The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies.
3%3
H.8b
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
j ;
FOR MEDIATE RELEASE
October 18, 1957.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES! AMD AREAS
Percentage change jfrcm corresponding
period a year ago
(Based on retail] dollar amounts)
Week ending
Aug. Sept, 21| Sept. 20| Oct. 5l Oct, 12
Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t ,
Area, and City
UNITED STATES
Boston D i s t r i c t
Metropolitan Areas
Boston
Downtown Boston
Suburban Boston
• Cambridge
Quincy
Lowell
City
Springfield
Mass.
Cleveland D i s t r i c t
Metropolitan Areas
Lexington
Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Springfield
" Toledo
Erie
Pittsburgh
Vyheeling-Steubenville
zk
l £
- 1
-13
H 4
1
-i 3
4^
f7
Jl8
4- 6
4 5
I
- 5
- 7
-10
- 8
-16
+ 9
+17
+ 9
- 4
- 8
-15
+ 6
+15
+11
- 5
- l
-ll
- 6
- 8
-12
> 5
r- 6
-12
-4
r-13
-13
- 7
-19
- 9
-18
+ 4
1
1
6
5
2
1
-14
-16
- 9
-16
-22
-13
+ 1
-14
+5
-11
zl
+ 2
+ 7
- 1
-2
+ 1
-14
-10
-19
-15
-16
-13
-ii
2
-11.
- 8
6
-10
UL
-11
-4
i-i
+ 8
+4
+ 1
+2
+13
+ 1
+ 1
- 9
. - 5
. -15
. -10
- 5
-17
-11
ir 4
- 6
f 3
-5
•17
- 5
- 3
r+10
r+ 3
r+11
r 0
+9
r+ 3
0
+ 3
-14
+ 4
- 3
+ 9
- 4
- 7
+ 2
. - 9
- 1
r- 1
L4
+ 9
. - 2
- 2 . -10
- 3
- 4
ii
0
-11
+1
- 8
"
9
- u .-11
- 5
Pa.
0
-14
-10
+4
W.Va.&0hio.+ 6
0
rnhl9
r-- 4
r-- 5
- l
• J0
if-12
k- 2
lj+1
r-. 1
• 1
+21
- 6
- 7
- 2
+16
-21
- 2
-19
+1
+ 9
+3
-10
- 4
— 6
+ 2
- 7
-10
- 4
- 5
0
.
»
New York D i s t r i c t
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 D i s t r i c t
Metropolitan Areas
Wilmington
Trenton
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Reading
Scranton
%ilkes-Barre—Hazleton
0
+ 2
Del.
N. J .
Pa.
ii
Ky.
Ohio
+
+
+
.+
+
*
3*^
H.8b
'
Page 2
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued)
'Percentage- change from corresponding . . .
period a year ago
(Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)
: Jan.Week ending
Auge. Septc 211Sept. 20( 0ct</5l Oct. 12
Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t ,
Area, and City
Richmond D i s t r i c t
Metropolitan Areas
Washington
Downtown Washington
Baltimore
Downtown' Baltimore
Richmond
Atlanta D i s t r i c t
Metropolitan Areas
Birmingham
Jacksonville
Miami
... Miami City
Atlanta
Augusta
New Orleans
New. Orleans City
. .; Knoxville ' •
'• -Nashville City
Tampa
Chicago D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas %
Chicago
Indianapolis
Detroit"
• Milwaukee
.
St*. Louis D i s t r i c t
Metropolitan Areas
L i t t l e Rock
Louisville
S t , Louis
Memphis
' - •
Minneapolis d i s t r i c t •
Metropolitan Areas
Mpls-St. Paul
Mpls. and Suburbs
S t . Paul
Cities
Duluth-Superior
D. C, .
Md.
•
Va. .
Ala.
Fla. .
- 7
+ 3
+ 5
- h
+10,
. - k.
- 2
-11
-12
- 6
—20
+ 2
+
-
12
ijt
+ 3
+ 1
+11
0
+ U
- h
+ 7
- 9
- 1
+ .6
Ga.
La.
Tenn,
"
Fla.
