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^7 (£> ,(/> ' -X H,8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 1959. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Bas ed on retail dollar amounts). Week ending Jan-July Aug. 151 Aug. 221 Aug. 291 Sent. 5* 1959 +20 + 8 ±6 zJL Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield Mass. " " New York District Metropolitan Areas N. Y . Buffalo New York-N.E, New tferseyN. Y.-N.J. N. J. Newark New York N. Y. Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Del. N. J. Trenton Pa. 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 Wheeling Ky. Ohio " it " " «; Pa. 11 J} W. Va. ^2 ±Jt _ o + 5 - 2 +16 + 5 +16 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 +12 - 8 r-12 + 7 + 2 -11 -16 -18 -13 + 2 - + 9 + 7 +11 + 6 -13 -12 -16 -16 • ** , -24 +17 -17 +22 + 4 _ o zir -14 ±_9 + 4 + 3 + 2 0 + 6 + 4 - 2 + 2 0 + 2 + 3 - 8 -12 -19 -14 -10 - 8 r-17 -14 -20 -14 -10 -12 +17 + 7 + 8 - 1 +21 +12 + 7 + 3 + 9 + 6 +17 + 7 +11 + 5 + 3 - 6 - 2 + 5 + 4 +38 + 2 - 3 ±_8 ±Jt + 9 0 + 8 + 8 + 9 + 4 + 9 +10 +10 + 7 + 8 + 7 0 + 2 + 2 - 6 + 6 + 7 + 7 + 9 +12 - 1 + 9 + 3 + 2 - 1 0 -12 r- 5 -12 + 3 -11 -16 -37 -13 =n +19 r-14 -16 r-12 r-14 -28 r+13 -17 +27 +23 +34 +18 +17 +23 +20 . -11 + + r- 9 3 3 3 5 9 0 -11 - 5 r- 4 - 2 - 3 - 4 -13 -16 - 6 -14 -10 -13 -10 - 7 -11 -16 -10 -10 -15 +22 + 5 +24 +35 +33 +32 +32 +26 +15 +15 +26 +27 +13 H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan-July Week ending Aug. 15iAug. 221Aug. 291 Sept.5* 1959 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City- Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Miami Downtown Miami Atlanta Augusta Columbus New Orleans Knoxville Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee 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 4- 8 + 1 =_8 + 1 - 1 - 2 -13 + 4 - 7 -14 Md. " . Va. + + + + - 8 -38 -13 ^ ^ Ala. " Fla. " Ga. " " La. Tenn. + 8 +J2 ±Jt zA r+18 + 4 + 6 + 8 +5 + 6 +15 - 1 + 6 +10 +10 +10 +15 +13 + 9 +20 + 3 0 - 1 0 +1 + 5 + 2 - 7 - 7 + 2 r+ 3 r-17 + 3 +24 +23 + 5 + 2 + 8 + 6 =Jt + 5 +12 +13 +10 + 9 0 + 4 +12 - 1 - 3 -15 - 9 + 7 -12 - 2 + 4 -12 - 2 + 8 ±Jk - 6 +19 + 7 + 7 + 6 +16 + + + + - 3 0 - 4 + 3 - 8 -13 - 5 - 3 +25 +31 +21 + 4 =12 +20 D. C. 111. Ind. Mich. " Wis. Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn. " " Minn. & Wis. + „ + + + 9 3 5 3 4 + 6 + 6 +12 1 8 3 4 6 iii 5 4 8 +12 +12 +12 - 2 - 1 - 5 + 7 0 + 5 ±12 -12 -17 -23 +15 +14 +13 - 1 0 +28 + 6 -11 r- 5 - 4 - 6 +18 +22 +36 +29 +27 +17 +28 H.8b VJEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES • Page 3 SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan-July Aug, 151 Aug, 221 Aug. 291Sect.5* 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 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 San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma Col. Kans. " Mo.-Kans. Mo. " Nebr. N. Mex. Okla, " Mo. Tex. " " " " Calif, " " 11 11 " " " " Ore. Utah Wash. " " + 8 + 8 ^ ZLJ ±18 +.8 + 4 + 2 +10 - 1 + 5 + 6 +16 +9 +9 +19 + 3 - l + 5 - 2 + 6 +15 + 2 - 1 - 5 +16 + 5 0 - 2 - 2 - 3 -10 -12 • -14 +11 +11 XI - 2 + 7 + 3 - 5 + 9 ±_2 +12 +6 + 9 +12 +5 +13 + l + 5 +13 o +12 ±11 +13 + 4 +6 +22 +12 + 7 + 7 +1 +20 +12 +11 + 7 +5 +10 tzl : 6 -14 -18 r- 8 - 2 0 -12 +19 +22 + 9 +18 +20 +11 +44 ±_5 + 1 ±25 + 7 + 5 - 3 + 1 - 5 - 8 +11 +12 + 3 - 1 +25 +17 +24 +35 +33 ±11 ±-1 r+27 +18 +11 + 2 +17 r- 4 + 4 +14 +11 0 +11 + 1 + 2 + 2 - 6 +15 - 3 +15 +18 +20 +29 -21 +29 +17 - 3 + 4 +14 + 7, ^ + 2 3 +21 - 2 0 +26 - 8 +11 +11 +33 + 7 +25 +10 +11 +19 +18 +22 + 5 +17 +14 -11 +10 . -10 +35 +30 +39 +15 r—Revised. **Data not available. *—Labor 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 trading day than the corresponding week last year.
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