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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 1959. #!.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan.-Sept 2m. Oct. 24(Oct. 311 Nov. 71Nov. 14 ±_Z ±_6 ±_2 ±_Z Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityUNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell CitySpringfield 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 Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling ±_2 Mass. ±A +12 + 4 +11 - 3 + 9 + 9 + 9 +13 + 5 + 9 + 4 -20 + 3 - 2 + 1 N.Y, + 3 N.Y.-N.J. + 3 + 1 N.J. o N.Y. + 5 + 3 + 9 + 6 + 6 - 6 + 3 +_1 + 8 + 5 # +12 - 1 11 " " Ky. ; Ohio " " " " " " " Pa. " " W.Va. -11 - 2 + + - 5 3 3 1 5 +11 - 4 •+i +_& ±A + 4 r+ 1 r-11 - 1 r+ 8 r- 1 +1 + 7 + 7 + 2 =11 +10 + + + + + + 6 6 1 3 2 2 + 6 Del. N.J. Pa. " + 4 + 5 + 4 + 4 +13 __o + 8 +4 +15 +5 +9 +4 +2 +24 - 6 -13 + 8 +10 + 4 +23 + 3 + 2 +28 - 1 - 1 - 9 + 4 + 7 +10 + 9 + 9 + 1 +6 +7 +8 +4. +9 +9 +7 +6 +6 +5 - 1 +15 o + 9 + 2 +20 +23 +10 +10 + 7 0 +13 +13 - 5 - 1 + 7 0 r+13 +15 +19 + 3 +15 r+ 7 r+10 r+10 +10 - 6 +12 -13 - 5 - 2 0 +26 +11 +10 +12 -11 + 1 + 5 +.6 + 7 + 1 - 1 + 8 +10 + 8 + 6 + 4 -11 + 4 - 2 + 6 + 6 + 8 + 6 + 4 + 7 +13 - 2 + 3 - 6 H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change, from corresponding period a year ago'(Based.on retail"dollar amounts) Week ending Jan.-Sept, Oct. 24|Oct. 311 Nov. 71 Nov. 14 1959 Federal1 Reserve' District, Area* and CityRichmond District Metropolitan AreasWashington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Atlanta Augusta Columbus New Orleans Knoxville Cities Central Atlanta Miami-Downtown Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee St. L^uis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.—St.--Paul. Mpls-. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior + 6 ±13 +10 + + + + +19 + 9 + 7 + 2 +14 +10 + 1 +14 + 4 + 1 r-16 • - 6. +10 m ':±_z +12 + 3 + 5 + 3 +25 + 4 - 1 - 2 + 2 +12 La. Tenn, + 9 + 5 +14 - 1 + 6 + 9 +17 +11 % r+18 +20 +21 +42 + 3 +10 + 7 +26 +11 r+ 7 +17 + 2 + 1 +12 + 2 +11 +42 +18 + 8 +24 + 7 + 9 + 5 Ga. Fla. + 6 - 7 + 1 + 1 +18 - 9 +10 - 9 +16 +12 +_7 ,• ±_2 + 9 + 4 +11 +12 + 9 + 9 + 9 + 7 +21 +22 +14 + 2 + 5 +15 - 5 +11 + 6 + 5 + 6 + 6 +11 + 3 + 8 +15 +10 +13 + 6 r+ 4 . r+- 2 +iZ ±_7 + 5 + 6 + 5 +12 0 r+15 + 1 + 7 + 2 r+ 9 0 + 7 +13 + 9 +22 +17 +13 +10 + 4 +14 ' D.C. ' Md. Va. Ala. Fla. Ga. 111. Ind. Mich. Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. 7 1 2 4 3 +_6 Minn. + 6 + 5 Minn. & Wis. + 7 - 2 r- 4 -11 r + 3 + 1 - 4 -10 + 6 - l + 5 - 1 * \ 1 - 3 + 5 -11 - 3 +11 r+ 2 - 1 H»8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) ; Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago . (Base$d on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-Sept. Week ending 1959 Oct. 24|Oct. 311Nov. 7lNov. 14 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City- ±JL Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised. + 5 + 6 +16 +14 + 7 - 6 -12 -12 + 3 - 2 - 3 + 4 -10 0 - 1 +21 +12 - 7 0 - 6 0 + 7 +_9 Mo. Tex. Calif. " " " " " Ore. Utah Wash, - +_2 + 8 + 4 + 1 Mo.-Kans. + 9 Mo. - 1 + 4 " + 4 Nebr. N. Mex. +12 Okla. + 7 + 7 Col. Kans. Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio + 4 " " ±_r 6 4 1 1 6 7 2 8 4 6 + 3 + 1 -19 - 2 +30 + 1 j_l ±11 r+ 8 + 1 + 2. + 2 +14 -16 + 9 -10 + 5. '+4 - 5 +12 +14 + 6 +16 +13 +11 - 4 + 3 +18 +12 ±11 + 2 + 6 . ±10 +_2 +13 + 4 + 6 +18 +12 + 7 + 7 0 +20 +11 +11 + 7 + 5 + 9 + 5 + 2 + 2 - 1 +11 + 5 + 9 - 4 +14 + 5 - 2 - 9 - 5 -12 + 5 + 4 r+ 8 + 8 r+ 8 + 5 + 1 r+11 +16 +17 + 7 r+ 1 + 5 r+ 3 +16 +13 +13 +13 + 8 + 1 + 2 - 6 +19 +20 +14 - 4 + 8 + 5 . +11 + 4 + 6 +12 + 4 *Data not available. r+ r+ r+ + + + + + + + - * + + i i 3 7 2 6 7 3 6 3 3 0 - 1 Q - 6 +14 + 2 + 7 + 1 - 1 - 3
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