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FEDERAL statistical RESERVE release H.8b , FOE IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 1962 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield Mass. New York District Metropolitan Areas N.Y. Buffalo New York-N.E.New Jersey N.Y.-.N.J . N.J. . Newark " N.Y. New York " Rochester Syracuse " Philadelphia.District Metropolitan Areas Del. Wilmington • N.J. Trenton Pa. * Lancaster " Philadelphia " Reading " Scranton Uilkes-Barre—Hazleton " Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus' Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling FRASER Digitized for Ky. Ohio " " " " " " " Pa. . " W.Va. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Oct. 61 Sept. .291 Sept. 221Sept. 15 0 ±_5 -Li - 4 zll ±11 ±Jt 8 mos. 1962 + 5 ±Jt -11 -11 -10 - 8 -16 -16 - 3 - 7 + 1 + 1 - 4 -13 +10 + 6 +14 + 8 +10 r+19 + 5 +10 0 0 - 7 + 5 + + + + -12 - 5 + 2 .+13 +10 + 7 + 8 ±Jfc + 4 +11 + 3 + 9 + 9 + 6 - 5 . +11 r+16 +11 - 3 + 1 - 3 - 8 3 3 7 5 0 + + + + r+ 5 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 7 7 2 2 + 3 + + + + + + 3 5 2 1 4 3 - 1 r+ 4 ±_6 +^ ±_5 - 3 -19 - 6 + 1 - 2 - 7 - 6 + 1 -11 r+ 5 r+ 3 +14 - 1 + 6 + 9 - 5 +18 + 6 +10 0 +11 + 3 - 5 + 1 + 4 -19 +13 + 5 + 6 0 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 6 - 2 0 ±_2 + 2 + 3 -12 + 3 0 + 2 + 4 - 7 - 1 + 3 + 8 - 6 - 4 0 - 4 + 6 + 6 +12 - 3 + 6 + 1 -10 + 6 + 3 + 9 - 2 + 5 + 2 - 1 + 4 -10 - 4 • -14 - 5 - 3 -10 * +20 - 6 - 5 + 4 -10 - 6 - 9 -_5 + 5 +11 +12 + 3 - 8 -16 +11 +10 - 9 -13 0 0 - 4 + 1 +13 + 4 + 4 . - 1 - 3 -13 r+10 +10 +24 - 6 +10 r- 2 r- 6 + 3 H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SaLES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Federal Reserve District, Arear-and- Gitry " --- Richmond District Metropolitan Areas . D.Cv ~ • • Washington Downtown ' Washington Baltimore Md. " . Downtown Baltimore Richmond Va. ... .Atlanta District • Metropolitan Areas Birmingham • iobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta ... Augusta New Orleans Cities ^ Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta iveek' eri'djrns: Oct. 61.iept. 29iSept. 22JSept. 15 r+ 6 • • 3 •r r+""2"" r- 5 - 5 + 8 -13 - 4 •+10 - 2 Fla. " " Ga." La. Fla. Ga. ' + 7• /+ 2 ' ,. + 6 / + 6 - 2 ' - 7 -3 +23 +11 + 6 - 1 -22 -11 + 3 + 1 +15 0 - 2 -13 + 2 r+11 +14 - 3 + 8 + 4 + 4 +10 + 4 . -'3 +10' - 6. + 11 + 5 +14 + 3 + 6 "• 0 +10 T 9 + 9 + 1• + 7 - 4 + 7 -14 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas . Little.Rock Louisville - . . St. Louis Memphis - 3 - 2 Ark. Ky. Mo. ' ' Tenn,. + 1 4 - 3 ^ 1 + 8 + 1 - 9 +16. + 6 ' \+:4 +1 + 9 - 3 + 5 + 7 - 1 + 6 5 + 8. + .8 . +20 .. - 2 .• . +11 -5 0 • +5 • + 2 + 2 r+32 +23 +21 +31 + 4. - 7 + 3 ••-+ 6 0 0 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. 1: .. .'0 r+16 Chicago District Metropolitan^Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit . Milwaukee Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Minn. . " Mpls . and' Suburban Minneapolis St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth-buperior Minn.&'Jisi. + 4. —+ 8 + 5 + 7 - 1 +11 0 r Ala. + _8 8 mos. 1962 : + .0 - 8 ' + 4 + 9 + 2 + 5 . + + + + 4 6 7 1 i_i 0 +12 ' - 1 .... + 4- - - , +13 +13 0 ' + 5 r+ 7 + 8 - 1 , + 9 +. 6 0 +~6 + 7 - 5 + .4 0 0 - 8 - 2 + + + - 2 - 1" + 2 + 6 + 1 6 + 1 8 *• *" + 4 ' - 8 1 1 - 3 - 8 '+ 1 + 3 + 5 .. ' + 2 - 2 H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City- Week ending Oct. 61 Sept. 291 Sept. 221ISept. 15 Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Col. Topeka Kans. Wichita Kansas City Mo.-Kans. Downtown Kansas City Mo. " St. Joseph Lincoln Nebr. " Omaha N.Mex. Albuquerque Oklahoma City Okla. Tulsa City Joplin Mo. Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio r+ 8 + 7 - 9 +23 +15 '+ 3 + 5 + 6 + 6 +10 + 6 + 6 - 5 • + 1 - 1 2 3 4 8 1 2 0 3 6 0 + 3 - 7 +22 - 3 + 5 - 6 - 4 + 1 - 2 -10 + 1 + 2 +14 - 5 + + + r r+ " " " 0 mos. 1962 + 3 - 3 -19 - 9 + 6 - 7 + 1 - 1 - 6 -11 + 3 - 2 > + + + + + + + + + 1 2 1 7 1 2 1 1 2 6 4 7 + 4 +14 +_7 6 3 4 8 - 4 + 7 - 4 +15 + 9 + 6 +56 +12 + 7 + 8 +11 +10 +£ r+ 6 zjL +10 + 8 + 5 + 1 + 2 +12 +10 + 2 - 2 + 2 - 4 +10 +11 +10 .0 + 4 + 1 -11 - 6 +15 + 8 + 6 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 8 +15 + 8 - 4 + 7 - 4 r- 9 - 5 - 2 r+ 1 ' r+ 1 - 1 - 6 - 7 - 6 r- 4 + 5 - 3 - 3 +12 + 9 + 6 + 9 +14 +10 + 7 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 9 +16 - 8 +17 + 7 0 + 3 + 9 +16 + 7 + 5 + 4 +11 + 6 +11 +16 + 2 +12 - 6 Tex. San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. " Downtown Los Angeles " Uestside Los Angeles " Sacramento " San Diego " San Francisco-Oakland " San Francisco " Oakland " San Jose Portland Ore. Salt Lake City Utah Seattle "Jash. 11 Spokane Tacoma " r—Revised Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago - 8 7 7 2 0 + + + *Not available
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