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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 3, 1961 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-Sept. Week endins Oct. 7 I Oct. 141 Oct. 21iOct. 28 1961 + 2 + 4 __o ±_1 ±_6 + 1 ±11 ±15 ±_2 ±_2 Federal Reserve District Area, and City UNITED STATES 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 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 + 5 0 +13 0 0 0 + 8 - 1 +20 +13 - 1 + 6 + + - '+ 3 + 1 +10 - 8 N.Y. 0 N.T.-N .J. + 2 N.J. - 5 N.Y. 0 " + 1 " 0 _o_ +12 + 5 + 7 + 2 - 3 + 4 + 8 .0 - 1 0 0 - 4 - 2 - 3 ±_1_ +10 + 8 +25 + 8 + 3 + 2 0 -3 + 1 - 3 + 9 - 2 - 6 + 2 + 2 + 5 - 8 - 4 0 - 5 - 4 Mass " " " " " " Del. N.J. Pa. " " %. Ohio Pa. W. Va. , 1 3 7 6 9 1 +14 + 7 +23 + 3 + 6 +21 +11 + 4 +22 + 6 +11 + 9 +10 rj_2 + 5 ___q 1 1 9 2 2 5 r- 4 r+10 r+ 1 r+11 +10 r- 1 - 6 0 - 8 0 + 8 + 3 ±-2 + -2 + 6 + 7 r+ 2 +10 0 +12 +10 .r + J + 3 + 2 - 8 - 4 + 1 +17 +11 ±_2 + 5 + 2 + 4 +12 + 5 -10 + 2 - 1 +20 + 6 + 4 + 3 + 2 - 4 -11 + 5 - 1 -14 0 +10 + 5 - 3 r+ 3 + 2 + 6 -11 - 6 -15 0 -20 - 4 r+ 4 - 3 r+ 9 r+ 3 + 1 - 3 +15 +16 +10 - 1 -10 +23 +19 - 1 +23 +13 + 1 - 4 + 5 + 1 - 4 - 8 +10 - 4 -11 - 1 +12 - 8 - 3 + 7 - 7 -13 -15 + - 'x-2L msr H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding peri od a year ago Federal Reserve District, Jan.-Sept. 1 Week ending 1 I Oct. 7!O 1961 ct. 14(Oct. 21!Oct. 28 Area, and CityRichmond 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 Columbus Mew Orleans Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis + 1 u - 2 i 0 ±-1 " Fla. 0 La. Fla. Ga. - 5 - 5 Ga. " " Hi. Ind. Mich. Wis. Ark. %v -0. ?enn. + 2 0 -4 - 3 - 9 + 3 ±_2 - 2 r+ 8 r_0 + ;6 +10 + 6 + 8 - 6 +12 +14 + 9 31 + 2 +5 + 2 + 6 - 3 +12 -15 r- 7 + 4 -4 + 2 + 2 -17 0 + £ + 9 : +13 + 2 + 9 - 5 + 8 - 7 - 3 + 8 +17 r+ 8 r+20 r+ 4 0 - 6 - 9 + 4 + 4 + 6 - 6 0 - 3 + 5 -10 ' r-i + 5 - 1 — 4- -23 +10 + 7 + 3 - 9 r- 3 - 4 - 1 ±_2 + 1 + 4 zll + 2 + 2 + 3 + 3 + + + - - 5 ±-1 4 -11 6 -10 1 -13 1 . -11 r+11 -19 - 9 + 2 -19 r+17 4 5 + 4 ! - 4 - 3 - 3 ±-2 - 3 - 2 + 7 +15 + 4 - 1 - 7 r+15 3 - 1 - I' + 5 + 4 + 1 0 + 8 4 0 ±_2 + 2 r+ 1 + 1 ' r+ 1 + o - 5 - 2 - 7 + 7 + 8 7 + 6 + 7 - 1 - 1 0 - 2 - 1 " " - 6 + 9 + 8 0 - 2 — 1 + 4 . • + .3 Ala. Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.—St. Paul Minn. it Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis " • St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth-Sunerior Minn.&Wis . Page 2 -12 +12 +12 0 + 3 r+ 1 * * * * - 8 . I-Lt6! 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 year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan.-Sept. Oct. 71 Oct.141 Oct.211 Oct. 28 1961 0 Kansas Citv District Metropolitan Areas Col. Denver Kans. Topeka " Wichita Kansas City Mo-Kans. Downtown Kansas City Mo. St. Joseph Lincoln Nebr. " Omaha N. Mex Albuquerque c Okla. Oklahoma ity Tulsa City Mo. Joplin ±Jt" . ±-2 - 1 + 7 + 3 - 1 + 1 - 2 + 5 +15 +18 +18 - 9 - 2 +11 + 9 -10 + 2 + 1 -17 - 2 + 5 +13 - 8 + 6 - 5 r-10 +12 - 6 -16 - 9 + 2 , - 3 + 2 -10 + 6 + 2 0 r-14 + "5 -16 +28 +16 -15 -15 - 3 - 5 -15 + 3 -4 +23 - 1 ' +8 +11 Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio + 1 + 5 + 3 zJ + 5 0 5 l 4 3 + 6 - 9 +14 "+ 3 +15 +12 - 4 -10 .+ 5 +29 San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles West-side Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle^ Spokane Tacoma r—Revised Tex. + + + Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. + 2 +J + 1 - 5 0 +10 +11 + 3 0 + 5 + 6 + 1 0 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 4 0 + 6 +14 +32 + 7 + 9 + 5 + 1 - 6 +24 + 4 ,+ 9 + 5 - + 7 - 1 + 7 + 4 + 1 + 2 - 6 -14 / - 6• - 6 - 8 - 6 +23 + 7 +21 . +13 + 7 -14 _o +_2 i±_6 - 8 -13 - 8 + 6 r+25 + 4 + 4 + 4 - 5 - 3 - 1 + 6 +10 + 6 - 2 -18 + 3 +15 +16 + 2 + 1 - 1. - 1 0 + ,5 + 4 + 9 +24 + 3 - 5 + 6 +20 +27 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 4 +11 + 5 +15 + 3 *Not available .
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