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H„8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, I960. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SEIECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan.-Aug. I960 3enta 31 Sept. 101Sent. 17!Sent.24 t-2 =_1 ±J. Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell : City Springfield Mass, ;tt " New York District , . Metropolitan Areas N.Y. Buffalo New York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y.-N.J. N.J. Newark N.Y, 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 Downtpwn Cleveland . Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling for FRASER Digitized + 4 ±_i ±-1 =12 ±_2 + + + + - - 4 - 4 - 5 - 1 - 9 -24 + 3 + 8 - 3 + 1 -26 - 9 -17 -18 -15 -11 -17 -14. +10 + 8 +14 +20 +15 0. + 3 + 5 + 6 - 6 +14 ±_5 , ±.2 + + + + + + 5 4 6 9 1 1 ' 2 6 1 2 6 1 - 2 0 - 2 . - 4 + 2 0 ±_2 Del. N.J. Pa. ; " 11 + + + + + + 3 5 4 1 2 1 0 +i + + + + + ri; . - 7 7 2 8 9 6 2 ±-2 - 1 - 8 -15 -11 - 2 r- 4 5 4 1 3 4 0 + - 5 1 5 2 6 0 + 3 %. " ; " " " : 11 W.Va. + + + + + - 2 8 1 1 3 1 4 6 0 + 2 - 3 + "5 + 3 - 1 1 9 5 1 2 4 + 4 • — r- 6 8 - 7 - 7 - 9 - 9 - 4 ,V: - + 4 +17 + 4 + 1 + 3 - 7 + 5 + 2 ±_3 Ohio . ! " 11 + .+ + + + - 4 - 2 - 5 - 6 - 3 -12 r- 7 . -11 - 8 + 4 - 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 7 - 8 -15 - 8 - 1 - 7 - 5 -20 r+ 2 - 9 r-11 - 3 - 6 + 5 -15 - 9 - 4 - 4 • - 2 - 8 - 2 • •• ' - 5 - 4 - 7 - 9 0 - 2 -24 + 2 - 2 + 4 +3 + 7 - 1 + 9 -12 -26 - 1 - 2 +10 + 8 + 9 H.8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Federal Reserve District, . Area, and City Week ending Jan.-Aug. 1960 Tent. 31 Sent. 10iSept. 171 Septc24 Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington ./ Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile J acksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta Columbus New Orleans Knoxville 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 Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Superior » 2 D.C. Md. Va. Ala. Fla. " 1 1 Ga. La. Tenn, Fla. Ga. 111. Ind. Mich. " Wis. 0 6 2 7 4 - - 2 - 1 -14 - 2 - 5 - 7 Minn. Minn. & Wis, - 1 - 8 + 6 + 7 -13 r ^8 +_4 r- 8 -13 - 4 - 7 r-15 + 7 0 + 8 + 5 -13 ±2 ±_1 0 + 3 +13 + 9 + 8 + 2 + 2 - 3 + 1 + 1 + 4 0 - 7 +11 + 9 + 4 +10 - 6 - 2 - 5 - 8 + 1 - 2 -44 -17 - 8 -10 + 1 -10 -12 - 8 -18 - 5 +20 - 1 - 3 - 2 - 7 r-10 . - 3 - 2 • -12 - 8 + 2 -53 -11 + 2 - 8 + 2 ^6 + 1 + 1 + 6 0 + 4 - 8 4 9 7 6 0 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. - 1 + + - 3 8 1 1 - 5 5 2 1 =Ji _ji_3 + 1 + 7 - 8 +20 +11 -27 + 7 -10 + 1 -15 + 1 . -28 + 3. - 7 -15 0 -11 - 7 - 5 2 3 7 l + 4 + 1 - 5 + 3 +11 - 3 - 8 - 4 -13 - 8 + 1 - 2 -12 -16 -12 + 4 - 9 -9 + 1 + -5 - b ±_2 z_4 ,3 + 4 + 6 0 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 3 + 1 + 2 - 2 + 5 ' + 8 - 1 0 0 + 2 - 1 + 6 I H# 8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan .-Aug Week ending 1960 Sept. Z>| Sept. 10|Sept. 17| Sept. 24 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 J oplin 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 ^ r—Revised. 0 + 2 0 - 1 + 4 + 2 0 -13 Mo.-Kans • + 2 Mo. - 1 " - 5 + 3 Nebr. N.Mex. - 3 Okla. 0 - 4 + 4 +13 - 7 + 1 + 8 - 6 -10 - 3 -14 -23 + 8 + 5 + 3 - 3 + 1 - 9 -17 - 4 -10 +10 - 4 - 1 -11 + 3 + 4 -19 1 -11 + 3 +53 - 3 + 9 - 3 + 8 r- 1 -22 Col. Kans. " 1 "4 | - 7 +17 1 + 3 | + 2 i + 6 Mo, - 8 -20 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 6 - 8 Tex. + 2 -13 - 4 0 - 4 0 + 1 - 4 - 3 +10 - 1 -15 -12 - 3 + 5 + - 0 -19 -14<==-v -11 \ - 6 + 1 + 2 - 2 - 1 0 . + 4 +11 + 7 + 7 + 1 +15 + 7 .+ 1 + 8 --2 + 7 + 4 - 4 - 5 + 2 r+10 +13 - 5 - 5 - 8 + 6 -13 +10 - 7 - 2 -12 Calif. n t! + + + + " " Ore. Utah Wash. " + + + - 1 2 2 4 8 4 0 0 8 2 1 4 1 4 •Not available. 8 7 7 1 4 - 8 - 3 -10 -19 - 7 -10 - 4 - 2 - 1 — 6 . - 4 -19 -12 - 5 -12 -17 + + + - 5 4 4 5 9 2 3 4 9 4 9 8 0 - 8
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