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# HW H.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR "OMMEDIATE- RELEASE March 28, 1958. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS V Percen tage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amountsH ' Jan. | j " • Week ending' :1958 I l a l . .lT.--.Mar.-Q | ..Mar ."1^.4. Mar« 22 fir. . Federal Reserve District,' Area, and'City • UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas . Boston Downtown Boston Suburban-Boston Cambridge ; - Quincy Lowell City . Springfield - 3 • Mass. " 1 1 " 1 1 " + 9 +25 - s -6; - IT + 1 U. " • • -20 + k : ' . + 3 . + 6 +10 • +10 -31 , ;-2 - 6 - 4 +15 +16 + 3 +10 +15 +10 - 3 Del. + 1 N. J. - 1 Pa. - 3 " - 3 " -2 " : + 1 " - 3 +13 + 7 '> 3 . - 6 -21 .-7 T 7 -.5 r- 5 r+12 r+ 6 r+ 7 0 -16 +22 - Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Ky. Akron Ohio 11 Canton —Cincinnati • v. Cleveland " V: 1 Downtown' Cleveland " ; Columbus • • " Springfield " . Youngstown " Erie Pa.: Pittsburgh " Viiheeling-Steubenville %. Va^tOhio 0 +17 - 2 New York District + 1 Metropolitan Areas " Buffalo • N. Y. - 2 New Ycrlc-N.E. New Jersey N.Yi^N.J'. + 3 Newark N. J. -12 New York N. Y. • - 3 1 1 Rochester -6 Syracuse " - 2 Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington' Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading _ _ Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton a - + 1 - 2 +10 + 7 ' +10 t 2 - 1 * - i f - 3 -10 , 0 0 * - 1 + 1 -12 -33 + 5 -9 +2k +25 + 2 + 8 +21 r!9 + u r- 1 -21 r+ 5'-^ -25 + 3 r- 3 + o j -28 VltO -17 -18 -24 -15 " - 1 1 + 2 +26 - 1 - 1 + 8 -10 -15 . r- 2 • r+11 - 1 ^ -13 -11 -10 -15 • - 9 -13 - IV -23 -23 ' -13 0 -19 + 5 -5 + .1 +1 - 3 - 5 -17 -11 -8 + h - 7 H.8b Page 2 •WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES' - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS :(.Gontinued) Federal Reserve District, • Area, and CityRichmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown "Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta district Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile .^-^Jacksonville Miami Downtovm 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 Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based Jan. Week ending 1958" Mar. 1 1 Mar. tt | Mar. 15| Mar. 22 0 D. C. " Md. Va. +13 Fla. Ga. + 3 2 1 6 0 U 5 3 6 La. Tenn. - Fla. ' i 1 1 1 : | 1 +16 " Wis. 2 2 1 8 " " - 1 - 2 - 1 Minn.&Wis.+ 2 + 5 -22 - k +11 r+ 6 + 7 +13 - 8 + 8 + + + + - 2 h 3 5 2 - 8 -1U +29 - 1 — 6 + 1 - 6 -11 - 7 - 8 +10 - 6 - 8 + 5 - 3 + h - h -12 + 3 + U - 6 - 7 . - 8 -12 - 3 + 3 - 6 - 6 + + + - U l 2 1 J r+ rr+ r+ . 5 h 3 8 - 9 -17 - 1 - 6 zi + 2 Minn. + 6 +61 + 7 - 3 - 8 +19 + h +56 +16 : +33 1 2_6 - 2 ' - 1 -7 4 - 5 - 2 + + - *± -18 -13 -26 • -25 • • -15 + 1 - 1 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. < 1 0 3 6 h -o - 3 111. Ind. Mich. r r- r+17 - 5 + 3 - 6 - 7 -15 + 6 —18 + 9 • - 8 • +16 zJL + 2 - 1 +13 +12 + 6 0 - 1 Ala. ±1 . + 1 . + 8 + 1 + 9 0 +27 +30 -3 + 1 - 2 +13 +17 - 3 + 3 +1U +20 + 1 +17 +17 +17 - 3 - 6 + 3 -11 - 3 +12 - 8 . + - 1 1 7 2 f*H.8b ' | Page 3 I WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago , (Based on: retail dollar amounts):/ Jan. 1 Week-ending Map.'1 | Mar. 0 I| Mar. 15 | Mar. 22 1958 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City 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 + 1 Col. Kans. Mo. " N. Mex. Okla. Mo. -6 - 1 - 2 0 + 2 + 3 - 3 0 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 1 2 0 + 2 - U -- 5 +18 - 2 - 2 + 7 - 5 + h - 5 - l — 6 r- 1 r-12 0 + 6 +18 -15 0 -19 + 9 - k - 2 - 1 -11 - 5 4 8 -16 -! 6 -h +| 6 i h H 5 i I 420 + 2 - Tex. " t t " " San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland Ore. Portland Utah Salt Lake City Wash. Seattle Spokane Taccma + + + . + .U 6 h 9 1 - 3 -5 -10 - 6 +18 - 7 - 5 • - 5 -15 • 7 + - 5 0 +10 - 5 J 8 h i10 i7 4a 'o + + 2 5 i 7 8 - k -10 - -12 - 5 +18 + 2 +21 - 6 -19 + 5 41 + 1 - 5 +_5 4 3 t 2 ' 0 +39 4 6 4-i t i -15 - i i r- U r- 1 +22 r- 3 + 5 + 5 - 7 + 1 + U + l +12 + 2 -10 -11 - 9 +18 -U - 2 - h - 8 - 7 + 6 + 2 + 7 + 3 + h - L + 3 +20 - h + 5 + 9 -11 +15 + 2 0 - 3 - 3 - 9 - 9 h + 8 f 5 ! 0 . 1 -Revised. #Data not available. 1/ During March and April changes from a year ago 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 year:an allowance should be made for an increase in sales of about 6 per cent for the month of March as a whole and a corresponding decrease for the month of April. These allowances apply to the figures for the United States.
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