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FEDERAL RESERVE statistica ^Jbrxsio - S H.8.b 2-47 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 24, 1965. WEEKI.Y DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell Providence Mass. R.I. Percentage'change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending I 7 mos Sept. 18 I Sept. 11 |Sept. 41Aug. 28 1 1965 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 -13 +12 - 1 + 7 + 4 + 9 + 6 - 3 -17 + 7 +21 +18 +24 +20 0 + 9 +16 + 8 + 5 +11 - 1 - 4 0 +13 + + + + + 3 2 4 4 2 4 3 + 6 - 1 New York District Metropolitan Areas New York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y.N.J. Newark N.J. New York N.Y. Rochester Syracuse + 3 - 5 + 1 + 6 +10 + r+ + + r+ 9 4 8 9 9 rf 17 - 5 +13 +12 +14 +10 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 8 + 9 +14 Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre - 6 +10f + 1 0 + 2 + 8 - 2 +13 + 5 r+14 + 7 +12 +12 +11 + 4 +21 +22 r+16 + 9 r+18 +10 +17 + 9 +22 +13 + 9 + 1 +19 + + + + + + + Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh forWheeling FRASER Del. N.J. Pa. 9 4 5 3 4 2 5 - Ky. Ohio " " Pa. " 1 1 Digitized W.Va. + 6 +30 - 1 + 2 +12 +10 + 1 +15 + 3 +13 - 2 +10 + 1 * + 6 +16 +15 +26 + 2 + 4 r+ 9 „ +20 + 7 . - 2 + 3 - 3 r+ 7 + 9 +12 + 5 +11 +19 r+16 + 9 r- 9 +13 + 4 -+19 -10 + 4 * - 5 +14 + 8 + 4 + 9 + 4 0 + 4 +14 +10 + 8 + 5 -10 * + + + + + + + + + + + + 3 5 2 3 2 0 5 6 6 7 6 3 1 - ! H.8.b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Cont.) Areas^and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas _ Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Cities Miami Downtown Central Atlanta 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 Suburban Minneapolis ' St. Paul & Suburban Cities Digitized for Duluth-Superior FRASER .. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Sept. 18|Sept. 111 Sept. 4|Aug. 28 1965 .+ + + + 6 1 6 2 8 + 7 + 1 + 6 0 + 6 2 9 6 2 2 r+ 4 0 + 5 r+ 1 r+ 5 r+14 + 7 +15 +10 +13 - 1 +74 -35 +11 +13 r+15 -42 + 7 +16 0 + 8 +19 +12 La. - 1 - 4 +17 + 7 + 2 - 6 + 3 +10 + 8 +33 +12 +13 +13 +12 Fla. Ga. + 8 - 7 r -32 0 + 3 +10 +31 . +10 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. + + + + - 5 1 9 3 3 +18 + 4 +18 +14 + 5 +18 +11 +19 +18 + 7 + 5 + 5 . +21 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 2 +15 + 1 + 3 Ark. Ky. Mo. Teiin. + 7 - 1 + 5 +11 r+12 r+ 2 r 0 - 4 r+20 +17 + 5 + 5 r+ 4 0 - 1 + 3 + 5 + 6 0 - 2 Minn. u + + + + 9 9 5 7 +10 +10 + 4 +11 +10 +11 + 8 + 7 + + + + 8 8 4 8 + 5 + 5 * + 5 Minn.&Wis. +25 + 4 +17 +10 + 2 D.C. Md. Va. + + - Ala. Fla. " " Ga. " + + + + + + + 0 1 3 3 2 9 7 9 + 2 0 _ " 11 11 "2.4^ H.8.b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Cont.) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Sept. 18!Sept. 11 (Sept. 41Aug. 28 1965 Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso 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 Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle-Everett Spokane Tacoma r--Revised * — D a t a not available Colo. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mo. +10 - 2 + 2 + 9 - 6 + 3 +16 +32. +14 + 1 +11 + 6 + 6 - 4 +11 +10 r+ 3 +19 + 2 + 2 Mo. - 5 -14 Tex. + 5 - 8 +11 - 3 + 8 +10 + 7 + 1 + 8 - 2 +15 + 1 + 5 0 - 4 0 +11 + 4 +15 +13 +12 + 8 r+10 + 1 +12 r+10 + 7 - 4 - 7 r- 8 + 8 + 8 + 5 r+ 6 +10 r- 1 " Nebr. N.Mex. Okla. Calif. " Ore. Utah Wash. + 8 + 6 + 9 -• + 6 +18 - 4 + 8 +24 + 7 +22 - 1 + 1 + 1 - 6 + 9 -6 + 1 +27 +11 +18 0 0 + 1 - 1 + 8 - 5 + 1 +20 + 4 + 9 +11 + 5 + 1 +13 +14 +25 + 1 + 5 + 5 +11 + 2 + + + + + " + + + + 5 0 6 8 8 3 0 + 5 + 1 + 3 +17 + 7 + 5 + 8 + 3 - 9 - 2 + 4 '-T 4 - 1 - 7 0 + 5 0 + 7, + 8 + 4 + 1 4 2 9 2 + 4 - 4 +15 - 1 + 2 + 4 - 2 - 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 6 + 9