 3 + 8 -k - 3 - k +18 r+ 7 +12 r+12 +11 + 6 + 2 +17 +15 . +12 +15 +iu +25 + h + h + 8 + h + 6 Ky. Ohio + 1 + 2 + 7 r+lU +11 r+18 + 7 ;• r+12" r+ 5 - 3 +13 r+ k - 2 -*5 + 1 + 6 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 7 +11 + 5 — - 5 -15 , + 6 + 2 • . -1 + 1 + 6 + U + 4 +11 + li + 5 + 9 + 7 + 6 +10 i -10 + 7 r 0 0 + 1 + 8 r+11 + 9 '+ 8 + k +11, +20 + 5 +ib -16 . + 9 +15 +13 +13 +13 +1U +25 +18 +17 H-.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARlilENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City- . Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville City Tampa Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Cities tiinnesp olis St. faul Duluth-Superior D. C. Bad. Va. Ala. Fla. Ga. " La. Tenn. « Fla. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan. Vveek ending Apr. May 26 1 June 2 | June 9 j June 16" ll - 7 + 1 +11 +17 + 7 - 1 0 + U - 9 -13 - 7 •- 6 - 2 -12 + 1 +10 r+ 9 /'r+ 6 r+lU +11 +19 + 8 +16 +17 ti lA + 1 + 9 + 5 + 5 + 6 0 -V + 5 + 2 + 2 - 3 +12 + 5 -7 + 9 + 1 0 - 2 - 2 - 3 - +h +10 + l + 5 + 8 r+ 6 + 5 +10 + 9 +15 0 + 8 0 - 5 + 2 + 8 + 7 + 3 + 6 + 8 + 8 +13 + 111. Ind. Mich. wis. Ark. Ky. Ifio. Tenn. Minn, " Minn. & Vvis. + 9 + 8 Li + 9 + h + 3 + h + 7 + U +2U + u + 5 +10 0 +12 +12 +10 +11 + 2 +10 +10 +1U +12 +19 *1 + 6 + 9 +13 +12 $ 5 6 3 +15 + l + 6 + 3 + 6 + 8 +11 + 5 + 2 + 6 +17 +13 + 5 + k +15 +10 i_k +10 +31 +11 r+18 + 3 + 5 +10 +10 + 9 + 8 +32 +33 +15 + 6 +25 + 7 +11 +38 +10 - + + + + k H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES, AND AREAS (Continued) . Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka V.ichita St. Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Do-wntovm Los Angeles vtestside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland City San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—revised. 1/ Three months 1956* Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) "Week ending ""Jan, May 26 |June 2 | June 9 |June 15~ Apr. + 1 Colo. Kans. " ivio. IN. Mex. Okla. " + + + + Mo* " -5 Tex. Calif. + 6 - 2 1 7 5 3 +10 +1U +10 + 3 +13 +26 +1U +11 +_8_+1k + 5 + k + 3 +10 + 8 +12 +10 + 6 + 6 +10 +13 • + 9 + 7 a +1 + 2 + h + 5 - 2 il + 9 + 6 + U 0 +38 + 1 - $ + $'• + U +12 +18 + 1 + 1 + 2 +13 + 6 + 6 + u + 6 +11 + 6 + k + 6 + 1 ti. + 3 ±2 0 - 3 - 7 -2 + 7 + k + 3 + 2 + 3 0 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 7 - 3 + 2 - u + h r+15 r+11 r+ .9 r+ 9 r+ 9 r- 5 + 8 + S + 5 + 1 - 9 + 1 -3 + 2 + h + 7 0 0 + U + 3 + 7 0 - 2 + 1 - 7 + U +1U + 7 * 5 + U + k +1U - 2 + 7 0 - 1 0 - 6 0 Ore. Utah "Wash, " " + 9 +11' +12 r+ 5 + 8 + 7 + 1 +18 ti + 8 + 7 +11 +38 -10 + 2 + 3- *—Data not available - k r+ 9
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