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FEDERAL statistical RESERVE release H.8.b FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27$ 1964 Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Boston District Metropolitan areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Luincy Lowell I Percentage change from corresponding I period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan. Week ending I 1964 211 Mar. 14|Mar. 7liFeb. 29 iMar. , +16 +13 +18 +10 + 5 + 6 +13 +11 +15 + 5 +18 r+20 +23: +18 +29 +14 + 9 +17 +34 +33 +35 +17 +29 +21 New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo N.Y. New York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y. M.J. Newark M.J. New York N.Y. Rochester Syracuse " +15 +12 -12 +13 0 - 1 r- .4 + 7 -18 +12 - 7 r-12 +18 +24 +23 +23 + 2 +16 +15 +26 +20 +23 +10 +10 Philadelphia District Metropolitan /'areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton +16 +14 - 3 + 3 + 7 +20 +11 r+26 +11 +12 r+32 + 9 + 2 + 5 +12 +28 +18 + 9 +21 + 4 +17 +22 +32 +27 +18 +40 +35 +28 +15 + 9 +28 +16 +17 + 9 +29 + 9 +24 +22 . +28 +41 ..+21 +31 +12 +28 +23 +24 +31 +13 +27 +19 +26 Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh .'heeling Digitized for'.FRASER Mass. Del. N.J. Pa. Pa. Ky. Ohio n " " " " " " Pa. " " W. Va. + 1 +23 + 2 +11' + 2' + 6 + 8 +18 +11 +17 + 4 - 3 + 6 +13 +16 +10 +14 0 0 +14 r+49 -13 + 8 +18 +10 + 3 -42 +17 +27 + 9 +26 +18 +23 0 0 .-•+ 1 ?-+ 1 - 8 - 3 + + + + + + 7 7 3 6 7 4 + 8 ; +11 . +7 +11 + 8 - 2 - 1 . j +15 + 9 + 5 + 8 + 8 - 2 +10 +11 +11 + 9 +10 + 6 + 1 + 5 H.8.b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES A!® ARE ^5 (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jain. Week ending 1964 Areas and Cities Vithin Federal Reserve Districts Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta 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. Taul Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis St. Paul & Suburban Cities ~ - Duluth-Superior +13 +7 +17 +14 + 7 +10 + 6 +20 +22 + 6 — 2 +17 +10 + .9 + 5 - 2 +10 . +34- • +13 +17 +21 +42 +18 +15 +16 +24 + 7 +24 +15 +14 +41 + 4 + 8 " + 4 0 +13 + 7 Va. - a Ala. ~ r 0 -14 +18 +18 +17 Ga. »i La. + 4 - 3 +24 •+21. + 8 +14 +12 +13 Fla, Ga. +11 + 5 r+13 + 3 + 8 +15 111. Ind. Mich. + 1 + 4 +18 +22 +22 +26 +10 + 4 +16 D.C. Md. Fla. " " r+19 r+15 r+PO +16 '+12 + 9 -11 + 8 + 3 + 2 ' +14 ! 1 +1 +l8 + 8 + 4 +11 + 9 + 2 +13 + 4 +16 +16" + 4 Wis. +14 +10 - 4 +21 + 2 +21 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. +11 +13 +15 + 4 + 2 - 1 0 • + 6 +19 + 9 +25 + 5 + 4 +19 +16 +12 +13 +17 + 5 +11 Minn. + 6 + 4 - 2 +10 +27 +21 +13 +39 - 4 - 8 -11 + 8 +30 +30 +27 +29 + 8 + 7 + 4 +27 +11 - 6 " * M " " Minn. &: %'iS. 7 i +43 +27 - 3 — - & +12 I 1 + 6 )8 n.a.b l/ELKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES areas and Cities Vithin Federal Reserve Districts Kansas City District Metropolitan ;xeas Denver ColT Topeka Kans. Wichita , " Kansas City I Mo.-Ka Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque N. Ilex. Oklahoma City Okla. 1 Tulsa " City Joplin no. Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas 21 Paso Houston . San Antonio • Tex. " " " San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Jestside Los \ngeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised Calif. Page 3 SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago on retail dollar amounts) | '/eek ending Jan. |I !ar. 211iiar. 141 7|Feb. 29 1964 +11 +16 + 4 +18 + 8 + 6 + 2 -15 + 4 0 +12 + 8 + 5 +18 +13 +13 +13 r+10 r+ 2 +11 + 5 + 4 +21 + 9 +13 +16 r+25 +19 +21 + 4 + 1 +14 +12 +: 7 - 1 + 9 0 + 4 + 7 + 8 +21 + 7 - 1 +11 +12 +10 +32 +15 +20 + 8 +13 +15 - 3 +14 +10 +24 -+ 5 +16 - 6 +27 + 4 +10 + 5 +13 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 2 O^e.. Utah. Wqsh. " " ~ +18 +18 + 7 + 4 - 4 + 6 + 9 +11 - 4 + 6 + 4 + 3 + 3 +17 + 9 + 5 0 - 3 + 5 - 2 + 7 -10 - 1 +13 - 1 + 8 r+27 r+l4 +12 + 8 r+ 5 +20 + 3 r+16 + 1 + 2 + • + + + + - 6 1 0 7 5 4 4 7 0 - 4 + 3 + 2 - 9 + 4 -4 *Not available 1 +17 + 7 + 8 +12 + 2 - 3 + 8 + 7 +12 + 7 + 5 + 7 + 1 + 5 +15 + 8 + 1 - 4 *15? + 9 + 8 + 2 - 4 - 3 - 2