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ft.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 1961. WEEKLY DEPARTMZFT STORE SAIFS - SilECTvD CITIF5 AMD AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) . Jan. Week ending. 1961 Feb. Ill Feb. 161 Feb. 251 lis - 3 U ±2T Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UilTED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy .Lowell . City Springfield tl + 6 + 5 + 7 +10 Mass. " " " " " 0 - u + 2 - 7 +11 " - b + 7 + 6 Hew York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo N.Y. 0 New York-M.E. New Jersey N.Y.-N.J, - 6 Newark N.J. -10 New York N.Y, - 5 Rochester " - 1 Syracuse " - b -11 +23 Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading ' Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Mcron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Soringfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling Del. N.J. Pa. - 1 - 2 - 1 - 8 + 6 -15 -23 -13 + 1 - 7 +62 +18 +68 +U7 +109 +73 +83 +61; :s +16 +lb +li7 +38 +lh +2U. +-9 +11 0 r+17 +33 r+ 9 +25 +18 z2k +21 r+12 - 9 -13 -12 +1S + 8 r+ 9 r- 'b - 2 -12 - 1 -16 - 8 - 8 - - 9 -18 - - 9 -IS - 1 - U - 6. - 2 - 3 + 1 -15 - 9 - 2 - 2 -10 2 +22 + 23 +20 +10 + 7 2 + 3 -15 -17 - 2 +18 + 5 + 3 +15 + 2 - 6 - 5 -12 -15 - 3 +hl +17 + 1 +11 - 8 - 5 + 7 - 1 + 2 + u r+13 +26 +21 +22 +39 +27 +15 r+ 3 r+ 7 -10 -lit Ky. Ohio " " " " " " " " Pa, " " F.Va. •22. +10 + 7 +15 + 3 + 9 + b +12 r+12 + 3 r+ 2 + 2. +S +26 - 2 +L8 +83 % % + 6 +22 - 5 +a +11 +27 +23 + 8 - 9 +17 - 2 - 1 +22 + 9 +18 0 +lli + 2 - 1 + b +2U +19 +29 + 1 +31 + 2 + 2 +38 +33 +39 . H .8b Page^2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) 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 New Orleans • Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta Chicago District Metropolitan Areas " Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.—St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs : St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan. • Week ending 1961 Feb. Ill Feb. 181 Feb. 25l Mar. 4 z_6 D.C. " • • Md.; Va. - 6 -11 - 8 - -11 .- 7 - 4 +11 - + 7 + 6 +15 +14 +12 zJL 7 5 3 3 0 ±_5 Ala.--' Fla. Ga. La. . -11 +10 + 8 +10 - 6 -10 0 . - 6 0 . Fla. Ga. - 7 -13 Ul. Ir.d. Mich, - +12 +46 +17 +15 +13 r+ 3 +44 +37 +55 +49 +23 r+14 r+11 -9 - 5 -12 - 1 +29 +33 •+ 7 +24 +84 + 6 + 8 + 3 +10 + 6 - 7 + 8 - 9 + 2 + 4 -19 r- 2 -12 - 2 -44 -10 - 9 - 8 r+62 - 4 -13 -13 r- 6 - 6 -14 +_1 +14 + 7 - 2 -15 - 5 - 9 +12 +18 + 2 - 4 + 2 ' +12 ±_3 " Wis. 4 5 5 5 0 . + 6 + 1 - 9 - 6 +15 ±_2 Ark. + + + + 6 3 8 4 +17 +33 - 5 +52 +36 +11 + 9 + 6 +31 +_! +10 + 6 +11 + 9 +14 •. + 6 + 9 ±-1 - 3 - 2 - 4 + 1 + 3 - 5 i Minn. & Wis. - 4 + 6 0 Minn. +58 +26 + 1 + 1 0 - 2 Ky. r+11 +13 +26 +30 +32 +18 - 3 r- 5 -11 -14 Mo. + 9 r+37 +10 -22 ' +21 + 2 - 8 ' -10 - 2 - 4 Tenn. r+ 8 r+ 4 +J - 3 H.8b .Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending 1961 Feb. ll|Feb. l8|Feb. 251 Mar. U Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityKansas City District Metropolitan -reas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Dovrtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort T 'ort-h Houston San Antonio San Francisco DistrictMetropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles West-side Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised. + 6 +2U +26 + 7 + 7 " - 9 Mo.-Kans. 0 Mo. . -1 " + 6 +12 Nebr. - 6 N. Mex. Okla. . - h " - 3 - 3 - 6 -21 - 5 - 9 -10 +25 +10 -30 -28 +10 + 1 - 7 0 - 1 +10 + 9 + 3 + 8 +12 r+31 +28 +1U +12 +19 +38 r+32 - h + 8 +U5 +1U +21 +21 + 28 +16 +33 +56 + 1 +38 +U1 Mo. -15 -2k +11 +U5 +33 zJL - 2 + 2 + _8 +11 - 6 -11 - 5 + 1 + 1 + + +10 -12 + 5 - 2 + +13 + 5 +11; +13 -16 +20 +12 + 8 - 3 - 8 + 3 ' Col. Kans. Tex. ii " " Calif. " " » Ore. Utah Wash. - 5 - 6 - 5 - + + + + - k i 2 5 6 1 7 3 6 0 - 3 5 U 8 5 2. - 8 -13 - 5 - l - 5 - L - 9 +10 - 5 - 8 + 3 - 8 -UU -18 + + h r+ 5 - 5 + 6 + 5 - h + 3 - h +16 + 7 - 6 - 2 - U +79 - 2 k +10 + 2 - + 8 - 3 - 9 - 2 +11 - 7 + 7 + + + + h +11 + 7 - 8 +22 +11 .+ 2 -"-Not available. +h9 3 6 5 6 0 + 7 + 2 +21 +16+18 +11 +23 +12 + 7
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