The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies.
353 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SISTEM d.Sb OR M E D I A T E RELEASE eptember 13> 1957• WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change frcm corresponding period & year ago - -(Based on retail |dollar amounts) Week ending' «7an.Au%. 171 Aug.12UI Aug. 3l| Sept. 7 Federal Reserve.District# Area, and City " UNITED STATES 42 Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston . . Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge " Quincy . . Lowell City . Springfield Mass* ii it ..ir it + 2 0 + 5 + 6 + 2 . - 1 V ii 0 New York District . +1 Metropolitan Areas Buffalo N. I.: + 2 New Xork-N.E* New Jersey N.Y.-N.J. + 7 N. J. Newark - 2 * . ,N • Y.' . New York n Rochester - 2 Syracuse + 1 Philadelphia- District .. Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton , Lancaster Philadelphia Reading . Scranton ... . "Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District .. Metropolitan Areas . Lexington • Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield • Toledo Erie Pittsburgh INheeling-Steubenville 12 0 4 zA + + + 3 7 h 3 1 >8 + 7 0 •Del. N. J. Pa. . .. . " : " : II • p " a. : IN.Va.&Ohio +_8\ - 1 +10' + 2 -.1 - 2 0 12 tl + 8 + 3 + 1 + 1 . +13 + 1 + 1 + 9 '+1 - -6 + 2 + 8 + 1 + 1 Ky. Ohio + .6 + 9 - 2 - u - 1| + l -5 - 5 -l + k + 6 + 1 +13 - 2 - 3 + 3 + 3 - 3 -10 ' + 7 + 2 - 3 i - 2 :l • :-Ll- 2 .+ 5 -3 + 2 + 5 1 + 3 :-ZJL • - u r$ 0 - l - 2 +10 r+ 3 +12 '+ 7 + 2 - 2 r+ tl + 6 +10 + U . -1 +12 - [1 - |2 la 8 . M- -:-5 + 7 - U + 3 + l -it - 2 r+16 ' . - 3 • 0 + 9. + h '' ; - 8 +16 . ... T 3 +17 v .:> 7 0 + 3 + 3..; ll 1 + 2 . +.1. . 1 1 5 • '• •' -'~j> -12 .' • - 7 : - i 0 , >ii r- 5 • -1 • - 3 + 7 + 3 v' -3 - 7. . + b h -viU *2 -1 r- 1 +10 + 1 - 2 +16 + 9 : 35H H*8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) /z Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending July Aug. 171 Aug. 2UI Aug. 311 Sept. 7 Federal Reserve District. Area, and City- Richmond District Metropolitan Areas "Washington Downtown "Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Miami Miami City Atlanta Augusta Knoxville Nashville, City Tampa Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit 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 * I + h + $ + 2 +10 - 2 Mdo + k - h + 9 Va. + + + .- --2 - 8 2 9 8 h - 1 - 7 + 6 -10 + 1 r+ 6 r+ 2 +19 + 5 . + 3 - u - 6 + 9 - 2 -10 + 2 + h + 2 0 +12 0 + 3 - 6 - 1 + 8 + + + + - D. C. Ala. Fla. " " Ga« " Tenn. ii Fla. 2 5 8 h 1 9 1 6 0 - + 1 - 2 +10 0 + h - 5 -ik 0 . 0 r- 2 - 2 0 8 3 6 7 7 0 - h - 7 * * - 1 -•5 + + - * * 0 +16 + 3 + 2 + 7 + 2 + 2 + 3 r+ 5 + 3 111. Ind. Mich. Ms. + + + + + 9 + 3 -h + 1 + + + Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. + - 3 1 2 1 6 6 5 2 0 + 6 — 1 2 1 1 1 - 3 + 1 +11 - 1 + + - ±J±' + 1 + 3 - 1 0 - 1 + 2 + h + u * Minn.is. $ 5 3 9 2 + + + - 9 1 3 h - 1 - i + - 5 2 2 8 - 8 - 9 + 3 -$ +_6 r+ 8 - l + 7 +11 - 2 + 9 + 9 + 9 - 1 - i - l + 2 - 1 - 3 • Minn, + + + 2 1 1 8 Page 3 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District . Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka VJichita St. Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City Dallas' District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio SELECTED CITIES AND Ar!eAS (Continued) Percentage changfe from corresponding period a year ago (Based on ret;lil dollar amounts; leek ending 2irr Mo N. Mex Okla + 1 + + + Tex* „ M San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calil. Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles ^ Sacramento nl| San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City ^ Oakland Portland uta Salt Lake City £ Seattle ^af,he Spokane „ Tacoma r—kevised - 2 + 2 + 3 0 + 3 +16 + 3 - 1 - 1 - 2 + + — 0 2 2 1 2 - 6 - 8 - h +30 + 1 - U - k - 3 - 9 + 1 + $ + 8 -13 1 8 2 3 0 + 2 + 2 r- 2 r- 1 +26 - 3r+ 1 r+ 2 - 1 - k + 3 + 7 + 3 r-10 bata not avaixaoxe +_6 - h + 3 +10 r— 1 +17 + 3 0 + 8 + 6 -13 - 7 r 0 - 2 - 3 . - 2 • — 8 +35 - h + 2 - 1 + 8 -10 0 0 - 2 - 1 - 6 -21 + 3 +23 - 1 - U - h - U + 6 + 2 + 2 - 2 - 9
@FedFRASER