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*%.8b 5"^ BOABD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM . • j FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 1958. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND' AREAS - Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago. . (Based on r e t a i l dollar amounts) - Week ending May 31 | June. 7 I June 1U | June 21 -I Area, and City >• 1 - 1 - 9 .r_I + 3 - 2 -8 - h j-10 + 9 > 9 + 8 - 6 t.h - h +18 +20 +12 - 1 -2 - 6 +u +11 + 6 rl3 UNITED STATES Boston DistrictMetropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield Mass. it IF II II Del. ft. J . Pa. h + 1 - 6 + 2 - 8 -3 - 6 - 6 " + 3 - 1 +3 - 6 -.5 -16 2" - 3 + 5 o 0 -10 + 1 * + 1 - 3 - + 1 - - k > 7 - 3 b -1 • > 7 ' 0 - 2 — 8 - 3 + 7 - 3 - 7 - 3 + It . 2 • - 9 - 1 0 -5 - 4 # > . - u - 1 0 -16 -11 ' - 1 + $ + U + 5 -_7 + 2 + 7 - 6 -11 - 1 0 . - 1 3 ; - + 2 2 0 . + 2 -5 -lU - ' 2 r- 9 r+ U r 0. r+13 + h - 9- 3 -15 * . -12 - 7 - 1 r 0 2 - 1 i- U ;+ 3 -9 -17 3 ! —10 :-2U 5 #• - 9 •— 6 - U - 9 -16 — 8 -23 - ;3. . - 2 zJ, . + 1 - 3 - " • + 2 • it Cleveland D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Lexington Ky. . Akron Ohio Canton Cincinnati Cleveland • Downtown Cleveland It : Columbus Springfield : " 11 Youngstown brie Pa.. 11 Pittsburgh Wheeling-Steubenville W.Va.StOhio - 3 - 7 + 6 + 6 + 6 -5 - New York D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Buffalo N. Y. New York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y.-N.J. Newark N. J . New 'York ft. Y. Rochester " Syracuse• " . Philadelphia D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster . Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton - 6 - 5 -18 • r+ 6 ' -5 .+ 5 - 7 -17 - 9 - 5 -19 -19 -13 -18 - 2 : r+ 1 r- 3 r- 2 + 2 . -7 - 7 + 5 -h -13. + 2 -13 -11 — 5. + 3 + U -13 -17 -17 - 2 2 - 8 -li; -19 - 9 -19 -27 -lU -10 -16 H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AW AREAS (Continued} Percentage change frcm corresponding period a year ago (Based on r e t a i l dollar amounts) week ending U mos, 1958 May 31 j June 7 I June li+ j . June 21 Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City Richmond D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Washington Dovvntown Washington Baltimore Downtown. Baltimore • -Richmond . Atlanta D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas -Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Downtown Miami Atlanta Augusta New Orleans . Knoxville City Tampa Chicago D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Chicago . Indianapolis .Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee S t . Louis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas L i t t l e Rock Louisville S t . Louis Memphis Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas ripls.-St. Paul Lip Is» and Suburbs S t . Paul Cities Duluth-Superior + 2 -_i D. C. " Md. Va. - 3 3 8 9 5 . + + - - 3 Ala. 0 U 8 5 5 i l l r+ 3 Z*3 8 5 6 h 3 r+ + + r- 7 3 1 2 2 -13 -1U -13 -14 -20 + 6 ;.r+ 2 + 2 - 1 ' - 8 - 8 - 2 -il. r+lU • • r+ 2 - 7 r- 5 -11 • - 8 + 9 • +16 +15 - 5 - 3 - 1 + 6 ±1 + + + •+ - La. Tenn. - h. - 2 1 5 + 1 - 3 + 1 -10 — 6 - 6 .-5 + 6 - 9 + 3 + 1 - 3 - 3 + h + l 0 + 7 - 2 + 3 - 1 +12 - 7 + 2 - 6 Fla. +16 +17 +16 +2h - 6 - 6 .h - 2 -15 h 8 3 U 1 -12 -18 -20 -1U -16 Pla. " " Ga. " 111. Ina. Mich. Iwis. Ark. Ky .— ' . Llo. Tenn. Minn. Minn .5c wis. - - 3 ri - 3 - 9 ' - 6 -12 -11 - 8 . -11 - 6 - U - 5 -10 - 5 - 9 - U zl + 1 - 3 0 - 6 - h - 7 + + + - 1 | - 2 - 2 0 | - 3 h l l 8 0 - h - U r- 1 - ' • + - +27 ' r+ 5 -11 - 6 - 1 +11 - 6 - 9 -19 - 8 -17 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 7 - 3 -3 - h - 1 - 3 - 8 -6 - 7 5*1 ,8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago ; (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Viieek ending U mos, : 1958 May 31 I June 7 1 June 11+ 1 June 21~ Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City Kansas City D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka "Wichita Kansas City S t . Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort V,orth Houston San Antonio San Francisco D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland Portland S a l t Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised. + 3 + 7 Col. Kans. " Mo. " M• Mex. Okla. " + 2 + 3 - i t +10 2 h 2 + 2 +13 +23 + 6 +22 - 6 -10 + U r- 6 +12 .+ 1 Mo. " " " Calif. " " " " ", " " Ore. Utah Vvash. " " c—Corrected. +10 - 7 +23 - 2 - 7 - 3 +21 - 7 - 1 - 3 -15 - 7 - 3 - 2 + 2 - 6 2 u - 6 +16 + 7 +15 . - +1k - 1 11 - -lit - 3 Tex. + 3 + 7 + 2 - 5 + 1 :+ 2 >15 + 9 + 9 +10 +10 - 6 -10 - 6 + 1 2_i iJL - 3 - 3 -lU U + k !-5 ;- 6 -10 - 9 ;- 1 - 8 -.2 0 2 - 6 -17 -5 - 3 + 7 :+ 1 r-12 - 2 + 1 - 3 - 7 + 3 r- 2 - 1 -10 + + + 1 8 3 k 1 - 2 - 1 + 2 - 2 + 1 + 2 *Data not a v a i l a b l e , U - 3 - 6 - 8 - 2 + 2 + 2 - 6 0 - 1
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