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om&.; FEDERAL statistical RESERVE release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . March 29, 1963 H„8b . WEEKLY D • :3ARTI-gJT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS' Percentage change from corresponding „ .Period.a year ago . (Based on retail dollar amounts) Year Week ending Mar. 23 1 Mar - 16 l-Mar. 91 Mar. 2 1962 + 4 4 ±_5 ±_z ±Jt + 4 _o ±-2 0 Federal Reserve District Area, and City UIJITED STATES Boston Di strictMetropolitan District Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N.E. New Jersey Newark New' York Rochester Syracuse Philadelnhia 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 Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling Mass. N.Y, N.Y„-N.J N.J. N.Y. " " Del. N.J. Pa. " " Ky. Ohio " " " " ii " " " Pa. " . W.Va. 0 - 3 + 3 + 1 - 2 -15 - 3 - 6 0 + 6 - 5 - 9 + 5 0 +11 + 9 +11 0 6 + 2 r+_7 + 7 0 + 3 - 7 +13 - 5 r+15 • ' + 3 + 2 + 7 + 2 - 7 + 2 - 5 + 7 r 0 r+11 - 2 + + + - - 6 - 7 -5 + 1 - 1 -23 2 1 6 5 2 0 ±J ±_2 - + + + + + + l 5 9 8 2 4 3 5 1 1/ 3 3 ±_6 - 4 +21 =13 +_1 + 1 + 2 + 7 + 4 . + 2 + 4 +13 r- 5 r+ 1 r+ 4 r- 7 +15 r+ 3 +1( +21 +27 +12 +24 - 4 + 6 + 9 - 2 - 2 -16 -13 -14 -19 -17 ' + + + + + + r__0 r__0 +^ -15 +_2 +16 + 6 + 9 r+ 4 + 1 - 9 +15 + 3 - 6 r- 4 r- 2 +10 r+ 5 + 2 -11 -14 -28 + 2 + 4 +19 + 3 - 6 -14 +10 +13 - 1 -11 -10 - 3 - 5 -11 \ + 5 + 4 + 9 + 3 - 2 -11 ' + 2 +11 + 5 + 6 -11 - 2 - 4 +13 -9 -14 -18 -10 -11 -14 -18 -19 -20 -21 -15 3 1 2 4 4 ' 1 4 + 5 + 8 • - 7 + 5 - 1 . -10 . + 6 + 4 + 8 - 4 + 2 0 - 3 + 3 : H.8b Page 2 . "IE ?:KLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIio AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts). . Week ending Year Mar. 231IMar. 161 Mar. 91 Mar. 2 1962 Federal Reserve District Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond At]anta District metropolitan Areas - Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans • Cities ^rii ami-Downtown Central Atlanta Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis . Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee St. L-cuis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth-Superior ±A r+ 1 +27 =J.~ +_i + + + + + r+ r- 3 2 1 1 1 +28 +22 +17 +16 +64 - 1 - 6 - 5 - 5 -15 + 5 0 + 6 - 4 + 4 r+15 r+ 8 +20 - 4 + 7 La. +12 +14 +26 + 5 +22 +12 +17 +14 - 2 +16 +20 + 4 +11 r+ 2 +12 - 3 - 1 +15 +18 +13 +25 +22 +10 +64 -18 - 8 + 1 + 3 - 5 . + 4 - 2 -15 - 2 + 6 + 8 + 8 +18 +10 + 4 + 3 Fla. Ga. -10 + 7 - 7 - 9 - 1 +20 - 6 0 + 1 + 7 +_2 + 4 + 6 - 2 + 5 + 6 + 2 + 2 -15 - 7 + 4 +10 + 2 - 5 0 + 6 0 + 7 - 2 -17 + 1 * * + 3 - 4 + + + + + 6 r+ 6 + 9 - 1 + 3 +16 +19 - 3 +22 0 + 4 r+ 7 + 1 + 7 +10 + 6 +13 + + 4 2 2 1 + 2 +11 + 4 + 8 =12 + 4 ±1 B.C. Md» Va. Ala. Fla. " " Ga. 111. Ind. Mich. " Wis. Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. 8 7 6 7 4 Minn. 5 4 7 2 1 + 3 + 4 " * * * * " * * * * " * * * * * + 1 - 9 -12 - 9 + 6 - 3 Minn.&Wis. JST2.I H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District Area, and City Kansas Citv District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas CityDowntown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio San Francisco 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 Tacoma r—Revised Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (B;ised on retail dollar amounts) Year Week ending Mar. 231 Mar. 161 Mar. 91 Mar. 2 1962 r±_i ±A ±_6 + 6 ±J1 " + 6 + 1 0 + 8 - 4 + 6 0 - 5 +12 + 4 +15 + 1 + 6 - 8 r+ 5 -11 + 2 r+16 r+18 +10 + 3 + 5 +10 - 2 - 5 +10 - 6 +20 + 3 - 6 + 4 + 1 + 5 0 - 9 -4 +16 + 1 + 4 + 7 +10 0 0 +12 + + + + + + + + + Mo. --7 + 1 + 7 - 4 + 4 ±10 r+_2 + 1 + 6 +13 - 5 - 3 +15 - 2 + 4 + 4 +16 - 1 + 3 -11 + 3 + + + + + 3 ±-1 + 4 ±_2 + + + + 8 0 + 2 + 8 +11 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 8 + 5 +10 +12 + 1 + 8 Col. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mo. " Nebr. . " N, Mex. Okla. Tex. Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. " +15 -10 +12 + 8 + 9 0 + 6 +11 0 + 3 - 1 + 1 + 5 +11 +10 - 4 + 3 - 2 + 7 - 5 + 2 + 8 + 3 - 4 - 4 -15 +11 - 4 + 1 - 6 - 6 - 2 + 3 - 4 - 2 + 6 r+10 r+ 4 0 r- 5 r+16 + 6 +18 - 6 + 6 r- 3 9 1 7 1 9 6 2 0 - 1 + 4 + 8 +11 +17 +13 +23 *Not available 1 3 l 8 1 3 2 2 2 5 4 6 9 8 9
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