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0L8b - BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 1959. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan-Aug. Week ending 19*59 Sect. 5*iSept. 12*1 Sent. 191 Sept.26 + 7 +20 +16 J . — / Federal Reserve District, 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 VJheeling ±_1 Mass. " 11 " + 4 - 2 +13 + 5 4-14 - 4 + 5 N. Y. + 3 N.Y.-N.J. + 3 0 N. J. 0 N. Y. " + 5 + 3 " Del. N. J. Pa. Ky. Ohio Pa. W. Va. +12 -14 +18 +_] + 9 + 7 +11 + 6 -16 -20 - 9 ,28 - 5 -17 +18 +21 +14 + 3 + 3 + 9 + 2 + 3 + 1 - 4 + 8 i +15 +19 +22 - 8 +31 - 5 +10 =17 ±20 + 8 +18 + 8 +11 0 +16 +12 -22 -16 -24 -20 -16 • -25 r+18 +20 +18 r+l6 r+14 r+26 + + + + + + 7 8 6 6 2 5 ±A ±19 r+16 ±_3 + 8 + 5 +15 + 6 +10 + 3 + 2 +25 +22 +33 +18 +17 +24 +20 -16 -10 +14 -20 & 7 -19 -25 r+23 r+18 r+25 r+l6 + 4 r+19 r+l6 + 9 + 2 +16 + ? - 5 +10 0. ±_z +25 =11 +20 ±_i + 9 0 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 4 + 9 + 9 + 8 + 5 + 7 + 6 0 +22 + 5 +24 • +35 +33 +32 +32 +26 +14 +14 +26 +27 +13 - 5 + 4 + 3 -14 -12 -17 - 6 +13 r-10 r- 8 -22 -24 -24 +19 +17 +25 +18 +27 +30 +25 +18 +17 +26 +15 +13 - 1 +10 + 7 - 4 + 4 + 7 + 6 + 3 + 3 - 5 + 9 + 7 + 7 -8 H.8b Page & WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding ( • - period a -year ago .(~Bcised on--retail dollar - amounts) * Jan-Aug. Week ending , 19*59 Sept.5* fSept. 12*1Sept. 191Sept.26 Federal Reserve District 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 Miami-Downtown St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis . Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.—St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior +12 -15 + + + + 8 2 3 4 3 +14 +13 +14 - 1 0 -13 -18 . -25 -39 -11 . + _8 ' ±20 + 4 . . r+13 r+ 8 La. Tenn, . + 4 + 3 +24 + 5 + 8 +22 +12 + 5 +14 ' +38 +27 - 2 + 6 +35 + 9 ' +22 - 2 0 +16 + 6 + 5 - 5 - 3 .+ 9 + 8 + 8 +11 +19 +37 +10 +12 + 9 . - 6 + 3 +15 +12 +18 + .5 .+ 4 + 6 Ga. Fla. + 6 - 8 +26 - 8 r+10 0 r+12 - 8 +16 + 7 +24 -10 +17 + 7 Wis. + 4 +11 +12 + 9 + 9 +18 +22 +36 +20 +27 -12 + 1 -11 -16 0 • +13 +18 +31 +13 + 8 + 3 + 4 +16 +37 - 2 + 7 +20 - 9 +13 + 3 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. + 6 + 7 + 5 +14 +25 +31 +21 + 4 -21" 0 -12 + 2 +16 +20 +12 +11 + + + + 6" +20 =J. r+19 +13 + 5 + 4 + 8 +17 - 6 - 7 - 4 +20 +27 + 8 +13 +12 +17 + 6 +28 - 2 +13 + 9 D. C. . " ; Md. Va. Ala. Fla. Ga. " " : Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago . Indianapolis DetroitGrand Rapids Milwaukee r+16 + 7 - 111. Ind. Mich; " rs +20 + .9 +8 - 6 +18 ' + 4 r 3 - 2 -14 + 7 9 1 2 7 • Minn. Minn. & Wis. 780 ,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. .5* J Sept. 12*1 Sept. 191 Sept. 26 1959 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Delias El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach . Downtown Los Angeles Wests :,de Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland San Joss Portland Sa] t Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma + 5 + 7 +18 + 9 + 4 + 1 Mo.-Kans,. + 9 Mo. - 2 + 4 Nebr. + 4 +14 ~N. Mex. Okla. + 9 + 8 +16 + 5 + 9 +26 +19 +22 + 9 I +18 +20 +11 Mo. , +44 -17 + 3 + 7 ±25 z_Z + 4 + 2 +12 + 5 + 8 +13 + 5 +25 +17 +24 +35 +33 + 1 -22 - 7 - 4 -15 +10 0 - 2 +13 + 4 + + + +11 +27 - 1 +16 r+ 9 +13 +30 +29 +17 +14 +23 +21 +26 +11 +33 +24 +21 r- 5 -13 +24 +23 +21 +23 +18 +13 +11 +12 +28 +18 +16 +14 + 3 +15 '+ 5 + 4 +10 +13 + 3 +22 +12 +11 - 5 - 3 - 4 Col. Kans. 0 — Tex. " " " " Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. +20 +12 + 6 + 6 - 1 +20 +12 +11 + 7 + 5 + 9 1 ! ;io5 +39 - 3 - 5 + 1 -10 - 1 - 9 - 6 + 1 -11 - 6 + 2 -11 - 3 - 4 + 9 r+ 6 + 7 +11 - 5 -12 - 2 r-13 +14 r+ 5 + + 8 3 8 7 0 + 2 + 8 " 0 - 3 +16 - 2 + 6 + 1 +12 + 5 - 2 +13 + 2 - 4 + 5 0 - 7 - 9 3 2 3 7 0 r—Revised. **Data not available. * Lrioer Day in 1958 occurred in the -week ending September 6, whereas this year it occurred one week later. Therefore, the week ending September 5» 1959 had one more tracing day than the corresponding week last year, while the week ending September 12 19i?9 had one less trading day than the week ending September 13 last year.
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