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FEDERAL RESERVE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 1963 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage chanp.e from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending 8 mos. Oct. 26 Oct. 191 Oct. 12 1 Oct. 5 1963 Federal Reserve District Area, and City ±Jt UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas 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 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 Mass. " " " " 1 1 *3 - 8 - 8 - 9 - 4 -10 -22 + 8 - 6 +10 +13 - 9 + 7 + 5 + 5 +12 + 5 + 6 + 3 + 5 -14 + + + + + 9 5 4 1 8 3 " 2 4 2 2 2 2 7 " " Ky. Ohio Pa. W.Va. 5 1 8 5 4 7 - 3 0 - 7 + 1 -18 r+ 1 + 1 + 1 r+17 - 1 r- 2 - 5 - 2 r+ 2 + 3 0 1 - 4 + 5 +17 + 5 + 7 + 7 - 7 + 5 r+15 + 2 r+11 + 1 + 8 - 8 +11 - 7 + 6 +16 + 3 + 4 - 5 + 9 + 2 +11 + + + + + + ±1 ±A +_8 ±-2 +14 + 9 +30 +10 + 9 - 6 + 4 -13 + 7 0 + 7 + 5 + 1 0 + 6 - 1 0 r- 6 + 5 - 8 + 6 +14 + 2 r- 2 r+14 + 8 + 4 + 8 - 2 + 4 + 9 +11 r+ 9 r- 1 + 6 +16 - 3 +11 + 2 + 9 + 2 +10 0 - 2 -18 -13 ^8 Del. N.J. Pa. + + + + + - - 2 - 8 + 5 - 2 -16 - 8 ±A N.Y. N Y . N.J. N.J. N.Y. H ±Jt ±-l ±A ±1 + 1 - 5 - 9 -11 - 8 + 2 - 7 -19 - 4 -15 - 5 - 1 -12 - 5 - 9 -14 - 7 -14 -11 -13 -18 - 4 + + + + + + + + + + + 6 4 3 2 2 4 6 5 3 1 1 3 1 2 Page 2 H.8b .WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago fpaoo*-ffih retail dollar amounts) -i • • « t 1 L . ^ finding j -----fft• itt^Q \ * fot- ?6l0ct. lOIOnt. lzldct. «?! 1%],. Federal Reserve District Areai and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Ddwntown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas •" Birmingham • Mobile Jacksonville Miami " Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Cities . Miami Downtown Central Atlanta D.C. Md. Va. ±Ji r+_l dLi + 5 ±_i - 4 - 6 - 1 - 2 -13 r r+ r+ - + + + + + + + + + - 8 8 6 7 2 + 9 + 1 + 6 0 + 2 Fla. n Ga» La. Fla. Ga. ±12 +10 ±_I -13 -14 +18 +17 +16 . + 1 - 3 -10 - 4 + 2 r+21 r+25 +13 +12 + 2 +11 + 5 - 1 -14 + 2 +22 +14 +61 +10 -8 - 3 +20 +21 +11 +12 -21 +10 - 4 + 3 +12 + 9 + 8 + 7 + 5 + 9 + 8 - 4 r+20 + 7 + 1 + 8 +13 + 6 - 5 + 1 zJ. +12 ±_2 £1 +14 +15 +10 - 1 - 1 + 9 +22 + 3 +13 + 2 + 1 +16 ;0 + 4 - 2 + + + + + rL4 r+J ZL2 +17 r+ 8 - 3 - 2 r+ + Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee Wis. - 8 - 7 - 9 -16 -16 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. - Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul : . Mpls, and Suburban Minneapolis ' St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth Superior 111. Ind. Mich. ': 8 7 7 4 . " Minn. & Wis. 7: 6 6 4 - 7 + 9 - 5 +10 6 4 -6 2 2 — + + + + 8 5 3 A + 4 +12 + 2 + 4 -10 -14 + 1 + + + 3 1 1 9 +13 +11 + 7 +16 + % o - 3 t- + 5 + 7 * -15 +23 + 1 - .5 - 1 r- 7 Minn. 6 3 5 5 7 r+16 r+J. Ala. 0 1 4 5 1 -7 6 .^2 H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St, Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francis co-Oakland San Francisco Oakland San Jose , Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised 1 1 Area, and City- Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Bqsed on retail dollar amounts) gmos. Oct. 261 Oct. 191 Oct. 121 Oct. i5 1963 Col. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mo. Nebr. N.Mex. Okla. Mo. + 3 + 2 + 7 - 4 + 4 +11 +13 - 4 - 8 - 2 + 9 - 3 +15 + 1 - 3 + 7 -15 + 6 + 6 + 5 -11 r- 1 r+ 2 r+13 - 3 - 7 +16 - 8 +14 + 8 + 7 + 9 + 2 + 1 + 9 - 6 + 1 - 3 + 3 -16 - 8 -12 -15 - 4 -10 + 1 - 1 0 + + + + + + + + 4 - 3 +10 -10 + 3 — - 1 Tex. " " " Calif. 11 " n " " " Ore, Utah Wash. + + - 2 3 3 5 6 2 1 7 4 2 4 4 8 4 5 - 4 +13 + 4 + 4 + + +16 + 8 +17 +11 +10 + 3 +11 + 1 + + + + 11 4 6 3 + 7 + 4 + 8 +10 + 3 + 6 0 +12 0 - 4 -11 +13 + 5 + 2 + 5 + 8 + 2 + 8 + 1 + 5 + 4 +17 - 7 -13 0 - 5 + 5 - 5 r- 2 0 -18 + 6 - 1 + 2 +20 r- 2 +18 +16 + 9 r+18 +18 r+12 - 8 + 3 +10 4 2 6 5 + 3 + 5 + + + + + + - + + + + + 3 3 3 1 1 9 6 2 8 1 0 -13 + 5 + 5 *Not available + + + + - 8 1 2 7 5 7 0 1 5 3 4 8 1 1
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