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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical H.8.b FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 23, 1964. )OU> ,Y%] <ECTED CITIES AND AREAS WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE-SALE^ .-v-SEt] ' Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Boston Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell Providence ' J "Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week .ending Oct. 17 1 Oct. 10 1 Oct. 3 ! Sept. 26 - 8 -14 - 1 - 3 - 4 +15 - 5 +50 +44 +57 +42 +28 r+41 +57 + 7 0 +13 +47 0 - 9 -14 + 9 + 8 +10 - 4. +13 - 8 0 + + + + + + + New York District Metropolitan Areas New York-N.E. New JerseyN.Y. N.J.+18 Newark N.J. +27 New York +15 N.Y. Rochester + 4 Syracuse +23: +12 r 0 +17 + 7 r+ 4 + 4 - 3 + 8 +13 - 8 + 7 + 7 +10 +11 - 8 + 8 + 2 +10 + 2 0 Philadelphia Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton +14 + 9 + 8 +17 +13 + 3 +13 r+24 r+27 +19 r+26 +26 r+15 +11 r+11 + 7 + 6 +12 + 4 +10 + 4 + 2 - 2 + 3 + 1 +25 0 + 4 +16 +10 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 5 + 2 +13 + 4 -16 +13 + 6 + 7 +15 + 1 + 5 + 3 +10 +16 +15 + 7 +21 +16 - +18 r+18 +18 +13 • +26 +12 +24 r+30 +17 +25 +19 +20 + 8 + 5 +11 +12 + 3 - 1 +10 + 1 +15 +33 +10 + 6 + 2 +23 Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh for FRASER Wheeling Digitized Mass. 11 8 mos. 1964 " " R.I. Del.. N.J. Pa. " 11 Ky. Ohio " " " " " " " Pa. " " W.Va. - 6 +22 + 5 + 4 + 3 . r 3 + 9 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 9 + 8- 1 4 3 6 5 1 3 5 +10 + 8 + 6 + 8 + 7 - 3 + 6 + 8 + 6 + 8 + 5 + 7 + 3 + 2 H. 8.b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Oct, 17 ! Oct. 10 1 -Oct. -3 i Sept. 26 Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington - Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans ' ; Cities Miami Downtown Central Atlanta +11 . + 7 . + 3 + 3 + 4 . r+17 r+10 - 4 - 6 +11 + 8 - 1 + 9 + 7 +11 + 6 + 3 + 6 .+ 2 +16 +23 +30 r+37 +18 +14 r+28 r-19 r+39 - 6 -11 La. +12 +13 +18 +11 0 +19 +10 +26 • +10 - 6 +11 +49 -29 +15 - 3 +14 +12 0 + 4 + 6 + 3 + 4 + 2 +16 +11 + 6 +10 + 7 + 8 Fla. Ga. + 6 +10 +14 +16 + 3 + 1 +12 - 4 + 7 + 3 111. Ind. Mich. + 25 + 5 +34 +13 +19 +15 - 4 +33 + 9 + 9 +12 0 +17 +26 +16 +11 + 1 +14 + 6 + 4 - 3 + 5 + 1 0 + + + + +10 + 8 D..C. Md. Va. Ala. Fla. Ga. i: * . 1964 +11 + 2 + 9 + 7 + 7 Chicago District • Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee Wis. - 3 -10 +26 + 1 + 5 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. - 2 + 8 +21 + 9 r+11 +27 +15 r+28 + 9 + 9 + 8 +10 + 9 + 9 + 8 r+11 +15 +13 +10 +19 +12 +10 +11 +14 +17 - 2 +1.6 +13 +10 ... + 5 Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Minn. ' '• Mpls. and Suburban " Minneapolis '• St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth-Superior Minri.&Wis . r + + + - 9 1 5 2 ! 9 9 8 6 H. 8. b Page 3 . WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Oct. 17 | Oct. 10 1 Oct. 3 | Sept. 26 Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts 1964 Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Col. Wichita Kans. Kansas City Mo. -Kans. Downtown Kansas City Mo. " St. Joseph Lincoln Nebr. 11 Omaha Albuquerque N.Mex. Oklahoma City Okla. Tulsa City Joplin Mo. + 5 + 8 + 8 + 3 +13 + 6 + 7 +20 + 5 + 8 + 7 +12 + 8 + 2 + 4 r+23 +15 +27 +18 +27 + 3 +13 +11 + 4 + 5 +13 +12 +10 + 3 + 7 + 8 +13 + 3 0 + 3 + 9 +12 -14 +12 + 9 + 5 +19 +18 0 + 7 Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio + 9 + 8 + 2 +12 +10 +10 + 1 - 1 +16 + 5 +16 +29 + 7 +27 +14 +30 + 9 + 8 +15 +10 + 2 - 5 +16 + 6 - 5 +12 +14 - 1 +10 + 5 + 2 +10 + 5 +19 - 2 -16 + 4 r+ 7 - 2 - 5 r-13 + 2 -15 + 3 r+40 + 6 r+ 8 r+28 + 9 + 7 +20 +12 + 7 +10 + 5 + 1 + 2 +11 -30 +10 + 4 +23 +19 +30 +38 +10 +21 + 4 + 2 - 9 + 6 +11 +10 + 8 + 2 - 3 +11 0 + 7 +15 + 9 + 5 + 3 - 1 + 8 + 4 + 4 - 1 + 2 + 4 San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle-Everett Spokane Tacoma r--Revised *--Data not available. Tex. " '• Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. + + + + + + + + + 6 7 6 2 0 7 5 5 4 6
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