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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF 'ltiE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR M E D I A T E RELEASE October 5* 1956 H»8b WEEKLY DEPAR1MENT STOKE SALES -SELECTED CiTIbb AkD AREAS Federal Reserve District, Area, and City + 6 United States Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn Quincy Lowell Cities Springfield Providence Mass. Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Del. Trenton N. J. Lancaster Pa. Pniladelphia " heading 11 Scran ton Wilkes-Bar r e — Hazleton » + 3 +10 + 6 + 9 - h 0 + 6 - 3 -19 ' + 8 + 5 + 3 : +13 + 9 + 7 +33 +22 + 9 +18 +18 + 3 2 - 7 - h 0 - 1 +11 + 2 +11 0 + 6 - 3 + 5 + 5 Mass. R. I. + 7 - + 5 - 5 - 2 -+11 r+12 +17 r+13 +17 . +1 + 9 + 6 + 5 - 3 + 1 - 6 - 3: . -:U t 7 + 5 + 8 + 3 + It .0 + 6 z - 1 + 3 +12 - U' -35 - 3 +1U + 3 + 7 r+ 2 + U - b - 1 +lk + 3 +19 + 9 +U6 +20 r+31 + 6 +5 r+10 + 6 + 6 +12 + 2 + h + 5 + 5 +11 o Ky. Ohio Pa. " h .Va-Ohio + 3 + 5 + 1 +15 +19 +16 + 5 +16 + 2 +1 + 1 + 3 New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo N, Y. Mew York-M.E. Hew Jersey N.Y.-N.J. Newark N. J. New York N. Y. Rochester " Syracuse "" Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo. Erie Pittsburgh Vvheeling-Steubenville Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts), Jan.Week ending Aug. Sept.8]Sept. 15|Sept.22|Sept. 29* + 6 + 2 0 0 r - i; +17 +22 + 7 0 r+ 9 + 3 . - 1 + 8 r+ 2 r+ll+ + + + + r+ 2 3 7 6 8 - 6 r- 2 r+10 + Ij. +17 +22 +11 +13 +16 + 2 " + 9 -17 +1U +1U +16 +18 +10 +11 +10 + i + 7 +10 +10 + 2 + 6 - 6 + 9 -111 + 6 • +3 + 6 + h + U - 1 +16 0 + 8 +21 H ,8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AInTD AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Richjnond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville City Tampa Week ending J an, Sept, ti |Sept,15|Sept,22|Sept,2? Aug. 6 D. C. - 2 + 5 - 2 +10 +16 - 5 -18 - 3 + k +10 +1U r+52 - 5 r+ 7 r-11 + 7 + li +22 +15 +16 -10 -1U - 9 +10 + + ±1, t l j_l Ala. Pla,. Ga. 11 La, Tenn. + 6 + 7 + 2 0 + 7 + 3 + 7 - 3 +15 + 6 - 5' + 5 0 +27 - 2 +10 + 1 + 5 + 6 + 8 + 1 Fla. + h 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. + + + + St.-Xouis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St, Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo, Tenn. + 7 +••6 +• 7 + 6 Minn. + 5 + 8 + 9 + 9 4-7 +-1 + 3 + 5' Md. Va. Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee Minneapolis District Citiest Minneapolis St. Paul Dalu th-Supe rior + 1 ±1 6 6 k 8 + 6 " + 2 + 5 0 + 6 - 6 +19 + 7 + U r+11 ±_3 + 3 + 8 + 6 +13 +.3 + 5 + h + 5 +11 +17 +15 +11 0 + h + 9 +11 +1U - 2 +11 - 1 +23 r+ 7 +11 +27 0 r- 1 - h - 3 + it +llt + 9 +16 +20 - li - 7 +15 +10 +_£ - h + 6 + 3 +11 +10 + 9 +11 0 +11 +22 -11 +10 +_6 Minn. & Wis. 3 8 h h H.tib Page 3 V.'LbjrvLr D&r'AhTf: lubiT SlUat, SAL&S - bi-LECTLP CITIiS AhD AhaAo (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 Col. Kans. " Mo. I'i. M ex. Okie. ii Mo. " Tex. II it " San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. Downtown Los Angeles Vilest side Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland ' San Francisco City Oakland City San Jose Portland Ore. Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash. Spokane Tacoma r—Keviseci. *-—Data not available. Percentage change from corresponding period-a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.week ending Aug.' Sept,81 Sept.151 Sept.221 |Sept.29 +_3 + 9 + 1 + + + + + + 5 +1U +21 +17 + 7 + 7 + 6 +16 + + + + - + 1 - i +12 - h -lh 0 +J. •+15 + 7 + 2 + <h *+ 6 + 7 0 + 6 + 1 +19 +36 + 8 0 +10 +12 +17 - 1 + 6 + 2 + 2 8 9 2 2 h •+.$ 5 8 1 2 2 h 2 0 + 2 - 1 + 3 r 0 - h + 1- . + 2 - h + 8 +11 +13 + 6 + 7 r+ 5 + -U 0 + 3 + h - 2 r+ 2 + 2 r+ 2 + 3 + h r- 3 - 2 + 1 + 7 - 2 + h +13 . + 3 + h 0 - 2 + h + 9 - 3 + U + h r 0 - 2 - 3 — rr+ 6 1 3 k k 2 1 1 - 1 - 9 - 5 0 -16 + 6 + It 0 - 1 - 2 + 2 + 9 + 1 -21 + 3 . - 2 + 3 + 2 -13 0 - 3 r- 5 -11 -18 - 9 + 8 .- 6 - 3 - U + l + l - l + 2 + 6 - 2 +13 -Ik -20 -15 0 - 7 - 2 - 2 - 1 ' -21 + 5 + 7 i +11 o. + 5
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