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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E statistica ''f*4LK£ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3-t 1963 #5"jr WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND.AREAS Federal Reserve District Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N.E. New Jersey Newark New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron . Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) 4 mos» Week ending 1 1963 May 2 51 May 181 May 111May 4 + 5 +2 ±_3 +11 + 2 ±1 + 4 + 3 + 1 ' + 3 + 7 r+ 3 + 8 0 + 7 r- 1 -13 r+ 8 + 9 + 3 +17 +10 +24 - 9 + 1 0 + 3 - 3 - 8 - 8 + 3 0 + 7 + 4 + 1 - 9 +11 + 7 - 3 + 3 +10 + 4 + 4 - 1 -10 - 3 - 1 -10 + 7 0 0 + 5 0 rr_l r-J - 7 z_2 - 4 +. 4 r-21 r 0 0 + 1 + 1. r+ 7 + 6 + 9 > 7 + 1 + 5 + 8 - 3 -11 + 7 - 8 - 8 - 4 -13 0 0 1 3 1 1 5 ±_2 Mass. 11 ±3. N.Y. N.Y. N.J. N.J. N.Y. " 11 Del. N.J. Pa. " " " + 1 - 3 -10 - 7 - 8 + 2 + 7 Pa. VJ.Va, 12 ±_Z -10 + 5 - 8 - 4 - 2 0 - 1 +10" -21 - 2 -15 + 5 . , - 9 -10 - 2 0 - 9 +30 -12 + 4 -10 0 -18 - 4 - 7 - 4 -11 - 6 -13 -14 - 5 + 3 + 4 - 6 r- 4 +12 + 9 + 9 + 3 + 2 - 1 - 5 + 4 -1 + 8 r- 4 - 5 - 7 -12 - 8 -10 - 2 -5 - 7 -15 -17 - 8 -12 -14 r •Ky. Ohio ±1 + 7 r+ 3 + 8 + 2 + 7 r+14 0 + 3 0; + 1 - 1 r+ 1 0 - + + + 6 ' 1 '• - 1 + + + + + + - 2 2 1 1 3 8 4 8 1 7 2 0 - 4 - 1 • • - 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) 4 mos. Week ending May 25lMay lSlMav 111 May 4 1963 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago • Indianapolis• Detroit Grand Rapids • Milwaukee 5t„ Louis District Metropolitan Areas ^ Little Rock Louisville St, Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Kplsv-St»" Paul Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis St, Paul & Suburban. Cities Luluth-Superior - 1' ~ 3 B.C. +~9 - 7 + 4 ... 1 5 0 1 9 +14 + 6 +10 + 7 - 1 - 9 - 8 - 2 - 2 -10 + + + + r+ 6 +_1 + 6 - .4 + 7 La. -11 - 4 + 4 + 8 +26 + 3 .+ .6 + •? -17 - 2 +10 +10 +18 - 9 r- 8 - 3 -14 -19 + 2 - 5 +17 + 7 +17 + 3 + 8 +14 - 6 . -20 + 4 -19 + 6 +12 - 3 + 4 +12 + 6 + 7 +10 + 6 +10 Fla. Ga. - 7 - 2 - 9 r-12 + 2 -11 -14 -23 - 6 + 4 - 2 -10 + 7 - 4 + 3 + - 1 1 7 2 0 -10 -15 -10 -12 - 9 +11 +10 + 3 + 3 + 3 + + - 5 - 7 + 4 - 4 + 4 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. - 8 +17 - 8 r-12 - 4" r- 6 -11 -17 + 7 r 0 + 1 +10 - 1 r-15 - 3 + 4 +10 + 5 + 3 + 6 Minn. + + + - + 5 0 - 4 - 1 ' -8 Md. " Va. Ala. Fla. " " Ga. * " 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. Minn.&Wis. 4 8 1 5 rrr - 4 6 2 8 2 + + + - 8 1 2 3 3 4 3 4 1 1 - 1 ±12 ±_i + 2 - 3 + 1 - 5 + 1 + 9 + 3 -14 + 3 + 6 -12 +11 +15 + 6 + 3 - 6 +7 - 2 - 4 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from correspending period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amlounts) Week ending 4 mos. May 251 May 181 May 111 May 4 1963 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 City Joplin Dallas District . Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio San Francisco 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 Page 3 Col. Kans. " Mo.-Kans. Mo. 11 Nebr. N.Mex. Okla. Mo. Tex. ii " " Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. " ±_2 ±J ; - 1 - 2 + 3 + 4 + 4 0 + 6 - 4 -16 -13 + 9 - 8 -10 + 6 - 1 -11 r+14 r- 3 +12 + 8 + 8 0 -12 -10 + 2 - 6 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 5 - 4 - 1 - 2 - 6 - 9 - 3 -12 - 5 - 6 + 4 +10 + 2 - 2 + 4 - 3 0 + 6 - 6 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 6 + 4 + 7 +15 + 7 + 1 - 4 - 2 - 5 - 3 + 1 + I + 2 + 4 + 4 + 5 + 2 -22 + 3 0 + 1 -14 + 4 0 + + - + 3 0 - 1 + 2 + + + + 2 5 5 2 + 8 + 8 + 3 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 5 +16 +10 + 8 + 7 - 2 +13 +15 +15 - 3 +11 + 7 + 9 + 5 + 8 +27 + 5 + 8 + 3 + 6 +11 + 3 - 3 - 4 + 2 - 6 + 3 - 4 0 + 4 r+ 3 + 4 0 - 2 + 9 + 2 + 3 -13 + 2 -12 + 4 - 6 + 2 + 9 + 2 + 4 + 3 - 9 + 6 - 9 t 1 -12 - 6 - 6 *Not available • 4 1 5 8 +4 + 8 - 3 0 + 5 + 5 + 2 - 1 - 2 + 4 + 2 + 5 - 6 - 1 - 1
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