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F E D E R A L H.8b R E S E R V E FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March- 2, 1962 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Mass. " Downtown Boston " Suburban Boston " Cambridge " Quincv Lowell City Springfield Mew York District Metropolitan Areas N.Y. Buffalo New York-N.E.New Jersey, N.Y.-N.J. N.J. Newark N.Y. New York " Rochester i t Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Del. N.J. Trenton Pa. Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton" Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Ky. Lexington Ohio Akron " Canton " Cincinnati " Cleveland Downtown Cleveland 1 " 1 Columbus " Springfield " Toledo " Youngstown Pa. Erie 1 1 Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh" W.Va. Wheeling Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts). Year Feb. 241 Feb. 171 Feb. 101 Feb. 3 1961 • ' + 6 , + _2 z_2 ±A + 8 + 4 -18 =JL + 1 +11 -22 -20 -25 -13 -20 -20 -11 +10 +'2 +24 +22 +24 -10 + 6 0 +13 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 7 -12 0 + 4 -11 - 9 0 - 5 - + 7 + 9 - 4 + 7 - 4 r- 2 +12 + 4 ±_2 ±12 ±3. z-JL -17 - 4 -15 0 - 2 -14 + 5 r- 4 r- 5 - 4 + 5 r+ 1 + 7 +10 + 5 +11 - 2 - 1 +10 +18 +13 +13 + 5 +38 + + + + -11 ^.1 + 1 ±22 + 2 -11 - 4 - 9 -13 + 3 -15 -11 + 3 - 1 r- 4 - 5 - 8 + 1 • +21 + 1 -14 -13 + 6 -18 - 4 -12 +29 +11 +45 +22 +48 +24 +40 - 2 + 4 + 3 0 + 2 + 2 - 1 0 - 1 + 2 r+_4 + 2 -12 + 4, + 5 + 8 0 - 8 -13 - 9 - 9 -15 • - 9 -14 , - 3 + 7 + 6 + 4 +12 +16 0 + 9 +17 + 7 + 2 + 8 - 9 -14 + 7 1 3 3 1 1 0 +27 - 1 -13 + 6 0 + 5 - 1 . + 5 - 1 + 8 + 9 + 5 + 8 r-14 . - 1 . ~ - 6 -1 -15 / + 4 +21 - 2 + 3 - 5 - 5 + 2 - 2 - 3 + 4 r- 3 - 5 0 r- 4 - 2 + 1 r* 3 - 3 r 0 - 9 - 5 0 . - 2 - 3 Page 2 mSKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, . M ^ ^ a n d City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas D. C. Washington Downtown Washington " Md. Baltimore " Downtotm Baltimore Va. Richmond. Percentage'change froni corresponding period ,a year ago « (Based on retail dollar amounts) Year Feb. 24|Feb. l?IFeb. 101Feb. 3 1961 ! 1 H.8b ±_2 +20 + 2 - 5 - 5 - 1 -10 - 6 7 9 3 9 6 + 8 + 4 + 8 0 + 2 +21 +15 +28 + 8 + 7 + + - r+20 +11 + 2 + 1 +12 + 1 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 4 -35 + 8 r+17 +20 +12 + 6 - 2 +10 + 7 +21 +31 + 8 +21 - 1 • + 3 +89 + 3 0 6 4 1 7 4 2 4 0 + 3 + 6 - - 1 + 6 +20 - 6 + 2 - 8 Atlanta District :. ; Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Ala. Mobile.. Jacksonville Fla. " Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Ga. Augusta New Orleans La. Cities Miami-Downtown ; Fla. Central "Atlanta Ga. r- 3 rr+ - +- 8' + 4 + 3 0 + 5' + 4 +18 . + 3 - 1 - 2 +14 - 3 - 2 +—3 + 3 +19 + 2 0 - 3 - 2 + + + + - 4 1 2 2 1 + 1 + + + + + + 1 ! 1 1 4 6 2 1 0 -1 - 3 -3 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit . Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. . -12 - 5 - 1 -17 St. Louis District. Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Ji'emphis - 1 + 4 +15 ..+18 - 1 Ark. Ky. ho. Tenn. - 2 +23 - 7 + 4 -11 + 5 + 4 +10 - 4 + 7 +16 +21 + 5 +15 ri-27 +10 + - +20 - 1 * - 1 0 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 5 -9 - 5 + 2 + 3 + 2 - 2 - 2 Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Hps.-St. Paul Minn. » HpIs. and Suburban " Minneapolis St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth-Superior Minn.&Wis. * * * * * + 5 . o 3 5 1 2 + 1 o fzac H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Year Feb. 241 Feb. 171Feb. 101Feb. 3 1961 _o r+11 +_2 ±A +3 + 1 -15 + 8 + 4 - 2 -13 - 7 -22 +23 +10 + 7 + 9 +12 + 5 +15 + 8 + 7 +12 r+13 +12 +10 +14 + 6 - 2 +26 +12 + 9 + 8 + 2 - 6 +18 +23 +12 + 3 + 8 0 + 6 +10 0 + 1 +14 + 3 0 - 4 + 5 + 2 - 2 0 .-4 0 +11 + 9 +19 - 8 - 1 + 8 .+ 8 +24 - +21 0 Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Col". Denver Kans. Topeka Wichita Kansas City Mo.-Kans. Downtown Kansas City Ko. St. Joseph " Nebr. Lincoln Omaha N. Nex. Albuquerque Oklahoma Oklahoma City Tulsa City Mo. Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio + 8 + 8 +12 +12 +10 - 5 +29 + 9 +10 + 7 + 2 + 4 +14 +14 +19 + 8 +14 +11 +16 +12 -12 + 7 +36 +30 r+11 r+13 +11 + 7 + 7 +20 + 7 +18 +12 +30 + 9 - 1 +12 +11 + 8 - 4 +12 + 8 +10 +25 +47 + 4 + 2 - 2 +10 „ +16 +16, +19 .+19 +36 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 r—Revised Tex. Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. " Page 3 *Mot available + + + + 1 5 3 6 4 + _3 ±_2 , - 9 -16 -15 + 1 +41 r- 1 - 3 + 1 + 4 +13 +11 +19 +15 +17 +_2 1 - 1 + 6 0 - 4 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 3 - 3 - 5 + 6 - 2 +20 - 4/ + 2 - 5 , + 1 +12 +16 + 3 0 + 4 + 6 + 1 0- . + 2 + 4 + 3
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