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K, 8b BOARD OF GOVEiu'.UnS OF Tkd FEbiLRAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR BIMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 1961. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SiLES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS . Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending J anuary-April] Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES -2 m Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield _o ±20 + + - 3 2 9 2 1 3 +25 +13 +43 +12 +22 +29 + 8 0 +21 .+ 2 + 9 + 3 + 9 0 +22 - 2 - 3 r- 8 - 3 - 3 -17 + 1 +11 +21 - 5 + 4 - 1 +21 +_2 r=_l ±_1 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 Mass, 11 " " • N.Y, N.Yv-N.J, N.J. . N.Y„ Del. N.J. Pa. " " ' ±Jl ±3. + 6 + 2 +12 + 2 3 0 , + 1 5 - 9 0 1 + 1 4 + 4 6 - 3 - 2 - 2 +17 +22 +14 +17 +20 +12 + •+ + + =J± +18 ±_Z - +24 +13 +14 +21 + 7 - 3 +18 + 2 +10 +14 + 6 + 7 +12 + 2 r- 4 + 1 r- 2 - 4 - 7 r+11 r-11 + 1 + 1 • 0 - 3 -13 + 3 + 3 +19 - 2 0 + 7 + 4 +33 +10 +24 +12 + 5 + 4 + 3 +19 . +11 + 9. +29 +16 +24 + 6 r- 2 +12 r+ 2 +14 r+ 1 + 6 r- 6 + 4 +13 - 9 - 8 -16 0 -3 -10 + 1 "+ 1 + 4 - 9 .- 8 - 1 - 6 - 2 + 9 - 6 -11 + 8 0 - 5 + 2 + 2 + 6 - 1 - 2 - 8 5 7 2 3 9 . 5 8 1 4 3 8 1 1 ±JL i-i - 5 rrr- - 2 +14 K y. Ohio " " " " Pa. " 11 W.Va, - 4 -10 + 4 - 6 -10 - 1 - 2 + 1 -14 « 6 - 2 - 6 - 6 - 7 - 7 - 4 -11 - 9 H.8b Page 2 JEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) V Percentage change from -corresponding period'a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) January-April P Week ending 1961 iMay 131 May 201 May 271 June 3 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. Columbus Hew Orleans Cities' Miami-Downtown ^ Central Atlanta B.C. Md. Va. ±11 +-1 +27 +12 +29 +19. +16 +13 + 7 + 8 + 6 + 3. + 3 0 + 2 0 - 6 +Ji + . + + 3 0 6 3 0 - 1 +21 ±Jt': - 6 r+ 1 La. +21 +37 + 6 +36 0 +26 +23 +3} +14 - 8 + 5 + 1 + .6 + 8 - 2 + 5 +20 + 2 - 7 - 7 - 6 r- 1 r-10 -10 -11 -15 - 1 + 2 + 1 + 8 0 - 1 + 1 + 1 - 4 - 3 Fla. Ga. -10 -10 +13 +16 - 1 - 5 r- 2 •r-13 -11 - 1 ±10 - +_2 r=_2 +_1 +16 - 1 + 1 - 2 + 4 -10 + 4 - 1 , 4 ' -10 + 4 - 9 - 1 -12 - 4 Fla. " .. Ga... Wis. • St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas "Little Rock Louisville St, Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. ±24- - 4 0 + 9 + 7 - 2 ~~ — - 6 - i - 5 - 2 Ala. Chicago District Metropolitan Areas .Chicago / Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas M p l s . — S t . Paul ' Mpls. and Suburbs : St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior I - 1 - 6 - 4 , -10 - 4 Ill, Ind. Mich. - 2 - 4 -10 - 9 - 5 + 7 +23 + 5 +12 +15 ±3 +_i + - 3 1 4 7 • -20 +32 + 5 +24 • +19 + 8 -11 - 1 +12 +_i +JL r+_5 -10 . + 6 - 1 -14 -10 +14 + 5 - 8 Minn. - 2 - 1 - 4 +17 +18 +16 + 5 + 7 - 1 r+ 2 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 6 + 4 l. -& Wis. - 4 +14 + 6 - 1 + 5 H.8b VJEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending January-AprilMav 131 May 201 May 271 June 1 1961 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas 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 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, Page 3 SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) ±J> +.2 +J ±20 + 5 + 3 - 6 +1 - 5 + 5 +18 +22 +11 - 7 - 3 +23 + 9 +21 +16 +17 + 8 +27 +37 +33 +10 +11 + 5 + 3 + 6 + 6 + 3 + 1 +24 +14 +31 - -10 - 4 r+ 2 r-11 r- 7 - 8 - 8 +40 r+10 r+27 r+21 -20 -14 3 5 6 1 4 0 +14 +21 +19 -15 + 3 Mo. -10 +27 - 1 - 4 +14 - 2 ±12 + i Tex. - 2 - 9 - 3 0 + 1 +20 +10 +10 +28 +28 + 2 - 1 -16 +19 + 9 ; - 2 0 -10 - 8 + 7 + 2 - 3 - 2 - 1 -11 Col, Kans. " Mo,-Kans • Mo, 11 Nebr. ' N,.Mc3X» Okla. " . + 1 Calif. " " + + " Ore, Utah Wash. " + + - 3 9 3 6 6 0 5 5 3 1 4 1 1 3 +13 + 8 +11 +15 +12 +25 +23 +21 +28 +15 +27 +17 +13 +24 *Not available.. - 5 -10 - 3 r+10 +10 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 7 + 3 + 2 r+ 6 + + - r 0 -14 + 3 0 -17 • -14- - + 2 +13 -15 . +16 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 2 + 7 + 2 + 3 + 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 + 3 + 8 + 2 0 - 2 + 1 + 1
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