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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM . H.8b FOR -IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 19, 1956 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Federal Reserve District, Area, and City United States Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn Quincy Lowell Cities Springfield Providence Mass. ii " " it Mass. R.I. 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 11 • Reading i i Scranton Vv ilkes-Barre-Hazleton ; " Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Vvheeling-Steubenville Ky. Ohio Pa. " W. Va-Ohio Percentage change from correspending period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) ; Week ending Sept.22]Sept.29i Oct.6 I Oct.13 Aug. 12 + 2 ,12 +10 i +_6 + 6 +16 + 2 + 1 + 5 + 5 • +, l + 3 - l + 9 + 8 +13 + 9 + 7 +33 +22 ; + + 3 + 8 : + 9 1 +18 +18 + 3 + 6 + 7 + 1; -5 +1U - l 0 +17 +15 +20 +11 +15 +15 +19 + 7 - 2 +11 + 2 ; +11 0 + 6 as + 6 + 8 +12 +17 +13 +17 + 6 • + 1 + 9 + 5 + 5 + 8 + 6 ' : ; : i ; ^ +12 - +17 +11 +11 +10 + b + 7 + 6 +12 +12 + a + U + 5 ' + 5 +11 0 +1U + 3 +19 + 9 +U6 +20 +31 +ii +10 + 2 + 6 - 6 + 9 : -1U - + 6 +10 + + + + +16 +11 +13 +16 + 2 + 9 -18 +1U +ili +16 2 5 5 6 6 0 0 + 8 + 8 + 6 " 1 tl + ^ ii + 6 . +19 r+10 +10 r+ 3 +10 , +10 r+10 . r+20 + 5 + 1 • +12 . +20 + 9 ' +14 - 2 + 3 r+10 r+ 2 + ^ r+ 6 - 3 -32 r+ 3 + 5 +37 +11 +20 +12 +21 +lo I + 6 + 2 12 + 6 + 3 + 6 + it + h - i +16 0 + 8 +21 + 7 - 5 + k - 2 + 1 -10 + U + 6 + 7 + L + 5 - 6 - 2 + 2 + 3 +19 + 1 + 7 +11 + 6 I ! ; ! ! ' \ ! ; ! ((,3 H.8b Page- 2 •WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE .SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District> Area, and City . Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Atlanta 'Augusta New Orleans Knoxville .. Nashville City Tampa - D. C. ii Md. Va. Ala. Fla. Ga. it La. , Tenn. Fla. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) JancWeek ending Aug. Sept.221Sept.291, Oct.6 i, Oct.13 + 6 - 2 + 7 - 2 ±JL + + + + 7 1 3 5 + 5 - 2 • +10 +16 - 6 -19 - 2 + It r- 7 r-16 r- 2 +10 +20 + 9 - it + 1 + 7 +10 +ia_ r- 1 r- 2 + 6 + 7 + 2 0. + 7 + 3 + 7 +52 - 5 + 7 -11 + 7 + k +22 +U5 +16 +11 + 1 + 5 r+26 + 8 t 2 + 2 r- 1 r-15 .+ 5 -11 + 3 - 8 + h - 6 +19 -15 Chicago ^District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis . Detroit Milwaukee +_£ +11 + 3 r+ 2 111. Ind. Mich. . Wis. + + + + 6 6 k 8 +11 +17 +15 +11 0 + U + 9 +11 + 5 - 2 + 3 0 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis + 6 +11 - 1 - 1 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. + + + + + U +1U + 9 +16 +20 - U - 7 +15 + + + + 5 - 6 - 3 Minneapolis District Metropolitan Area Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs Mpls. City St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior . 7 6 7 6 +_6 : Minn. - h - 2 - 1 -15 - 3 + 2 + + + 0 3 9 3 1 + - 5 5 1 1 + 7 * * Minn.&Wis. 1 2 3 5 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 8 0 +11 -11 - 6 + 7 + 9 +22 +10 - 2 + 9 * ^ H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita St. Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City Dallas Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio + 3 Col. Kans. " Mo. K. Mex. Okla . " + + + + Mo. " + l - i Tex. " " " 11 San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. Downtown Los Angeles "Westside Los Angeles " Sacrairento " - San Diego ". San Francisco-Oakland " San Francisco City " Oakland City " San Jose " Portland Ore. Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash. Spokane " Tacoma " r—Revised. Percentage change from corresponding perio;d a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan. I Week ending Aug. Sept.22|Sept.29| OctTSl" Oct. 13 + 9 + 2 2 k 5 5 z± - 1 - 6 - 1 - 3 - b - h + 1 - 2 - 1 + h - 9 - k . - h + 1 -19 -16 -- -15 + 6 r 0 + 4 - 3 0 - 1 - 5 - 2 -17 - 8 r- U -10 - 2 + 3 + 2 -13 ;0 -1U - 7 + 7 - 7 -29 - 2 + 2 + 9 + 1 -21 + 3 + + + 9 5 i l 2 3 2 -12 -11 - 8 - 2 0 - 9 -10 r- 1 -10 -16 -9 + 8 - 5 - 3 - h + i + i -1 + 2 + 6 - 2 +13 -lU -20 -15, o . - 7 - 2 - 2 - 1 -21 + 5 + 7 +11 0 + 5 *—Data not available, -10 - 3 - 7 0 + 3 + 1 + 7 - k - 7 + 1 + 3 + 2 +10 . - l -3 + 2 +10 - 1 + 5 + 3 + 8 + 3 - 8 +11 + 1 +33 - 3
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