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BOARD- OF GOVERNORS OF Ttfh FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March lU, 1958.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT' STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS'
Percentage change from .corresponding
| period a year ago
" "
(Based on retail dollar amounts)lj./
Week ending
Jan.
Feb. 13 1 Feb. 22 | Mar. 1 | Mar. "8"
1958
Federal Reserve District,
Area, and City-
UNITED STATES
- 1
-18
Boston District
Metropolitan Areas
• Boston
'•
Downtown Boston
Suburban Boston
Cambridge
Quincy
Lowell
• pity
Springfield
- 3
>29
Mass.
+ 1
- 2
+10
+ 7
+10
+ 2
+ 5
0
+17
+ 9
+25
+ 6
0
- it .
•Kll
426
+±2
-20
- 1
+15
-19
2
- 1
+15
+16
. + 3
+10
+1U
+10
N'
r+12
u
Del.
N. J.
Pa.
"
"
"
11
Cleveland District
Metropolitan Areas
•Lexington
Ky.
Akron
Ohio
Canton
"
Cincinnati
"
Cleveland^
"
Downtown Cleveland
"
Columbus
ii
Springfield
"
Youngstown
"
Erie
Pa.
Pittsburgh
"
Wheeling-Steuberrvllle W . Va.&Ohio
+ 2
- 2
+ 1
New York District
Metropolitan Areas
N.Y.
Buffalo
- 2
New York-N.E New Jersey N.Y.-N.J, + 3
N. J.
Newark
-12
N. Y.
New York
. Rochester
Syracuse
- 2
Philadelptiia District
Metropolitan Areas
Wilmington
Trenton
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Reading
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton
+ 1-
+ 1
- 1
- 3
-3
- 2
+ 1
- 3
- U
- 3
-10
0
0
*
-1
+ 1
-12
- 9
u
I- 3
- 6
+22
+ 7
+2U
+25
+ 2
+ 8
+20
- 2
-28
-7
-10
- 3
-22
-17
+72
+U6
-11
- 8
1-21
1-10
•17
*
• 9
, • 8
-18
-16
-26
r-38
-16
-3k
-37
!- 8
1-15
r-32
r-32
r-16
-22
r+ 1
- 3
- 2
+ 1
+ 2
-5
- 5
- 2
- 9
- 3;
+11
-10
+J.
+26
- 1
- 8
+ 1
+ 6
- 1
+ 8
-10
-15
o
+12
- 1
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WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SAIES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued)
Area, and City
Richmond District
Metropolitan Areas
Washington
Downtown Washington
Baltimore
Downtown Baltimore
• Richmond
Atlanta District
Metropolitan Areas
Birmingham
Mobile
Jacksonville
Miami
Downtown Miami
Atlanta
Augusta
New Orleans
Knoxville
City
Tampa
Chicago District
Metropolitan Areas
Chicago
Indianapolis
Detroit Grand Rapids
Milwaukee
St. Louis District
Metropolitan Areas
Little Rock
Louisville
St. Louis
Memphis
D. C.
Md.
Va.
Ala.
Fla.
ii
0
- 1
-31
+ 1
+ 1
0
- 3
+ 1
+ U
•+ 7
- 7
-10
- 1
-2U
-25
-55
-57
-18
- 1
- 8
-15
0
r+17
+
-Uo
-18
-11
+ 7
+ 5
- 8
- 8
+17
-26
- h
0
- 3
0
- 2
-lit
-15
-kk
-13
- 5
+ 3
- 6
r- 3
r?l5
+ 6
-18
+ 9
- 8
+ 6
+61
+ 7
*
*
+19
+ 5
"
Ga.
3
2
1
6
0
U 5
3
6
r+13
. r+ 8
r+ 9
r+27
; r+30
- 2
+ 7
+ 3
- 1
+15
+15
+ 6
La.
Tenn.
-
Fla.
+16
-20
+ 7
+16
+33
- 3
-11
-13
- 6
+ 1
-
-11
-11
-10
-17
- 5
-12
-19
-17
-17
-11
+ 1
- 6
-11
- 7
- 8
+io~
- 6
- 8
+ 5
- 3
111.
Ind.
Mich.
"
Vvis.
2
1
7
5
2
- 1
Ark.
Ky»
Mo.
Tenn.
Minn.
:
+56
+17
-13
-10
2
2
1
8
-22
-13
— 9
-19
- 3
-15
r- 7
-lit
+ 2
-12
- 3
- It
+13
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 6
- 2
*
*
+ 3
+iU
+20
+ 1
-11
- 3
+
+
-
+ 2
|
.
1
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)i/
Jan.
Vveek ending
Feb. 15- 1 Feb. 22 .1 Mar. 1 | Mar. 0
1958
— 6
- 6
+
+
+
-
0
+ 3
h
1
2
1
+
+
+
-
U
1
2
1
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WEEKLY DEPAR1MENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued)
Area, and City
1
Kansas City District
Metropolitan Areas
Denver
Topeka
•Wichita
Kansas City
St. Joseph
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
Vvestside Los Angeles
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francis co-Oakland
San Francisco City
Oakland
Portland
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
+ 1
Mo.
ii V
N. Hex;
Okla.
»
+ 2
+ 3
- 3
0
+ 2
+ 5'
•+ 3
+ 1
Mo.
- 5
Col.
Kans.
0
Tex.
»
"
"
+ u
+ 6
+ k
- r
+1
•
- 2
i-io
1-14
:-i3 .
-20
i- k
\-2h
j+ 6
K
1_2
; 0
:+ 2
r 5 ..
- 3
rlO
+ 1
1+3
i+17
-17
• ' j
1-18
: -18
j- 8
'
i -16.
- i -26
-10
.
- 6
- 1
2
- 8
-16
- 6
'-1U
r+ 6
r- k
- 5
0
+ 2
- U
- 5
+18
" - 2
- 2
+ 5
-20
- l
- 8
+ 2
- 8
- 1
-10
2
• ' I- 3 • , - 7
-16
-14
0
1-17
+ 1
- 3
3
Percentage change from corresponding
! period a year ago
{(Based on retail dollar amounts ) V
%:eek ending
Jan.
Feb. 15 | Feb. 22 |
1958
Federal Reserve District,
+
+
2
5
1
7
8 .
r+ 1
• • ! — •
Calif.
"
"
if
Ore.
Utah .
Wash.
- 5
-10
— 6
+18
- 7
- 5
- 5
-15
+ 7
- 5
0+10
- 5
i- 2 .
S - 9
j - 1
! +10
- 6
! - 2
! - 3
! -11
! - 3
:- 8
1 - 1
i +60
j-3
1-7
-15
- 8
r+ 9
\'9
[-15
I-1U
r-2o
- 5
- 6
Ir-ll
! -31
jp-i 9
+ 2
+ 1
- 1
+39
- 6
:... .0
+ 2
-15
- 9
- 9
+ 7
+ 5
0
- u
- 5
- 3
+22
. - h
. > 5
+ 5
- 7
+ l
+ h
+ l
+12
+ 2
r—Revised.
*Data nc|t available.
;
1/ During March and April changes from a year agj) reflect in part the fact that last
year Easter was on April 21 while this year it will be on April 6. For this reason
it is estimated that in comparison with last yea£ an allowance should be made for
an increase in sales of aoout 6 per cent for thejmonth of March as a whole and a
corresponding decrease for the month of April. Tiiesje allowances ap^ly to the
figures for the United States.
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