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343 H.8b BOARD OP' GOVERNORS OF THE' FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22, 1957• YuEEKLY DEPARTL'tENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change frem corresponding period a ye ar ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Vtieek ending 'Octv. 261 Nov. 2 | Nov.. 9 | Nov,. llT Federal Reserve District Area, and City UNITED STATES -5 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 - 7 -11 + 2 + 5 -13 - 1 N.Y.-N,J Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas„ • Wilmington Trenton " Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland ' Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh VNheeling-Steubenville - k 0 -10 - $• -11 - 1 - 2 - 6 -13 - h -10 - 1 - 9 zA + 2 - 8 - 5 • 1 ti.Va.&Ohio - 5 -11 Page 2 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.Sept. Oct. 26 | Nov, 2 I Nov. 9 | Nov. 16 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore • Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham. Mobile Jacksonville Miami Miami City Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville CityTampa D. C. - 3 r— 5 — _2 k h 9 5 2 - 1 0 - k - 3 - 3 - r- $ r- 7 r- 9 r- 9 +10 + 1 3 5 9 5 + - Va. 3 k 2 3 3 + 2 Ala, " Fla. " " Ga. ii La. Tenn. " St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. r- 6 + 1 +6 - 1 +11 0 +3 - ^ + 7 •- 1 + 6 Fla. 111. Ind. Mich. wis. - 3 ' + Md. 1! Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit : Milwaukee Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St., Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Supe rior + 3 +13 - 9 - 9 +10 - 5 - k - 3 + k r- 1 + 1 + U 0 + 2 +1 +1 -' +1 -17 +2 +6 0 - 3 - 2 - 1 +2 - 2 - k - 6 0 -9 + 3 0 • 0 - 1 1 Minn. " " +2 +3 0 Minn.&Wis. +2 -13 - 2 - 8 - 6 -12 0 0 -20 +10 + 2 ! „ 0 + 2 + 3 +18 + 3 + 3 - U - 9 - 1 + 0 zA -10 + 3 - 3 -16 - 5 - 6 -12 -12 -111 -23 -11 0 -19 - 2 -lk -13 -15 -11; - 3 - 2 - 2 - h - 3 -11 -10 H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage chang e from corresponding period a year ago (Based on reta il dollar amounts) Jan.We|ek ending Sept. Oct. 26 1 Nojv. 21 Nov, 9 | Nov. 16" Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita St. Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Col. Kans• 11 1 1 Jj. 6 2 Mo. N. Mex. Okla. " + 2 Mo, " k - 1 - 2 - •12 + 6 - 8 - 9 -21 + r-12 -13 - 1 -11 -12 - 1 - 1 ' -15 -Hi - 3 -11 -16 r-11 -10 -6 r- 6 + 2 +U5 - 5 - 7 - 5 3 -18 -10 - 5 - 3 +10 r- 3 -13 -12 -15 0 - 1 r- 6 - 5 - 8 -4. r- 5 . -13 r-10 -13 - h 0 r-l5 - 7 ,-12 r- 8 + 7 + U + 9 +18 + 7 - 2 + 2 -13 - 1 - 7 - 1 - 2 0 11 Tex. 11 " " " San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. Downtown Los Angeles " Westside Los Angeles " Sacramento " San Diego " San Francisco-Oakland " San Francisco City " 11 Oakland Portland Ore. Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash. Spokane " Tacoma " r—Revised. + + - + 2 + 3 + 5 +10 + l r :; •13 •10 -13 - 6 + 1 + 2 - 1 + 3 +18 + 2 0 - 1 - 3 - 1 + 2 + 2 •A - 2 - h - 7 -13 0 *2 '+ 2 - 9 - 6 - 7 -11 - k + k - 7 - h •15 *—Data not available. + a... 0 - 7 0 + U - h +10 -10 - 6 -13 - 5 + 8 - 9 r 7 - 7 -17 -11 - l - 8 - U -18
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