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H.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 1961. WEEKLY. DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve .District, Area, .and CityUNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N.E, New Jersey Newark New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia 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 SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago , on retail dollar amounts) -< Week lending Jan* Mar, 4|Mar. 11(Mar. 18| Mar. 1961 +10 " +.1 +6 Mass. " " " " " - 1 - 2 0 - 4 - 8 - 7 " N.Y. N.Y.-N.J. N.J. N.Y. " " Del. N.J. Pa. Ky Oh W.Va. +14 ±_8 +12 +68 +20 +12 +17 +47 +109 +73 +15 +23 + 1 - 4 + 4 + 8 +26 +31 + 7 + 4 -+23 r+20 + 8 -14 - 6 +52 0 - 6 -10 - 5 - 1 - 4 - 2 +28 +10 + 2 ±11 +31 +44 - 1 +13 +17 + 9 - 1 + 6 +13 +28 +31 - 2 +26 +12 . r+ 7 r+11 r+ 6 + 6 r- 4 +10 - 6 + 8 +12 + 5 zlO +44 +18 +10 ±JL - 9 -13 -12 - 9 -16 - 8 -14 +49 +48 +85 +43 +50 +42 +57 +10 r+24 + 3 + 8 +21 +20 + 8 +17 - 5 - 2 - 6 7 + 9 m +11 ±S +44 +45 - 9 - 4 +45 + 4 + 5' + 5 +19 + 5 - 1 +10 + 9 +17 0 1 9 +11 -15 - 1 - 4 - 6 +27 +23 +24 +19 +29 + 1 +31 + 1 •+20 +38 +33 +39 "* - Pa ±62 2 - 3 + 1 -15 - 9 - 2 - 2 -10 ' +16 +13 + 2 ' + 4 r+18 + 4 r+12 -12 r- 9 +16 + 6 +14 0 - 2 + 7 + 4 +24 +18 ±_8 ' + 7 +12 n -1 +11 +1 + 6 + 6 id- + 4 + 3 +13 +11 +11 0 /6 ^v /<S9S~ H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, - Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington, Dox-mtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tarapa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta Columbus Mew 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 M p l s . — S t . Paul Mpls, and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago -w (Based on retail dollar amounts) itfeek ending Jan. Mar. -4|Mar. : 111 Mar. 181 Mar. 25 1961 +i5 +24 • r+15 +_z +40 +35 +55 +49 +24 +18 + 7 +23 +20 +30 r+17 r+ 7 +14 +11 +19 + 7 + 4 +11 + 3 0 +22 +21 r+12 r+_£ +19 +15 +28 +19 r+14 +27 +22 +23 +12 +18 - 4 +22 +15 + 8 + 2 + 5 +20 +10 0 + 7 +24 +39 +14 +10 +58 +26 . +17 . +32 - 3 +11 +12 r+13 + 5 +17 +12 +12 - 7 -13 - 4 +51 - 2 +20 - 4 r- 7 - 9 - 2 Z_2 ±15 - 4 5 5 5 0 +12 +36 +11 + 9 + 6 + 1 + 6 - 9 - 5 -18 + 5 + 4 - 2 +10 + 8 r_6 ±22 ±31 _+14 Ark. Ky.. Mo. Tenn. - 8 -10 - 2 - 4 +26 r+51 +32 +18 +12 r+6l +33 r+11 + 9 +20 +12 +15 - 1 r+10 ±12 Minn. - 3 -^2 - 4 + 7 + 6 + 9 - 2 - 3 + 2 +11 rt%3 + 7 +13 +14 +13 - 4 . - 3 + 5 - 1 +11 D. C. • Md. Va. Ala, Fla. " " Ga. " 11 - 6 -11 - 8 -11 - 7 -11 +10 + 8 . +10 - 6 -10 0 - 6 La. Fla. Ga, . 111. Ind. Mich. " Wis. Minn. & Wis. , * r+J ±Jt • + + + + 6 6 5 2 0 - 2 + - 3 8 4 3 W76 H.8b Page 3 ^ E K L Y DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) 1/ Week ending Jan.. 1961 . Mar. < 41 Mar. Ill Mar. 181 Mar, 24 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City 1s I Kansas Citv District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita 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 ±J Col. Kans. + 7 + 7 - 9 Mo.-Kans,. 0 Mo. - 1 + 6 Nebr. +12 N.Mex. - 6 Okla. - 4 - 3 Mo. Tex. " " " Calif, " " " " Ore. Utah Wash. ±15 ±25 _o +14 +21 +21 +28 +16 4-32 +56 + 1 +38 +41 + 3 +38 + 1 +28 +16 +46 +39 +58 -14 - 2 +10 +51 + 3 +44 +34 +63 +48 +19 + 7 +21 + 5 -11 - 4 - 1 - 9 -30 +20 +21 -18 -23 +33 ±25 +31 +11 +11 ±_2 +_£ %_2 - 6 -11 - 5 + 1 + 1 +13 -16 +20 +12 + 8 • +13 - 8 + 9 + 9 +14 + 7 -14 + 9 +18 +29 + 2 - 4 + 3+ 3 -14 r-2 + 8 +_J r=-l r+2 + + + + + - + + + + 3 r- 5 + 5 0 + 2 - 1 - 4 + 4 + 4 + 1 +13 + 3 + 4 - 4 - 2 - 7 - 2 - 2 +18 - 1 - 5 + 5 + 1 - 4 + 4 0 +11 - 1 + 1 -.1 + 3 - 9 +17 + 8 + 8 + 7 + 5 + 7 - 4 + 1 - 4 - 1 -15 5 6 5 4 1 2 5 6 1 7 3 6 0 - 3 3 6 5 6 0 + 7 + 2 +21 +16 +18 +11 +23 +12 + 7 . +17 . . r—Revised. *Not available. if During March and April changes from a year ago reflect in part the fact that last year Easter was on April 17 while this year it will be on April 2. For this reason it is estimated that in comparison with last year an allowance should be made for an increase in sales of about 8 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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