+
-
+ 1
+ 3
+ 1
1
2
8
2
0
r+ 2
r+1
r+ 5
r- 5
- U
0
.: - 1
+ 6
1
-.7
- 1
+ 8,
r+ U
+ 1
-12
o .
-13
+ 8
+ 8
- 7
- 3
+ 7
- 3
,, o
-12
,. +13
+ 7
.-li
. - 6.
- 5
+ 6
+1^
+ 2
+ .1*
r+ 3
r - .8
r+13
r+ll
r+15
+1U
- 1
+1U
+ 3
. -0
-12
+ 6
+3
*
+ 2
+ 8; ;
- 6
z l
+
+
+
+
u
.1
3
2
- 2
-.'7.
- 7
- 7
+ h
0
- 3
- 9
-2
+ 3
- 2
- 7
0
- h
- 1
0
- 2
- 1
.+ 2
-.1
- b
-16
0"
. - 6
- 9
- 2
+ 1
-10
1±
+-8
+ 3
+ 5
- l
•+ 9
+10
+ 6
+ u
Minn .&W i s . + 3
, - 3
+A
HI.
Ind.
Mich.
Wis.
Ark..
Ky.
Mo.
Tenn.
Minn.
•v L-h
-3
+ 2
0
- 2
2
"'• '
.
t l
- 8
+•7
0
- 2
Z±
*
" +1
+16
- u
-16
— 1
1
+ 5
+ 1
+ 1
-5
+ 2
- k
+ 2
0
+ 7
- 8 "
- 7
*•
*
;
*
- 7
: +12
3^5H.8b
Page 3
WEEKLT DEPARTMENT STORE SALES . SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued)
Federal
' Percentage change from corresponding
period a year ago
(Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)
Jan.Week ending
Aug.
Oct. 12
Sept. 21|Sept. 2b| Oct.
Reserve D i s t r i c t ,
Area, and City
Kansas City D i s t r i c t
Metropolitan Areas
Denver
Topeka
Wichita
S t . Joseph
Albuquerque
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Cities
Joplin
Kansas City
Dallas D i s t r i c t
Metropolitan Areas
Dallas
El Paso
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Col.
Kans.
Mo. ^
N. Mex.
Okla.
Mo.
Tex.
tf
San Francisco D i s t r i c t
Metropolitan Areas
Los Angeles-Long Beach C a l i f .
Downtown Los Angeles
%estside Los Angeles
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco-Oakland
San Francisco City
Oakland
Ore.
Portland
Utah
Salt Lake City
"Wash.
Seattle
11
Spokane
Tacoma
"
r—Revised.
r+ 1
+ 2
h
1
3
6
2
3
r+ 3
-13
- 6
+ 6
, + 1
+3
, + 2
+ 3
+ 2
+12
+ h
- 1
+ 1
- h
-16
i 1
> 3
r+10
+ 1
—18
0
+ 2
±_2-
i i
+ 1
+ U
+ 5
+11
+ l
+ 9
- 9
+ 2
t2U
+1U
{u
+11
f 8
i i
+ 8
-5
- 1
+1k
0
+1U
+ 2
+ 2
+ u
- 1
+ 2
0
0
+ 3
- 6
- 7
-11
+21
- h
- 1
- 2
-11
0
+ 6
+ U
+ b
-5
+ u
- 2
+ 2
+11
- u
- 3
0
+ 7
1
1
3
7
3
3
2
+ 7
+12
+18
+3
+12
+ 8
- 2
4
J
" 4j
.4
+
4
7
- 2
- 2
+
+
"+
+ 2
- 1
+ 2
+18
+ 2
- 1
- 1
- 3
0
+ 2
+3
0
-3
+ h
+ 5
• + 8
+13
0
+ 1
+ 3
- 1
-2U
+ 5
- 7
+ 6
-13
1 0
6
• f' 2
i 0
1
rr 3
r,-l6
ii-1
^31
- 2
i+ 8
r 0
|+ 9
I-10
1-12
|- 6
- 3
|-8
+_i
-
*—Data not a v a i l a b l e .
- 9
-3
+3
+ 1
+l£
- 2
'
@FedFRASER