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H,8b- BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ...... . . ...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE " ' September 23» I960. '/JEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE"'SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding • period a year ago (Based"on-retail dollar amounts) ... Jan,-July Week ending due. 271 Sent. llSeot. lOlSent. 17 I960 - 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-Bar re—Hazleton ±_1, Mass. ' y +9 h - 1 0 " + 2. ' rJ: ^1. ± 1 + + + - - 4 - 4- 5 - 1 - 9 -24 - 3 + 1 -26 -9 -17 -18 -15 -11 . -17 -14 v + 5 " + 6 - 6 2 6 4 6 4 5 +13 '• =12 + 3 +8 +_4 - . ±11 + 2 i±6 N.-Y, + 1 N„Y,~N»J(. + 5 N.J,. + 1 , N,Y. + 1 " + 4 it + 1 +14 + 8 + 6 + 4 +14 +12 - 2 0 - 2 - 4 + 2 0 r+ + + r+ + r - l - 8 -15 -11 - 2 . - 3 5 4 1 3 4 0 zJl ±_& Del. N.J. Pa. it ti 11 Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington / : Ky.. Akron. ' Ohio " ' " Canton " ' " Cincinnati i i Cleveland " Downtown Cleveland it Columbus i t Springfield 11 Toledo Youngstown ' ". " Erie : Pa.' Pittsburgh " Downtown Pittsburgh " W.Va. Wheeling for FRASER Digitized + 4 + + 6 + 2 - 3 +10 + 5 + 2 +17 - 4 - 2 i + 5" + 4 •o; + 2 + l 0 + J \ =Jl ±Jt . 0' •. + 3 , -"1 + 1 + 4 + 2_ +" 3 - 5. - 1 + .2 , ' - 3 + 5 + 2 - 1 - 7 7 . 2 8 9 6 2 • r- 5 r+ - 1 5 2 6 0 +3 • - 7 - 8 - 7 - 7 -9 - 9 - 4 ±J> - 1 +12 + 9 + 3 +11 + 7 + 7 - 8 +15 + 2 + 5 + 2 - 1 + 4 - 4 - 2 - 5 r- 6 -3 -12 .- 1 '-11 - 8 r+ 4 r- 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 7 • -15 - 8 -9 - 4 -15 - 4 "... - 8 — 2 - 1 • . • '- 8 - 7 4 - 2 5 :. -20 ' - 5 . 4 + 3.- 9 - 7 -10 - 9 0 - 3 - 6 - 2 -24 + 5 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) Week' ending Jan.-July I960 Aug. 271 Sept. 31 Sept. 101 Sept. 17 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City - Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond D.C, " Md. " Va. - 1 7 2 6 5 ±J. 0 ±A zJL + 7 + 3 + 7 - 2J + 6 - 5 - 7 + 7 -13 + 8 + 6 - 1 - 1 -14 - 1 ±3. r=liL =_1 + + + + 4 0 - 7 -18 Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta Columbus New OrleansKnoxville Cities Miami-Downtown ^ Central Atlanta Ala. " Fla. " " Ga. " " La, Tenn 0 + + + + 3 2 2 1 1 + 1 - 4 - 6 - 2 - 5 r-44 r-17 r- 8 -10 + 1 -10 -12 Fla, Ga. - 1 -13 -10 - 3 + 2 -53 r-11 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee + 1 + 4 111. Ind. Mich. " Wis. 0 + 1 - 1 + 4 + + + + St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock ~ Louisville St. Louis Memphis • Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. - 3 +10 + 1 - 1 + 7 - 3 + 1 ±J> Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.--St. Paul Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior + 3 +19 + 9 + 8 + 6 4 1 4 9 1 - 2 .5 3 4 4 2 +11 + 9 + 4 +10 - 6 - 2 - 4 9 7 6 r- 5 5 2 1 ±3 Minn. " " Minn. & Wis. - 7 -13 - 4 - 7 -16 - 6 0 + 6 +11 - 4 r- 5 r- 4 - 4 + 1 - 2 - 7 -15 0 -11 - 5 - 2 - 7 - 3 - 7 - 1 ^_3 z_8 -16 -12 + 4 - 9 - 8 - 9 =_1 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 3 + 1 + 2 -11 i1! - 2 H.8b Page 3 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 ft.ug. 271 Sept. 31 Sept .101 Sept. I? I960 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 Sacranwnto San Bittgo > San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland San Jo3e Port]and Salt Lake City Seatils Spokane Tacoma r—Revised. Col. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mo. " Nebr. N.Mex. Okla. Mo. Tex, Calif. Ore. Utah Wash, ±_2 0 + 2 - 1 -14 + 2 - 2 - 6 0 - 3 0 - 4 + 1 + 4 -13 + 3 + 1 0 - 5 + 1 + 2 - 4 + 4 +13 - 7 + 1 - 4 - 7 +17 + 3 + 2 + 6 + 8 - 6 -10 - 3 -14 -23 + 8 + 5 + 3 - 3 - 1 -11 - 7 - 8 -20 r+ 8 - 2 z_l =_8 =_1 + 2 -13 - 4 0 - 4 - 5 -20 1 - 6 - 5 -11 0 + 1 - 4 - 3 +10 - 1 -15 -12 - 3 + 5 0 ±_1 + _2 %_2 =_8 - 1 0 + 4 +11 + 7 + 7 + 1 +15 + 7 + 1 + 8 - 2 + 7 + 4 - 4 - 5 + 2 + 9 +13 - 5 - 5 - 8 + 6 -13 +10 - 7 - 2 -12 -10 -19 - 7 -10 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 6 - 4 -19 + + + + + + - " 11 - 1 3 2 5 7 4 0 0 8 2 1 5 0 4 •Not available. + | + | + | + + + 1 6 6 4 8 2 5 2 4 9 0 + 6 - 4 - 2 . + 1 - 9 -17 - 1 - 4 -10 +10 * =J> v + - 8 7 7 1 4 - 5 -12 -17
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