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- i G?G-' BOARD OF UOVMdNOhb OF Itih, FEDERAL RESEkVi:, SYSTM H.8b | I Oh M E D I A T E hELEASh ; . October 26, 1956 v»EERLY D^PAttxi-bhl LiUiji SiiLfcS- 6tjlihCThL CIIlab ALP AftEAS Federal Reserve District,Area,and1- Ci£y Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.Yveek ending •Aug'. Sept.29|Oct. 6| Oct.13 I Oct. 20 United States + 6 : .' U . Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn Quincy "Lowell Cities Springfield Providence u . Mass. 11 1! » R. I. New York District Metropolitan Areas N. Y. Buffalo New York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y.-N; J. Newark N. J. New York N. Y. Rochester " Syracuse " Philadelphia District : Metropolitan Areas • Wilmington . • Del. Trenton ,N. J. Lancaster Pa. ii Philadelphia ii Reading ii Scranton Mlkes-tiarre—Hazle ton- . ... n Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh. Wheeling-S teubenville Pa. to ,Va-0hio + 6 +19 - 2 -12 . +-7 — 2| +11 0 i +12 :+ h +11 ; tio + 6 i 3 + 8 + 9 +18 +18 + 3 +17 + 11 : + 11 ': +* 6 1i .+10 + u + 7 5 •+ 5 i + 8 | + 6 i 1 ! +1 + 3 + 10 +10 +10 +20 + 5 + 3 + 5 i +11 j 0 +11 +10 + 2 + 6 6 + 9 -lu +10 + 2 ! + h + 6 - 3 -32 + 3 + 6 +_6 + 2 ! 2 ! r+ -5 r+ 6 5 j + 3 - 5 5 r+- 7 •+ h 6 1 r+ 3 ' - 2 6 | + U + 1 o I -1 -10 o | +16 + U , r+ 5 + 8 I r- 1 + 8 ! + 8 + 7 + 6 : +21 + h + + + + ; - 9 -13 - 3 + h - 2 - 7 -5 + 6 + 7 + h -5 +1U . - l 0 .+:$ ii +17 +15 +20 +11 +15 +15 +19 Lfi +, + 5 ,+ :k n - 3 - 9 + 2 1 + 1 1 >' 5 ii - + 5 j! +. i +. 3 - 1 ' " j +12 I + 2 i « +1 +16 + 6 lA Ky. "Ohio - j + 2 +10 . +1 • • +12 r+19 , + 9 : r+13 ' —* 2. r+20 r+ 7 +37 r+10 r+21 +12 • r+20' +16 - 6 - 6 -5 1' . -7 - 8 -15 1 •zJL -5 -15 o - - 9 - 6 +12 -7 +_3 - 7 + 5: - 6 - 2 . + 2 + 3 +19 - 8, -12 — 8 - 7 - 3 - U + 1 + 7 +11 + 6 - 1 1 - 2 — 8 - 7 . H,8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas . Birmingham Jacksonville Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville City Tampa Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis D. C. " Md. 7a. Ala. Fla. Ga. La. Tenn. " Fla. 111. Ind. Mich. WisT Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minneapolis District Metropolitan Area Mpls.- St. Paul Minn. HpIs. and Suburbs Mpls. City St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior Min i.&Wis. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago' (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Sept.29 |! Oct.6 1| Oct.13 | Oct.20 + 6 - 2 - 2 ±J i-1 Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington"^ Downtown Washington Baltimore Richmond Page 2 + + + + 7 1 3 5 i ! ! 1 -6 -19 - 2 + h - 7 -16 - 2 +10 r+19 r+ 7 - a + 1 - 5 -11 - 7 - 8 - 2 EsJ, - 8 0 r- 3 r- 1 - 1 -15 +15 - 3 0 - 1 + 7 -10 +10 + 7 +m + 6 + 7 + 2 0 + 7 + 3 + 7 +U5 +16 +11 + 1 + 5 +26 + 8 + 2 + 2 - 1 -15 + 5 -11 + 3 + h +19 -15 - 3 -8 ±i ±1 + 2 + 2 - 3 + + + 1 2 3 5 + 0 - 8 5 5 i i + 2 - 8 -11 0^ + + + + 6 6 a 8 + h + Q +11 + 5 . - 2 + 3 0 + 6 - 1 - 1 + + + + +20 - h - 7 +15 7 6 7 6 + 6 0 + + r+ 3 9 k 1 -6 * * + 11 -X 7 3 k 5 r+ 6 + 6 + 6 + 5 ! • 8 | -11 - 6 + 7 + 5 + 9 ! +10 - 2 + 9. + 2 * Page 3 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT.STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) : Week ending Jan^m Aug* Sept.29 i Oct,6 | Oct, 131 Oct. 20 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 San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland City San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoraa r—Revised. *2 +- 8 + 9 * 2 + 2 Col. Kans • Mo* M.Mex, Okla, ! I ! I *5 + 5 -1 - 9 - h + 1 -16 + 6 + h + 1 - 1 - 5 - 2 • * k - " Mo. zJt ! — r- 3 \ + h i - h -19 : -15 0 " 3 -17 - 8 + 7 +-2 +25 0 + 9 + 2 + 3 -12 -11 +12 - 7 + 9 + 2 .! - 2 + 3 + 6 i+ 2 + 7 -13 0 -111 - 7 + 7 -7 -29 - 8 - 2 0 - 9 -10 + 9 +11 +15 - 1 +39 i - 1 * 2 + 1 r- L : -io r- 2 - 7 0 r+- 2 r 0; r+- 6 - h - 7 + 1 r+ U + 2 +10 - 1 - 3 + 2 +10 - 1 + 5 + 3 + 8 + 3 - 8 +11 + 1 +33 - 3 - 1 - 2 0 + 3 - 1 - 1 0 - 3 -12 + 7 + 6 + 6 - 3 + 3 l A 0 Calif. it - k + i + 8 + 7 ii ' ii n IT + k It + 2 It II + h Ore. Utah Wash* + i + u + h ' h - 9 -5 r+- 2 + 1 - 2 -3 + 2 t l Tex. * * h + U |r-l£ 'r-21 : -15 : r+ 1 ;r- 8 • '\- 2 - 2 1- 1 -21 ;+ 5 ; + 7 :r+12 0 ' :+ 5 ~ . *-—Data not available.
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