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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E statistical •.fjALRE^. FOR BlMtiDIAtE RELEASE November 8, 1963 H.8b .WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STHRF. SAT.F.S - SFT.FCTFD CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amoumts) ! 9 mos. Week ending 1963 Nov. 2l0ct. 261 Oct. 191(Oct. 12 Federal Reserve District Area, and City ±A +_5 - 2 - 8 + 5 - 2 -l6 r- 9 - 3 0 - 7 + 1 -18 + 1 - 8 - 8 - 9 - 4 -10 -22 ±_1 + 1 ±_5 +16 •+ 1 0 - 3 +30 • + 1 + 1 + 1 r+ 1 - 2 -18 r-12 +17 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 2 + 2 + 3 0 0 - 4 + 5 +17 +10 + 5 + 6 0 + 8 + 3 r-2 UNITED STATES + 2 Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston ;Cambridge Quincy Lowell + 1 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 3 2 6 6 6 ±JL + 4 N.Y. N.Y. N.J. N.J. N.Y. " " __0 r-10 ' Del. N.J. Pa. +14 + 7 +12 - 1 - 7 , - 1 + 2 + 1 r- 4 r-10 r-13 - 8 + 2 - 7 Ky. Ohio + 8 + 4 •- 6 - 7 + 9 - 7 + 1 +20 +12 + 8 - 1 - 1 - 7 + 2 =JL Pa. W.Va. ±J£ -19 - 4 -15 - 5 - 1 -12 - 5 -9 -14 - 7. -14 -11 -13 -18 + + + + + - 5 2 8 5 4 6 __0 + 5 + 7 + 7 - 7 + 5 +15 + 2 +11 + 1 + 8 - 8 +11 -7 + 6 ±_Z ±Jt ±.1 +14 + 9 +30 r+ 8 + 9 - 6 + 4 -13 + 7 r- 1 r+ 9 + 5 + 1 0 + 6 - 1 0 - 6 + 5 - 8 + 6 +14 + 2 - 2 +14 + 8 + 4 + 8 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 3 4 2 1 3 2 6 5 4 2 2 3 3 5 5 3 1 l 3 1 2 H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District : Area,/ arid City" Richmond" District Metropolitan Areas "" ' - Washington • D o m t o w n Washington ' Baltimore : Downtown Baltimore Richmond ^ £1 .• " D.C* " Md. " Va. Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami • Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta . Augusta " New Orleans Cities Miami Downtoxm . . Central Atlanta Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago" Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little' Rock Louisville St.. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas • , Mpls.-5t. Paul Mpls. and Suburban ! Minneapolis St..Paul & Suburban Cities puluth.Superior Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago ' (BaaedT.on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Nov. 2l0ct. 261 Oct« 191 Oct. 12 Ala. " Fla, " " Ga. " La. +J + 2 -13 -14 r+19 - 8 1 4 5 1 - 4 + 5 - 1 -14 + 2 +22 +14 +61 +10 + 2 ' + '3 + 4 + 8 - 4 +20 + 7 ±2 r-10 :s + 1 - 3 + 1 ll . - 4 - ? - 9 -16 -16 +12 +14 +15 +10 - 1 - 1 . + 1 — + 9 +22 + 3 +13 + 2 +1 ' 1- 3 5 5 7 +10 -10 0 + + + + +16 - 2 • +11 • + 6 + + - +21 +25 +13 +12 + 2 +11 +11 + 2 : . r±_a +i±5 Fla. Ga. 111. Ind, Mich. " Wis. + 2 - 2 - 4 - 6 r- 2 r- 3 -13 + 2 + 6 + 8 ±Jk Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn. " " " .Minn. & Wis. - 2 :i +1 - 7 - 7 - 4 r+ 7 " =JZ + 8 '+ 6 + 4 +12 - 7 -10 -14 + 1 : r-l6 +17 + 8 - 3 - 2 ~7 r+ 7 r- 2 r+3 3 1 1 9 +13 +11 +23 + .i + + + Page 3 H.8b VJEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District Area, and CityKansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas CityDowntown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Cmaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City J oplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angles -Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland: dan Francisco Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amoiints) Week ending 9 mos, ' 1963 Nov. 21 Oct. 261 Oct. 191 Oct. 12 r±_6 Col. Kans. ,! Mo.-Kans. Mo. " Nebr. " N.Mex. Okla. " Mo. Tex. " " " +13 + 9 + 4 0 - 2 - 3 +11 + 5 +15 + 5 - 3 " " " " 1 1 " " Ore. Utah Wash. " +_7 + 4 +11 +13 - 2 r- 5 r- 9 - 2 r+10 r- 4 +15 + 1 - 3 +16 - 8 +14 + 8 + 7 + 9 + 2 + 1 + 9 - 6 + 1 + + + + + + + + + 7 -15 + 6 + 6 + 5 -11 - 1 + 2 +13 - 3 - 7 6 3 1 6 4 2 3 3 8 3 3 + 6 - 4 - 3 +10 + 2 +_2 - 1 =Jt +13 + 4 + + - + + - 2 3 3 5 -11 + 4 - 6 + 3 +16 + 8 +17 +11 + 3 0 + 5 + 4 +_Z + 4 + 8 + 4 +10 + 8 r 0 + 3 + u r+ 6 + 4 0 +12 +17 0 • - 7 - 4 -13 0 -11 +13 - 5 + 5 + 5 + 2 r- 4 + 5 - 2 + 8 0 + 2 -18 + 6 - 1 + 2 +20 - 2 +18 +16 + 9 +18 +18 +12 - 8 + 3 +10 7 5 2 5 r- 1 Calif. r±_2 - 9 - 5 - 6 + 4 - 6 + 7 + 4 - 6 +18 - 1 + 8 - 2 ,0 + 3 + - + + + 8 2 2 6 5 + + + + - 1 1 5 3 4 9 1 1 -F 6 *Not available •