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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM u H.8b FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 9, 1956 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change frcm corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan. Week ending Feb.II | Feb.18 1 Feb.25 1 Mar. 3 1956 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City United States — Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn Quincy Lowell Cities Springfield Providence -3 Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Del. Trenton N. J. Lancaster Pa. Philadelphia Reading Scranton . Vt ilke s -Bar re—Hazleton +9 -4 - 6 - 7 - 6 lew York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo N. Y, New York-N.E.New Jersey N.Y.-N.J. J. Newark New York N. Y. Rochester Syracuse Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Digitized for Y/heeling-Steubenville FRASER > 8 +4 -5 -5 -4 Ky. Ohio Pa. Vt.Va.-Ohio + 3 + 7 + .6 + 3 + 9 + 7 +13 + 3 + 3 + 4 +5 + 6 - 2 +4 +12 - 2 - +4 +1 +10 +19 -4 -2 -8 +10 +8 +15 +22 +12 +58 +9 +19 -3 - 2 -5 -5 -9 -13 0 + 5 + I + 3 r* 1 - 2 + 1 + 2 +3 + 2 + 2 + 7 + 6 r+ 5 r+ 1 - 7 0 + 3 r+ 8 +16 + 2 r+12 r- 6 + 6 r+ 9 + 5 + 2 +4 - 2 0 < 0 - 1 +4 +34 +20 +37 - 7 +20 - 6 + 5 + 1 +I +5 +12 + + + + +24 + 5 + 4 +12 +18 +22 3 3 5 3 0 + 3 + 8 +11 + 4 + _4 - 9 +5 - 2 + 6 . -1 -5 +12 +18 0 +9 -33 Mass » Mass • R.I, • ii. -1 - 6 +20 +23 +10 -10 +4 + 6 + 3 + 7 +11 + 5 +Ht + 7 +11 - 9 +14 + 3 +28 + 9 + 2 12 +10 + 5 +17 +12 +15 +18 +13 - 1 + 3 + 6 + 3 +17 - 2 + 8 + 7 - 5 +10 + 3 - 2 + 4 -5 + 2 +21 + 6 H.6b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AR&AS (Continued; Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville City Tampa Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis .Detroit • Milwaukee St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis •Memphis Minneapolis District Cities Minneapolis St. Paul Duluth-Superior D. C. Md. Va. Ala. Fla. Ga. " La. Tenn. " Fla. Ill, Ind. Mich. "wis. Ark, Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan. Feb. ll|Feb. lb|Feb. 25 |Mar. 3 1956 ii + _8 11 + 6 -5 - U + 7 +20 + 8 - 9 +12 + 5 - 2 - 5 +15 r+ r+ rr+ 0 + 7 - 2 + 3 ,r+l6 - 2 +15 +13 + 2 + 5 . -20 +12 - 7 - 8 +11 r+ 3 - 8 +93 0 + 3 + 2 - 6 - 1 t l 6 2 1 6 + 6 0 - 5 - 3 + 5 +12 + 3 - 2 • + 6 0 0 +13 + 5 + 5 + l -26 +16 +18 + h -20 +k2 +17 +U2 ll + 6 + 3 t A + 8 + + + + 5 2 5 7 + 5 +18 + 3 +12 0 -3 + 9 + 3 + + 7 1 1 7 + 7 + 9 +10 +12 + 2 +10 + 8 + 8 + 8 .+ k + 1 + k 0 + 2 +1U +11 + U + 5 + h +12 + 1 +30 - 1 + 6 +11 - 7 + 8 +13 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 - 1 + 6 +11 +10 + 9 + 7 + 2 + 9 +11 + 8 -8 +13 +15 + 5 + 5 Minn. & 'w is • + 7 -19 * , Page 3 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD". AREAS, (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka vn.chita St. Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Kansas City Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Port worth " Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles 'ftestside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland City San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) • Vneek ending Jan, Feb. 11|Feb. 18|Feb. 251Mar. 3 1956 0 Colo. Kans, Mo. N. Mex. Okla. " Mo • lex. " " " Calif. Ore. Utah hash. if + + + + + - 8 h 6 8 3 ' 5 2 - U + 3 + 3 + 6 + 2 •+ 9 • 0 - 1 - +1U + l + 9 + 2 r- 2 - h +12 + 6 - 7 + 8 - 5 - 2 + 6 - k + 9 +21 - U +16 + 3 + 9 +8 + 5 + 9 - 6 +13 •+19 + 6 + 2 +25 +10 ' + h - 7 + 3 + 3 0 + 3 + 1 - 2 + U 0 + 6 +10 r+12 +10 +10 r+10 + 7 -1k . + 5 r- 7 + 9 -11 - 5 -ll - 5 0 + 8 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 2 +12 t_7 13 + + + + h +21 + 5 + 6 + 5 - l +18 +16 + _£ + + + + t - + 2 - 3 - 2 + 1 0 + 6 - 2 - 2 - 1 0 + 5 + 2 r+12 + 2 3 8 u 1 5 2 3 0 + 7 + 8 9 7 8 6 • 3 .0 + + + + + + + + + ' - 7 8 6 U 6 3 3 u 2 2 1 —Data not available. +10 - l + 7 - 1 - 9 + 2 + 8 +.9.. + 2 + h - 3 -17 +10 + 7 + 9 +2U - 5
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