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II • c5b y ctei©-6in5DV CilHOKS OF TliE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR M E D I A T E RELEASE March 18, i960. t 1950 IVEEKLY DEPARTIjENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago ,, Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Jan. I960 Week ending Feb. 201 Feb. 271 March 5l March 12 =_2 =17 =A UNITED STATES ±1 Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield ±1 ±1 ±J5 =31 m + + + + + - 2 2 3 7 1 3 + 2 0 + 5 +15 - 4 +14 + 8 + 9 ' + 8 +12 - 8 + 2 -31 -29 -37 -26 -42 -34 + 7 - 2 +24 +24 +11 + 5 - 6 + 1 - 5 -27 +25 =23 i_i -15 0 -10 - 3 -21 -15 -18 + 2 + 6 - 4 -26 -15 -24 -25 r-21 r-23 + 3 -16 - 5 + l -13 + 4 + 5 r=ll * =3a r- 5 + 1" -12 - 5 - 2 -31 -12 + 1 + 8 - 5 - 1 - 4 +27 -17 r-25 -26 r-41 r-34 -34 -30 -36 -14 - 4 -11 -15 - 4 +18 + 8 =j£ zl.8 =20 - 2 -35 - 6 -21 - 4 +18 + 9 -16 - 4 - 7 -13 -16 -15 -28 - 8 - 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 -30 +16 + 7 -19 + 6 - 1 0 + 9 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 Wheeling Mass. " it " ' - N.Y. N.Y.-N.J. N.J. N.Y. ±_1 + + + 6 2 3 2 3 2 ' ±_2 Del. N.J. Pa. 11 0 + 6 + 1 + 4 + 4 - 7 + 9 " Ky. Ohio + + + + Pa. W.Va. • 8 5 4 6 5 0 +10 + 6 +12 - 7 + 9 + 8 - 2 - 2 + 4 + 8 - 4 - 7 -11 . H„8b Page 2 V/EEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) - Percentage change-from corresponding period a year ago , (Based cn retail dollar amounts) —' Jan. Week ending I960 Feb, 201 Feb. 271 March <1 March 12 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 Knoxville Cities Central Atlanta Miami-Downtown • D.C. Md. . Va. - 2 -13 - 2 -31 1 - 5 - 9 -20 - 5 -14 -21 -14 -16 - 9 0 - 7 + 2 - 7 -11 r-30 r-33 r-34 -37 -29 . + 1 - 2 -21 La. Tenn. 0 0 +16 + 3 + 5 + 6 -26 -13 + 1 + 4 - 4 - 4 +17 + 4 + 4 + 1 -12 -20 - 6 - 9 -12 -25 +10 r- 2 - 6 r-39 -16 -13 -39 r-26 -15 -10 . +13 • + 2 .. -22 - 4 - 4 + 2 -49 Ga. ... Fla. -13 + 1 -10 + 1 -13 + 3 r-48 r- 4 -33 - 1 + 3 + 2 -14 r-12 - 7 + 1 - 1 + 2 - 1. +11 -13 -27 -13 -11 - 7 - 9 -22 -20 -14 : - 1 + 2 - 7 -19 -25 -23 + + + 4 9 4 1 -20 - 9 - 5 - 6 -23 - 1 -22 -14 -28 -25 -24 —22 -16 -37 -24 -17 + 3 0 - 1 - 3 - 9 + 6 + 8 + 3 0 - 1 + 4 0 + 3 - 7 * -* - 6 - 9 - 7 -15 0 -10 r- 1 -13 -2 Fla. Ga. ' Wis. St.- Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. ' Ky. Mo. Tenn. ' 111. . ' Ind. Mich. Minn. Minn..& Wis. -21 -18-21 -17 -20 -31 - 7 - 8 +16 + 2 + 9 + 1 + 8 - 3" - 7 + 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 • + + + + + 2 5 9 6 6 - I - . : ; r-10 + + - 8 3 8 1 9 8b Page 3 WEEKLY 'DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago , (Based on retail dollar amounts)!/ Week ending JarK I960 Feb. 201 Feb, 271 March 5l March 12 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 City Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma Col. Kans. " Mo.-Kans. Mo. " Nebr. . N.Mex. Okla. Mo. Tex, Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. 11 " Z-l =21 =13 -18 - 6 - 3 - 7 - 1 - 4 - 8 + 4 - 2 -13 - 8 -18 -23 -34 -19 -25 -32 -21 -11 -27 -34 - 4 -23 - 2 -33 -27 -11 -11 - 8 r+ 2 -11 -35 -33 + 2 -2.5 -30 -31 -27 z_l __0 -12 =JL =_8 + 3 -16 - 4 + 5 - 8 - 1 - 9 + 7 - 4 -12 -30 -21 + 1 -16 - 4 + 5 -17 - 6 -15 -10 - 6 -20 0 -21 z_2 ±_4 - 3 - 5 =_3 + + 6 +15 + 2 +13 + 1 + 4 + 7 + 1 +12 + 4 + 1 - 2 +13 - 5 - 4 -12 + 1 - 6 r- 6 0 - 1 - 4 - 5 + 6 -17 r- 8 - 5 r- 6 + 2 - 5 -10 + 3 0 - 3 - 6 - 5 - 7 - 1 + - 1 5 2 1 6 1 0 4 6 7 3 6 4 6 - 2 -29 . - 4 5 4 2 8 1 0 - 7 + 1 -16 - 6 -11 -17 -7 -27 -31 -49 -28 - 7 -28 0 - 6 - 4 - 5 -3 - 3 - 2 + 1 -9 + 4 + 1 - 6 - 6 - 4 - 7 r—Revised. *Not available. l/ 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 17. 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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