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H.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3 1 9 6 1 * WEEKLY DEPARTMENT-STORE - SALES- ^SELECTED dlTIES AMD, AREAS. . . . 1 Federal. Reserve District, Area, and'City "~ ' "' UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy \ - Lowell ' City Springfield Percentage change from corresponding period a.year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Year- Week ending : I960 Feb. 4lFeb. lllFeb. 181 Feb. 25 +_1 m^5 • £2 •LZ Mass.* 11 . ~ tl " " - + + + + - ' + 4 :... • Del. f N.J. Pa. 11 " " ! Cleveland District . Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati , .. Cleveland ' ' Downtown Cleveland •' Columbus Springfield ' • .. Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Reeling %• Ohio " " " Pa. " " W.Va,. • ^ + 6 + 5 + 7 + 2 - 1 +11 • +ii ±10 +10 • • +18 +14 + 7 +15 ' -•• +24 + 9 + 3 ..+11. : •> .9 £+• 4 0 + 6 '• + 8 + 2 + 7 zl6. -11 1123 m - 3 -18 -23 -14 -15 -29 + 6 -15 -23 -13 + 1 - 7 +33 r+18 r+16 r+14 +47 r+38 +27 +15 + 2 + 8 +18 8 + • 0 -14 r+21 <$ r+15 -12 + 8 - 2 - 1 •' r+22 -18 r+23 - 8 ' +20 r+10 ' - 2 - 8 + 7 New York District iJ :Metropolitan Areas . N.Y. + i:-!" Buffalo - New York-N.E..New Jersey . N.Y.-N.J. + 4. N.J. - / - - 2 Newark . N.Y. + 1' New York " + 4 . Rochester » . 0 Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster - Philadelphia . .. • Reading. Scranton . Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton =il 3 ' -14 2 . -18 5 " - 7 6 -13 -12 2 -16 2 -38 V + 4 • , -15 + 3 : -37 r-14 + 1 -41 -26 - 2 - 1 -33 ±-2,. =12 - 4 9 2 1 1 .3 2 ? +16 +16 - 1 + 2 -22 -24 - 5 - 7 + 4 ~21 :i8 -21 -21 -11 + + + - - 0 - y + 3 +1 0 - •; +*§ * - 5 +12 +14 + 3 •+ 3 + 2 '+6 + 3 ' +47 - 5 + 8 +17 -15 + "l • -17 - 9 +14 +17 - 2 8. ...,-:.2 *18: . : 5": = - 1 + 5 1 +22 r+ 3 +-7 +15 + 9 • - 1 + 2 +18 + 2 + 4 0 r- 6 +16+14 r- 5 + 2 +26 -12 +21 - 1 -15 + 4 +22 - 3 H,8b "• J . Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change - from .corresponding period.a .year., ago. ' " ' (Based on retail dollar amountsT"" -'Week ending Year I960 Feb.. 41 Feb. Ill Feb. 181 Feb. 26 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 .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 V Memphis" ' r!2D.C. Md. Va. Ala. -15 -11 -14 - 9 - 5 +_l ±_6 + + + + - + 4 +10 +16 - 1 +11 + 5 + 7 c+11 c+ 9 + 6 + 8 + 3 +10 + 6 - 7 + 8 - 9 + 2 -21 + 5 - 4 -13 Ga. . " • " I/a. Fla. Ga. - 6 -10 + 1 - 6 i-2-i 111. Ind. Mich; + l" 0' ' + 2 : - 2 + 2 . - 4 + 7 -18 -10 - 4 + 6 + 1 - 9 - 6 +15 " Wis. . . _+l§ r+ 7 7 5 3 3 0 1 3 8 9 5 0 + 2 ' -3 -1 Fla. ." +15 +14 +12 • Ark. ' Ky. • Mo. : Tenn. + + - 4 6 1' 3 - 7 - 6 -11 - 4 rill - 5 - 9 +29 r+ 4 -12 - 1 +33 +40, -1? • .TO"' r- 6 -12 9 • -—2 . • - 8 -44 - - +65 • 0 - 6 -14 r-13 - 7/ + 7 % . . +12 +18 - 2 + 2 -15 • •• - 5 • ' 4 + 2 - 9 : - 31:• -• 6 -11 -14 + + .+ + • +10 6 „ ; +10 3 • : "r228 +21 4:; + 2 r+10 ±_2 + 3 + 5. - 1. " +17' ' • : t 9 ; . +1-5 +13 + 2 r-_2 •-•-+.? Minneapolis-District .Metropolitan Ardas Mpls.—St. Paul Minn, Mpls. and Suburbs • St. Paul '' • y Cities Duluth-Superior ' Minn,. & Wis. 0 - 6 0 - 3 ' - 5 =J± y :• +"1; ••••+ 1-. +11 +.1 • + 9 + 3 - 3 : +14 - 3 - 5 • : .-0 . . - + 2 + 6 v 0 . - 2 /o%0 ' H.8b ^ Page 3 VJEEKLX DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Year Week ending I960 Feb. 41 Feb. IllFeb. 1 8 1 Feb. 25 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 Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised. Col. Kans, " Mo.-Kans, Mo. " Nebr, N.Mex. Okla. Mo. + 1 ±12 ±_6 +24 + 3 0 -13 + 2 - 1 - 2 + 9 - 3 - 1 -3 +16 + 8 0 + 9 + 9 + 7 +13 +11 - 2 +24 - 3 - 6 -21 - 5 - 9 -10 +25 +10 -30 -28 +10 r+ 1 - 7 0 - 1 r+10 f+9" + 3 + 8 +12 +30 +28 +14 +12 +19 x+38 +33 - 4 + 8 +45 - 2 -24 - 9 +_6 Tex. Calif, " " " " n " Ore. Utah Wash. ii " + 1 -11 - 5 0 - 3 + 4 + -5 + 8 +10 + 9 _o +_2 + + + + + + + - +10 + 5 + 4 +13 +22 + 3 + 4 0 + 7 + 7 + 2 +13 - 8 + 8 C—Corrected, i 3 1 4 8 3 1 5 72 2 4 1 4 + + 5 4 8 5 2 +11 +45 ±_2 +_8 +10 -12 + 5 - 2 + 8 +13 + 5 +14 + 4 - • +10 r+_4 - 8 -13 - 5 - 1 r- 5 r- 4 - 9 r+10 r- 5 - 8 + 3 - 8 -44 r-18 + 3 - 5 + 6 + 5 -4 + 3 - 4 , +16 + 7 - 6 - 2 - 4 +79 - 2 *Not available. ±-2 - 3 - 9 - 2 +11 .... 7 + 7 + 4 +11 + 7 - 8 +22 +11 + 2 +49
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