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110 1 BOARD OF GOVERNORS i'LSb THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 1959 • VJEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Federal Reserve 'District, ] Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N.E, New Jersey -Newark New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington' Trenton 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 Mass. " " » it « Perc<sntage change from corresponding period a year ago (B<ased on retail dollar amounts) J an-Jul]t ' Week-ending Aug. 221Aug. 29lSent. 5*(Sept.12^ 1959 + 8 H20 =-1 =_z • ±A -14 -14 +12 -14 + 5 T 2 +16 + 5 +16 - 3 -16 -18 -13 + 2 -13 -12 -16 -16 + 9 + 7 +11 + 6 -12 -24 +17 -16 -20 - 9 -28 - 5 -17 -17 + 7 -11 ±Jt -11 N. Y. + 4 N.Y.-N.J. + 3 N. J. - + 2 N. Y. 0 + 6 + 4 - 8 -12 -19 -14 -10 - 8 Del. N. J. Pa. Ky. Ohio " " Pa. W. Va. -17 -14 -20 -14 -10 -12 +22 - 8 r+10 -17 r+18 r+ 8 r+11 r 0 r+16 +12 -22 -16 -24 -19 -17 -25 + 7 -12 -13 +19 -18 + 9 + 6 +17 + 7 +11 + 5 + 3. - 5 -12 + 3 -11 -16 -37 -13 r-13 -16 -12 -14 -28 +13 -17 r+25 r+22 r+33 +19 +17 r+24 +20 -16 -10 +15 -20 + 7 -19 -25 + 8 - 2 -11 +26 -11 + 9 0 + 8 + 8+ 9 + 4 + 9 +10 +10 + 7 + 8 + 7 0 + 9 - 3 + 3 - 3 - 5 - 9 • 0 -11 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 3 - 4 -13 -16 - 6 -14 -10 -13 r-12 - 7 r-12 r-17 r- 9 -10 -15 . +22 + 5 +24 +35 +33 +32 +32 +26 +15 +15 +26 +27 +13 - 5 + 4 + 3 -14 -12 -17 - 6 +12, -11 - 7 -22 -24 -24 *77 1 H,8b Page : WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES' - SELECTED CITIES AND ; AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding Federal Reserve District* (Based on"retail dollar amounts)— iTan-Jiily Week ending Aug. 221 Aug. 291 Sept. 5*1 Sept.12* 1959 • - -Area,- and ;City: ; - ' '• + 8 Richmond District '" •• - Metropolitan, ."Areas " . v ' Washington " ' "* Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore" . Richmond . " Md. """ Va. + + .+ 3 5 3 4: ±_8 Ala. +,4 + •6 + 8 + ••6 +15 - 1 + 6 .+10 ... ±12 r -14 -13 -26 - 8 Ziz' -17 -23 -38 -13 ±_4 =ii: :.r+2D ril r+14. . : -12 -16 r+13; ' r+14 -45. - 1 ; -39 ' o • -11 ' r+ 4 ^ 4 +24 +23 6+12.! :, +38 ; +27, '. -+35 +22; - 2 0 +16 + "5 + 5 + 3 0 - 1 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 6 + 2 - 7 - 7 + 2 c- 1 + 6 -li - 5 - 4 -17 0 -17 + 3 -'8 ' +28 ;. + •8 - 4 - 5 +24 + 5 +12 +.13 . .+10. + 9 - 1 - 3 -15 - 9 + 7 412',:.; -'tis/ .-: -i2l - 2' ''' +22 : ': + i + 4 +3'6' •" ' -li +20 -16 -12 0 - 2 +27 • ± - 2 ^6 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. + 7 + 7 < 6 +16 - 3 •• 0 - 4 + 3 ••• +25 • - : -21 0 +31 -13 .,\-12f. - 5:'.:.% t21 +' 4; ' + 2 - 3' li" ^2 -13 Minn, , + 5 + 4 + 8 - 2 - 1 - 5 . Minn. &;Wis. + 7 + 5 - Fla. . Ga. . " • La. Tenn. Ga* Fla. •:. St. Louis District:: . •Metropolitan Areas Little-.Rock Louisville . St. Louip ^Memphis"" Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas. . Mpls.—St. Paul . Mpls.and Suburbs - St. Paul Cities . .. ... Duluth-Superior. . - 8 - 'Atlanta District V Metropolitan Areas Birmingham : ' - Mobile. • "" Miami Atlanta Augusta Columbus. " New Orleans ' . r Knoxville ' Cities Central. Atlanta ; - Miami-Downtown, Chicago District Metropolitan Areas ." Chicago .. •' . " Indianapolis """" , .. Detroit ..." . Grand Rapids ' Milwaukee.. < ago : T - 111. Ihd. Mich. ' Wis. : + 5 4 • '6; - 9 + 9 ' • • -10 r+20; . • +20 ** - 8 + 8 +17, . • - 6 - 7 . - 4 ;+28 . . - 2 -1.8b 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-July Aug. 221 Aug. 291Sent. 5*1Sent. 12* 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. " " " " Ore. Utah Wash. 11 + 8 =_1 zJL +18 - 3 + 8 + 4 + 2 +10 - 1 + 5 + 6 +16 + 9 + 9 + 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 -10 -12 -14 +11 - 2 + 7 - 1 - 5 - 7 - 6 -14 -18 - 8 - 2 0 -12 +16 + 5 + 9 +26 +19 +22 + 9 +18 +20 +11 -5 + 1 -11 - 1 - 9 - 6 + 1 -10 - 6 + 2 0 - 5 - 4 +44 -17 zl2 ±_9 +J. ±1 +25 +12 + 6 .+ 9 +12 + 5 + 7 + 5 - 3 +11 + 3 + 1 - 5 - 8 +12 - 1 +25 +17 +24 +35 +33 + 1 -22 - 7 - 4 -15 +12 +11 + 1 +27 1 +13 + 4 + 6 +22 +12 + 7 + 7 + 1 +20 +12 +11 + 7 + 5 +10 +11 - 4 + 4 +14 +12 + 2 + 2 - 3 +15 +20 +19 +11 +17 +14 + 2 r-22 - 3 r- 2 + 7 - 2 0 r- 7 +11 + 7 +18 r-10 +10 -10 +29 +29 +17 +14 +23 +21 +26 +11 +33 +25 +22 +35 +30 +39 - 4 -13 -11 - 3 - 4 + 9 + 5 + 7 +11 - 5 -12 - 2 -15 +14 „ r—Revised. **Data not available. c—Corrected. * 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, while the week ending September 12 1959 had one less trading day than the week ending September 13 last year.
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