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H,8b k- BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, I960. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES ~ SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago , (Based on retail dollar amounts)-' Week ending Jan. I960 Feb. 111 Feb. 20(Feb. 271 March 6" + 4 +1 =_2 r_Z =12 Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityUNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield 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 Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Digitized forWheeling FRASER + 1 ±14 +1 + _$ =2i + 2 + 2 +16 + 2 + 8 + 9 -31 -29 % +21 0 + 5 +15 - 4 +14 + 2 + l - 6 N.Y, N.Y.-I .J. + 2 N.J. - 3 N.Y. - 2 11 + 3 + 2 " + 2 +_1 ±A Mass, " 11 " " " + + + - 3 7 1 3 " Del. N.J. Pa. 0 + 6 + + + + 1 4 4 7 9 +11 +24 +12 1 + 1 - 5 -27 +io -j* - 2 =n - 1 -15 0 -10 - 3 -21 -15 -18 r+ 2 r- 4 r-26 r-15 - 6 + 1 -12 - 5 - 2 -31 -12 r+ 1 r+ 8 r- 5 - 1 - 4 +27 -17 +12 + 6 + 6 +13 +11 + 4 + 6 +'3 +21 + 5 + 4 + 6 + 5 o +10 4- 6 4-12 - 7 + 9 + 8 - 2 -15 + 5 - 2 - 2 - 5 + 7 - 4 - 1 + 8 - 2 + 5 + 4 0 + 6 -24 -25 -22 -24 111 — + 7 +19 + 5 Ky. Ohio " " " " " " " Pa. " " W . Va. -34 T -6 -21 - 4 +18 r + 9 -16 - 4 - 7 :ii -15 -28 -28 -26 -40 Z36 - 8 -20 - 4 +19 -12 0 - 5 - 9 -12 - 2 -18 -10 -11 -15 -36 -10 -23 -21 -22 -23 -21 - 1 - 5 -19 -22 -23 -32 H.8b Page^'2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT. STORE-SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Pe'ro<antage. change „£rom..:corresponding ..period .a.yean..ago ......... (B;ased on retail dollar amounts)!/ . ' Week ending Jan. I960 Feb. 131Feb. 201Feb. 271 March 5 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Md. Va. Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville . Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg . Atlanta Augusta Columbus New Orleans Knoxville Cities . Central Atlanta Miami-Downtown ^ 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 • z_2 =21 -14 -21 -14 -16 - 9 r 0 r- 7 + 2 - 7 r-11 -29 -31 -35 -37 -29 =21 ... =11 D.'C. .• • Ala. ' + 1 - 5 - 9 -20 - 5 - 2 -11 - 2 . - 7 -11 ±_1 r- 2 - 7 - 8 +16 + 2 + 9 + 1 + 8 0 0 +16 + 3 + 5 + 6 -26 -13 + 1 + 4 - 4 - 4 . +17 r+ 4 +; 4 + 1 -12 -20 ' - 6 r- 9 -10 + 1 ,r+3- La. : Tenn.' - 3 - 7 + 2 -27 - 6 +24 - 4 +11 + 3 +11 • -10 + •7 -18 Ga. Fla. -13 + 1 -13 - 7 £i + 5 - 3 +' 6 +28 + '5 -;5 ±_1 zJ. Fla. Ga. » «• 111. Ind. ; Mich. 1. ii Wis. + + + + + 2 5 9 6 6 ±_2 -. * - 1 .. * -38 -16 -13 -39 -25 -13 -47 -3. ±_2 =14 =11 .+ 1 - 1 + 2 - 1 +11 -13 -27 -13 -11 - 7 - 9 -22 -20 -14 - 1 =2i . Ark, Ky.Mo. Tenn. . 4 4-9 + 4 + -1 + 3 -.4 + 2 r+5 -20 - 9 - 5 - 6 -23 - 1 -22 -14 0 Minn. , M + 6 + 8 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 •- 1 - '6 0 - 1 + 4 • -12 -25 ' Minn. & Wis. 0 ' ^28 -25 -24 -22 =_i • " 0 + 3 : - 7 - 6 -10 \ + 4 * ' F13 . H.8b *u Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) , Perceintage change from corresponding period a year ago , , CBs sed on retail dollar a m o u n t s W Week ending Jan. I960 Feb. 131 Feb. 201 Feb. 271 March <5 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln 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 CityOakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma - 5 Col. Kans. + 2 - 5 -10 Mo.-Kans . + 3 0 Mo. " - 3 - 6 Nebr. N.Mex. - 5 Okla. " 7 - 1 4- 1 + 2 -30 -31 _o =12 .-=-Z - 1 - 9 + 7 - 4 -12 -30 -21 + 1 -16 ±_2 ±Jt =_1 0 3 3 8 1 5 + 6 - 4 -12 + 1 - 6 - 5 0 - 1 - 4 - 5 + 6 -17 -10 - 5 - 7 Tex. + 3 + 7 -19 - 7 0 - 4 - 4 Calif. - 1 - 5 - 2 - l - 6 + 1 0 - 4 + 6 Ore. Utah Wash. " - 7 - 3 - 6 - 4 - 6 - 4 -25 + 2 - 8 =11 -34 -19 -25 -32 -21 -11 -27" r-34 + 2 + 5 -18 +11 - 7 + 6 + 7 + 6 -15 - 7 - 2 + 4 Mo. -16 — r- 6 - 3 - 7 - 1 - 4 - 8 + 4 - 2 -13 r- 8 + + + + + + + + - 6 1 9 7 6 6 + 6 + 1 -23 - 2 +15 + 2 +13 r+ 1 + 4 + 7 + 1 +12 + 4 + 1 r- 2 +13 - 5 . -23 -29 -11 -11 - 8 + 4 -11 "-35 -33 - 4 + 5 -17 - 6 -15 - 4 -5 - 4 2 8 1 0 - 7 + 1 -16 - 6 -11 -17 - 7 r—Revised. *Not available. 1/ During March and April changes from a year ago reflect in part the fact that last year Easter was on March 29 while this year it will be on April 1?. For this reason it is estimated that in comparison with last year an allowance should be made for a decrease in sales of about 8 per cent for the month of March as a whole and a corresponding increase for the month of April. These figures apply to the figures for the United States.
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