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*780, H.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR M E D I A T E RELEASE October 16, 1959 • WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS - • Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago . (Based on retail dollar amounts) ' Week'ending Jan'-Aiig. Sent. 191 Sect. 26.1 Oct. 3 (Oct. 10 1959 ±16 ±3. r_ 1 " ± - 1 " ±_z Federal Reserve District, 1 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 Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling Mass, 11 u " ±_% 'M + 4- 2 +13 + 5 +14 - 4 '• +18 +21 +14 + 3 + 3 . + 8 + 5 " " 11 ii it " ™ Pa* " 1 1 W. Va. - 4 - 7 0 + 1 - 2 -5 0 -18 ±_Z r- P + 8 + 8 + 6 + 2 + 5 r- 4 -10 -14 -15 r- 1 + 2 ±6 +16 ±_2 r=12 + 8 + 5 +15 + 6 +10 + 3 + 2 +23 +18 +25 +16 + 4 +19 +16 +10 + 3 +15 + 3 - 5 +10 "0 r- 1 -16 •. - 6 r-13 - 9 - 7 r-12 V +20 + 5 r-i +19 +17 +25 +17 +27 +30 +25 +18 . +17 +22 +15 +13 - 1 +10 + 7 - 4 ±JL Ky, Ohio - 5 i-5 - 4 - 6 - 2 +28 -11 - 2 +20 Y. + 3 Y.-N.J, + 3 • J. 0 0 Y. + 5 . " • + 3 11 +31 cJ +18 +20 +18 +16 +14 +26 + 3 N. N, N. N. Del. N. J» Pa. ii .. + 2 + 3 + l - 4 + 8 +15 + 9 0 6 7 8 . 4 9 9 8 5 + • • + + + + + + + + + 7 6 0 +6 + 7 + 6 + 3 + rr+ + + - I 6 8 7 7 8 -7. - 1 + 2 ;-;5, 0 * - 3: r 3, - 6 -20.. - 7 - 7 - 8 -18 - 1 - 5 -10 - 9 + 7 + 3 — 2 - 7 0 + 2 + 1 - 5 - 5 0 - 6 - 7 +26 + 1 + 9 + 8 '+ 3 - 8 -14 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 7 78? H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Page 2 SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Federal Reserve District, Week ending • Jan-Aug. I 1959 I Sent. 191 Sent. 261 Oct. 3 I Oct, 1( Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas . Birmingham Mobile Miami Atlanta Augusta Columbus New Orleans Knoxville Cities - Central Atlanta Mi ami-Downt own ±_7 ±16 + 2 r-10 -11 + + + + 8 2 3 4 3 +20 + 9 + 8 - 6 +18 f+ 3 - 5 - 2 -14 + 7 r-12 r-19 r- 6 r-l6 r-14 -10 -19 -15 -18 - 7 ±_8 ±12 + 8 r- 6 r- 3 + 8 + 8 +11 +19 +37 +10 +12 + 9 - 6 + 3 < +13 +12 +18 + 5 + 4 + 6 -23 -12 r+12 r- 9 + 6 r-15 -13 -11 -10 -14 + 5 0 La. Tenn. + 3 + 5 + 8 + 5 +14 - 2 + 6 + 9 ^ - 2 - 3 - 3 Ga. Fla. * + 6 . 0 +12 - 8 +13 r-25 r+14 -17 + 7 j_7 +17 + 7 + 5 + 5 +13 +18 +31 +13 + 8 + 3 + 4 +16 +37 - 2 - 2 + 7 + 8 + 5 +24 - 7 +10 +19 + 2 +26 + 3 -11 + 6 + + + 9 1 2 7 -13 -21 - 8 - 7 + + + D.11C. Md. Va. Ala, I' Fla. Ga. 11 " * Chicago District - Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit -Grand Rapids Milwaukee Wis. + 4 +11 +12 + 9 + 9 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis + 7 +12 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. + 6 + 7 + 5 +14 +16 r+19 +12 +11 + 6 ±19 ±12 r+ 6 ±_6 + 5 + 4 + 8 • +20 +27 + 8 +13 +12 +17 + 7 +10 0 + 2 + 6 +13 + 9 : + 2 + 7 Minneapolis District ^Metropolitan Areas Mpls.—St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St.. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior 111. Ind. Mich. Minn. Minn. & Wis., 5 2 9 4 Y0& H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan-Aug. Week ending Sept. 191Sept. 261 Oct. 3 1 Oct. 10 1959 Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityKansas City'District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka ' Wichita Kansas CityDowntown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long BeachDowntown 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. + 7 Col. Kans. ±£ ±_3 + + _o ±11 + 9 + 4 + 1 Mo.-Kans. + 9 Mo, - 2 + 4 + 4 Nebr, N, Mex. +14 Okla. + 9 + 8 9 3 8 7 0 + 2 + 8 0 - 3 +16 r+13 + 5 - 2 +13 + 2 - 3 + 4 0 - 7 - 9 0 + 3 + 7 -12 +13 ±_2 zJ> +17 + + + 3 2 3 7 0 + 7 -21 -13 - 4 -14 +29 +11 + 5 +18 +34 Mo. ±Jk ±_i Tex. " " 11 Calif. " " +12 + 5 + 8 +13 + 5 +10 0 - 2 +13 -+ 4 ±11 +16 ±_9 +12 r+ 2 +13 + 3 + 6 +20 +12 +24 +22 +21 +23 +18 +13 +11 +12 +28 +18 +15 - 2 + 6 + 2 +14 r+ 4 +15 + 5 r+ 5 r+ 9 r+12 + 3 r+23 +12 r+10 r- 4 - 3 - 4 +22 +19 +29 +12 +14 + 5 + 8 - 4 +19 + 4 +18 + 4 +11 - 4 - 4 - 6 - 6 + 2 ' - 3 + 7 +13 -12 +20 + 6 + 7 + 5 + 1 + 4 +6 Ore. Utah Wash. " " +31 +13 + 8 +16 - 4 - 4 +19 - 2 -11 - . .+. .5 • - 6 r- 1 0 + 2 + 4 - 1 -12 +15 -14 +13 + 6 - 1 +20 +12 +11 + 7 + 5 + 9 •Data not available.
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