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F E statistical D E R A L R E S E R V E release — : . FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 11, 1962. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS . Percentage change from corr.esplending period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounits) Week ending 3 mos". May 5* 1 Anr. 281 Apr. 211 Apr. 14 1962 +12 ±-1 ±_i Federal Reserve District, Area, and City m UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield Mass.. " " " 11 . 0 - 5 + 7 +12 " 0 0 " +36 + + + 0 : 3 4 4 1 7 -10 m +28 +-2 +24 +14 +37 +27 +29 . +50 +31 +25 +38 +22 +20 +13 + + + +12 +26 +19 +24 +24 +18 + 6 +12 +30 - 3 +28 +25 +16 +21 +18 . + 9 1 4 4 6 4 2 + 3 ±J± New York District ±_2 Metropolitan Areas Buffalo N.Y. +12 New York-N.E.New Jersey, N.Y.-N.J.. + 6 N.J. Newark +12 + 1 New York N.Y. " Rochester +15 Syracuse +12 " r+ 7 - 7 r-11 - 5 + 3 r+12 Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton +11 +22 +_2 -10 -15 r-11 - 2: +11 - 1 + 6 +24 - 3 -11 +10 +10 +33 +35 +39 +41 +27 +39 + 7 +30 +29 + + + + +-2. +10 +11 +17 __0 +14 +15 - 2 +13 +12 + 3 +36 +26 r+ 4 +17 +33 +11 +21 + 1 +32 +16 -1 r+22 r+35 r-10 r-16 +17 + 9 +15 +22 +37 +14 + 7 Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youhgstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling for FRASER Digitized +21 Del. N.J. Pa. 11 " " " Ky.Ohio Pa. W.Va. +18 +26 + 6 +22 +20 + 7 +16 +12 -18 + 4 +21 +18 + 5 +13 +25 +13 +15 +14 +14 +11 +4^ +25 - 3 + 3 + 6 + 5 + 1 - 6 . 0 +13 +30 +20 ' +12 +13 + 6 +15 . + + + + + 2 5 1 2 2 4 6 1 3 1 5 - 2 +16 - 3 + 20 - 8 + 1 . 0 + 3 - 1 + 3 - 1 - 4 - 2 . / H.8b Page 2 l-7E£KLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve Districtr Area, and City . Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington D.C. Downtown Washington " Baltimore Md. Downtown Baltimore " Richmond " Va. Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Cities Miami-D ownt own Central Atlanta Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville• St. Louis Memphis ±18 r+_2 +21 +12 . +14 + 8 +23 +14 +19 r+ r+ + r- 3 2 3 5 9 +17 +14 +24 + 5 +22 +17 +11 +26 +12 + 8 +20 r=_2 +14 +20 Ala. " F-la. " " Ga. " La. + 1 +11 +13 +10 +31 ** -15 - 3 + 8 +13 r+26 -24 - 3 +37 + 5 + 4 +29 +36 +40 +11 +18 +22 +13 +24 +20 +29 +17 Fla. Ga. + 9 + 9 +29 +20 +23 m +13 +19 +21 +14 +22 + 7 +22 +18 - 1 +11 +24 - 5 +13 + 9 - 5 -12 +22 +10 +23 + 5 +21 +26 +29 +15 +22 __0 ** +17 +10 -25 +16 111. Ind. Mich, Wis. +11 + 5 +11 + 4 + 5 +15 + 8 +22 +12 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minneapolis District * Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Minn. Mpls. and Suburban " Minneapolis " St. Paul & Suburban " Cities Duluth-Superior Minn. &Wis. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) 3 mos. Week ending May 5*1 Apr. 281 Apr, 211 Apr, 14 +16 +15 + 5 +25 r+15 + 5 +16 + 1 + 8 +15 + 7 - 1 +32 +12 -12 +14 +24 - 5 +-2 \3zr H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City- Percentage change from corresponding period a ydar ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) enaing Week wee* ending May 5*1 Apr. 281 Apr. 211 Apr. 14 r+ 2 ±2 +10 j-l - 3 + 4 +11 + 2 - 1 +14 r+10 + 3 + 8 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 4 - 7 +14 +24 + 2 + 4 +21 + 8 + 2 0 +11 + 3 + 9 + 7 +18 + 9 + +18 + 6 + 6 +13 + + + + + + + 7 +12 +24 + 8 +11 ±9 ±£ + 6 + 9 +15 + 9 -17 +10 +37 +16 +24 +83 + 8 +29 +41 - 5 +20 + 5 + 1 + 7 +11 + 3 +12 +10 ±_§ UL +10 + 9 + 3 +14 +17 + 8 + 8 + 8 - 1 +18 +17 +19 +21 +10 +19 + 1 +22 +21 +23 + 5 + 5 + 8 - 1 + 7 + 6 +20 +26 + 9 + 6 +23 -24 +24 +29 + 8 + 1 +11 r+18 + 5 +40 +26 +14 +36 - 4 - 6 0 +12 +22 +13 +10 . +11 +12 +15 +28 +24 + 2 +22 + 6 - 1 + 4 +13 +17 + 6 + 3 + 4 +13 + 5 + 5 +11 + 8 + 9 Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Col. Topeka Kans. Vfichita " Kansas City Ho.-Kans. Downtown Kansas City Mo. St. Joseph " Lincoln Nebr. Omaha " Albuquerque N.Mex. Oklahoma City Oklahoma Tulsa " City Joplin Ho. +12 Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio +25 + 9 +47 +26 +27 ±21 +17 +19 +20 +24 +11 . +18 +18 + 6 +15 +32 +34 +24 Tex. " " " " San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. Downtown Los Angeles " Westside Los Angeles " Sacramento " San Diego " San Francisco-Oakland " San Francisco " Oakland " San Jose " Portland Ore. Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash. Spokane " Tacoma " 1 1 1 5 1 3 1 1 3 4 8 4 1 r--Revised. **Not available. *Interpretation of the weekly percentage changes during the Easter season is affected by the shifting date of the holiday (this year, April 22 and last year, April 2). Adjustment factors have been developed for this calendar irregularity. For the week ending May 5, the factor is - 1; this yields an "adjusted" year-toyear change for the United States of +16 per cent.
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