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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE1 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE , • • . June 23, 1961. H„8b WEEKLY- DEPARTMENT, STORE SALES . Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield 0 Mass, " 11 - New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N.E.-New Jersey Newark New York Rochester SyracusePhiladelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Secanton •• Wilke.s-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington • Akron Canton .Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield ' ' Toledo Youngstown Erie • Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling SELECTED CITIES. AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based 011 retail ddtlln:r* -amounts). . J anuarv-Anril 1 Week ending 1961 1 June 17 iMav 2 v'! June 3 j. June.0J - 2 +JL; : ±2 ±_8 + 6 + 2 +12 - 3 -3 -16 + 1 - 5 + 4 + 9 +16 - 1 + 1 • + 8 + 8 - 3 0 - 5 - 1 - 4 - 6 + 2 0 - 9 0 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 9 r+ 5 r+ 5" +16 - 2 + + + + + + +^2 . N.Y. • N.Y.-N.J. N.J.. • N.Y. - - 4 r-1 - 2 Del. N.J. Pa. - - 4 + 1 - 2 - 4 - 7 +11 -11 + 1 + 1 - 1 -3 -13 + 2 + 3 " 1 2 83 2 : 2• 5 7 2 3 9 5 8 z_2 Ky. Ohio " " 11 n " " Pa. W.Va. ±.1 + 9 0 +22 - 2 - 3 - 8 - 1 » + 8 + 2 +17 - 3 + 4 r+25. + 3 - 2+ 9 - 2 - 1 -3 - 4 • -10 + 4 . 6 -10 - 1 - 2; +1 -14 -6 ; - 2 - 6 - 6 - 8 - 8 -16 + 1 - 3 - 9 + 1 + 1 + 4 -10 - 9 - 4 - 8 - 2 + + + + r- +10 + 3 +19 + 5 + 8 + 2 1 9 3 7 4 1 +11 1 ' +11 2 . + 3 6 + 7 2 : +12 + 6 6 1 + 5 + 6 5 i-i + 9 -11 j - 6 - 7 1 -11 - 1 + 8 - + 6. 0 0 - 5 - 7 r+ 3 + 3 + 2 +13 + 6 + 6 r- 6 + 5 -6 - 7 + 1 r- 7 - 6 r-12 + 8 - 9 + 8 - 5 + 1 +33 +14 + 7 - 1 + 8 +13 +12 +10 + 5 + 7 0 + 5 H.8b •' Page 2 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 ! 1961 Mav 271June liJune 101 June 17 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District • Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond D.C. "Md." Va. Atlanta District " Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville •' - Miami ... jTampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta Columbus New. Orleans Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta + 1 +J - 1 - 6 - 4 -10 - 4 + 3 • o. + 2 0 - .6 + + + zA Ala. - 4 0 + 9 + 7 - 2 - 6. Fla. • " " Ga. » . " La. \ -1 • • - 5 • - 2 Fla. Ga. Chicago District - Metropolitan Areas ' Chicago .. Indianapolis Detroit ~ ' Grand; Rapids Milwaukee -10 -10 - 4 111. Ind. Mich. - " Wis. St. Louis District " Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville ' St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areajs Mpls, — S t , Paul; Mpls. and Suburbs Minneapolis • St .' Paul • i Cities . ' Duluth-Superior z_2 Ark, %. Mo. Tenn. • - 2 - 4 -10 - 9 - 5 ' + - 3 1 4 7 "- : - u 11 ;Minn. & Wis. +11 + r .+ + + 8 0 8 5 2 +13 + 7 +12 + 8 + 4 ±__S r+_4 2 + 2 1 +11 8 +16 1 . +2 o ' , + 1" 1 • r+ 7 2 +10 +18 4 3• - 2 -12 +13 + 7 - 2 + 3 +17 +29 - 2 . __o - 7 - 7 - 6 - 1 -10 • -10 -11 -15 - 1 • - 2 -13 + + + + + - -12 - 2 V - 6 r+ 4 + 4 - 9 - 1 -12 - 4 + 3 0 - 1 - 4 - 1 +10 +13 + 4 + 2 0 +j + 6 ±± — 1 +13 . + 8 - 1 - 1 +13 + 4 - 4 +6 r+ 4 2 r+ 4 + 7 1: . + 6: ... + 9 4 : o + 3 2. . + 4. .r+ 4 + 5 + 6 0 + 3 - 1 + 1 -10 - 1 -10 -10 -10 + 6 • +14 - 1 + 5 -14 - 8 ; +_i - 4 + + + - 4 - 1 - • + .5 . \ - 3 - 2 - 1 * + 2 - 2 + 8 • - .3 - _ 0 +_1 ~ Minn. » -Z2:; 2 2 6 3 0 - 6 Ilf( H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago retail dollar amounts) Week ending January-April 1961 May 27[June 31June 10[June 17 Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityKansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa viry J oplin 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. ±-J Col. Kans, Mo. . +2 + 9 0 +12 +22 +11 - 7 - 3 +11 +19 +27 +20 -10 -13 -10 - 4 +16 + 3 +12 - 2 - 9 - 3 0 + 1 - 2 0 -10 - 8 ' + 7 + 2 - 3 - 2 - 1 -11 - 4 - 8 + 1 •— 2 + 2 - __o +_Z r±2 -14 -17 -13 ' +13 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 + 7 + 2 - 2 + 2 available. r+ 2 0 r+ 1 -15 +16 r+ 4 + 7 + 2 r- 3 + 4 + 3 + 8 0 + 1 +11 0 +11 + 7 +16 + 3 0 + 3 + 3 +10 + 6 0 - 8 0 + 7 - 3 + 5 +34 +14 + 4 - 1 +10 +12 0 + 4 + 2 - 5 - 1 +18 N.Mex. Okla. ±J> -1 - 4 0 +13 +25 +19 -15 + 3 +1 - 5 + 5 Nebr. + 2 + 3 +40 +10 +27 +21 -20 -14 :i Mo.-Kans, Mo. + 2 -11 - 7 +10 + 9 + 9 + 5 + 3 - 1 +21 +23 +19 -15 0 + 5 :i - 4 Tex. " " ii " Calif. " " " Ore. Utah Wash. " + + 3 9 3 6 6 0 - 5 + 5 + 3 - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 3 *Not 2 1 6 2 9
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