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H.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE '" October 7> I960. .WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS . Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based.on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan0-Aug„ 3ept0 10iSept. 171 Sent0 241 Octa I960 =_2 • +2 ±_2 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District '• Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy • LowellCity Springfield New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N.E. New Jersey Newark New !.¥ork Rochester • Syracuse ": Philadelphia District .Metropolitan Areas Wilmington - Trenton - Lancaster Philadelphia - Reading - Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District ...Metropolitan Areas ?; Lexington > V J- Akron • • ( • Canton • Cincinnati il.r Cleveland 1... 1 Downtown Cleveland 1 -- Columbus - Springfield v.!' - Toledo Youngstown J. - Erie 0 '<• f ^ Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling for FRASER Digitized iS + 8 5 4 6 9 1 1 + 3 + 8 - 3 + 1 -26 - 9 -17 • •• +10 + 8 -18 +14 -15 +20 -11 +15 -17 r- 1 -14 +12 +14 +10 + 8 +14 -16 + 3 + 6 - 6 +14 / - 5 ±_i ±A ±_2 ±11 =12 — Mass, • N.Y, N0Y»-N.J No J« N.Y. ; " - + + + + - + 2 . +6 + + + + 1 • 2 6 . 1 + + + + + 5 4 1 3 4 0 " ) Ky. • Ohio i •' ! ! : » If •; n 11 •• " : ! " : ! 11 Pa. ! " W.Va. + + + + + + 3 5. 4 1 2 1 0 - l - 8 -15 -11 - 2 - 4 - 6 \ ±-2 Del." N.J. Pa. w 11 + + + rt r+ + - 5 1 5 2 6 0 + 3 ±-1 + ? - 2 . + 8 - 8 . - 1 • -15 + 1 - 8 + 3 - 1 + 1 - 7 + 4 • - 5 - 6 -20 + 2 0 + 2 - 9 '• -11 - 3 + 5 - 3 - 6 + 3 - 1 + 5 1 9 5 1 3 5 - 2 +13 + 7 +10 - 1 -11 ±4 r+ 5 - 6 r+16 -8 r+ 3 - 7 +-1 - 7 + 3 - 9 - 9 - 7 +.5 -4 . • ; £2 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 5 +13 - 2 + 8 ±i • + 2= - 2 -15 • - 2. - 1 - 9 + 4 ?-•••••; + 2 - 4 .+ 3 - 4 + 7 + 7. ' - 2" 8 - 1 • - 8 -• + 1 - +9 -2 • r- 6 -12 : + 9 -26 +59 r- 3 - 1 / +15 - 7 • +24 r-10 + 2 +10 0 + 8 - 1 - 2 +31 -24 + 9 H.8b ' """ P^ge2 . WEEKLY' DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago on retail dollar -amounts) an,-Aug Week ending I960 Sept. 101 Sept, 171Sept. 24-1 Oct.l Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityRichmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta Columbus New Orleans Knoxville Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta D.C. " Md, " Va, Ala. =-£ >+J +J - 1 - 8 - 8 r+ 6 r- 2 - 7 - 4 + 6 + 7 -13 -13 - 4 - 7 -15 + 5 r-12 + 4 - 3 +11 + 9 - 3 + 2 -14 z-2 r- S rf_2 + 1 -18 - 5 +20 - 1 - 3 + 1 + 7 - 8 r+22 +11 -27 + 7 + + + + - 6 - 2 0 + 3 +13 + 9 + 8 + 2 + 2 - 3 + 1 + 1 Fla, Gac -12 -11 ±_2 =-5 + 1 + '1 + 6 0 + 4 - 7 -15 0 11 ' 111. Ind. Mich. " Wis. St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky, Mo. Tenn. =-l Fla. " " Ga. " " . La. Tenn» Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand .Rapids . Milwaukee Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.—St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St- Paul c ities Duluth-Superior 0 Minn. " " Minn. & Wis. - 2 - 2 -44 -17 - 8 •+ 8 -10 - 2 -10 -12 -10 - 3 + 1 -15 -53 + 2 r+ 4 + 1 - 7 -28 - 5 - 2 - 7 - 3 - 7 - 1 z_2 - 8 -11 -10 7 2 2 6 +23 + 7 + 2 - 3 +30 -17 +21 +J __0 + 4 + 1 - 5 + 3 +11 - 1 - 2 + 2 - 1 - 4 - ^ +A - 8 + 1 - 2 +11 + 5 + 9 - 3 3 8 1 1 -16 r-ll + 4 - 9 ±_2 =-1 + 1+1- r+4 -4 + 4 + 6 0 -4 -4 +1 +2 r+ 4 r+ 7 - 4 -3 -2 -1 + 2 - 1 + + - r-10 -12 - 2 -10 - 1 H,8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Percentage change from corresponding !. period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan,-Aug. . Week ending i960 Sept.'101 Sept. 171 Sept. 241Oct.l Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityKansas 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 Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio _£ Col. Kans. + 2 0 -1.3 Mo.-Kans. + 2 Mo. - 1 - 5 Nebr. + 3 N.Mex. - 3 Okla. 0 - 4 Mo. Tex. » " " " San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. " Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los -Angeles " " Sacramento " San Diego n San Francisco-Oakland " San Francisco City " Oakland San Jose Portland Ore. Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash, Spokane " Tacoma r—Revised. Page 3 SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) r+ 7 - 6 -10 - 3 -14 -23 + 8 + 5 + 3 - 3 ±Jfc' + 1 - 9 -17 - 1 - 4 -10 +10 - 4 - 1 -11 + 8 - 1 - 4 - 6 + 2 -13 - 4 0 - 4 - 1 -15 -12 - 3 + 5 + - + 1 + + + + + + + - 1 2 2 4 8 4 0 0 8 2 1 4 1 4 *Not available. 8 7 7 1 4 + 3 + 4 -19 - 1 - 7 i5 + 3 - 3 +13 +27 -11 + 3 r+52 - 3 + 9 - 3 r-19 -16 0 -19 -14 -11 - 6 + 7 - 9 +10 +14 +12 + 6 - 8 - 4 -.5 + 2 • +10 +13 - 5 - 5 - 8 + 6 -13 +10 - 7 • - 2 -12 z_2 -10 -19 - 5 - 4 -10 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 6 - 4 -19 -12 - 5 -12 -17 + + + - 5 9 2 3 4 9 4 9 8 0 - 8 + - = 2 5 l 1 1 2 5 0 0 + 7 -18 - 4 - 5
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