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34% 1 'H.8b BOARD' OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR M E D I A T E RELEASE September 6, 1957• . WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan Yueekj ending July Aug, 101Aug>171 Aug. 2U1 Aug. 31 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 Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Yvheelizig-Steubenville + 2 j_3 r+3 + 1 ll - 2 Mass« " " " " " + 2 0 5 6 2 1 + + + - 0 " - 1 - 6 + 7 0 0 + h + + + + 3 7 - 6 h ; 1 3 1 7 + 9 + 3 - 2 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 8 + 8 + 2 +10 r- 9 + 6 r- U - 3 -10 + 2 +12 + 7 + 5 N. Y, + 2 N.Y.-N.J. > 7 N. J. - 2 # N, Y. - 2 -+ 1 +10 0 . 0 + 3 +13 + 3 + 1 ' — I + 1 + 9 + 1 + 1 + 7 +10 + 7 0 +16 + h + 1 r+ 6 r+10 + U r- 1 +12 r- 1 + 1 + 2 + 9 +11 + 3 Del. N. Ji Pa. + 3 + 1 + 1 +23 Ky. Ohio - 2 - k - 1 + 1 -5 -5 - 1 + U Pa. " W .Va .StOhio + 6 - 5" -10 + 5 - 3 + 2 + 5 - k + 1 - k + h - 5 + 3 +10 - 1 +10 + 2 - 1 - °! 2! - + 11 + + + + 6 2 8 1 k - 6. 2 - 2 + 7. +15 +17 + 9 + U +18 +17 + 3 + 3 r- It " r+13 - 2 - 3 + 3 + 3 - 3 -10 r+ 7 r+ 2 -3 + 2 + 1 - s -12 - 1 . 0 + 7 - 7 - U o - 2 +11 - 1 + 3 - U + 2 +10 +16 35^ H.8b , ... Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) 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 "Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar- amounts) Tleek ending Aug. 10| Aug. 17|Aug. 2k\ Aug. 31 July + 2 D. C. it Md. Va» Ala. Fla. 11 Ga. 11 Tenn. + h - h + 9 - 5 - 2 + 2 - 1 +.-2 0 +12 0 + 3 - 6 - 1 + 8 +13 + k + 3 - 7 + 3 0 , + 1 + 3 Fla. 111. Ind. Mich. Viis. Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. + 2 -5 + 6 -11 - k .... ^ + + + — - 8 2 9 8 k +10 + 7 + 3 +19 + 5 + 3 0 0 + 1 - 2 +10 r 0 + k r- 5 -1U 0 - 2 0 + 8 - 3 + 6 - 7 - 7 0 r tA - 2 + 5 + 8 + + - + 2 - 1 - 7 r+ 6 r-10 + 1 1 9 1, 6 0 + 2 +16 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 r+ 1; + + + + 3 1 2 1 + 3 0 + S + 3 + 9 + 3 - h + 1 + + + 0 + 1 + 6 2 1 1 1 + + - + - 6 6 5 2 + 5 -3 + 9 + 2 - 1 - 1 1 1 3 7 - 3 + 1 +11 r- 1 + + - + - 2 1 1 8 5 2 2 8 l A + 2 + 1 .+ 6 + 9 Minn. + 3 + 5 - 1 + 2 + 1 + 5 0 - 1 + 2 + 7 +11 - 2 + 9 + 9 + 9 Minn.&Wis. + u - U + L + 2 - 1 i H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SEIECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.leek ending Aug. 10|Aug. 17| Aug. 2k\ Aug. 31" July Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita St. Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio - 1 Col. Kans. " Mo. N. Mex. Okla. " Mo. " Tex. " " " " San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. Downtown Los Angeles " Westside Los Angeles " Sacramento " San Diego " San Francisco-Oakland " 11 San Francisco City 11 Oakland Portland. Ore. Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash. Spokane " 11 Tacoma r—Revised // + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 +3 - 7 - L - 3 + 2 + 2 - 9 + 2 - 3 0 - 3 - 2 -11 - 2 + 2 + 1 +1 + k + 5 +11 +1 I + + - + 2 + 2 + 3 0 +3 +16 +3 - 1 - 1 — 2' 0 + 2 +2 - 1 - 2 1 - 1 - 6 +3U - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - it k - - 2 I 6 3 1 - 2 +13 + k +10 + 1 - 2 + 9 + 3 +2l| i 11 3 i -13 *—Data not available + 3 9 - - r+ £ + 3 - 2 r-5 +27 h + k - k - 8 0 - k r- 3 - 3 •* + 1 t-± + t ±6 + + + 1 8 2 3 0 + 3 +10 + 1 +17 + 3 + 2 r+J. + 2 - 3 - 2 +26 - 3 0 + 1 - 1 - 3 - 2 - 8 +35 - li + 2 - 1 + 8 -10 0 0 - 2 - 1 - b + 3 + 7 + 3 -11 0 '
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