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&.8b BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF TEa FEDERAL ItiS^RV^ S Y S M FOR Ihi^DIATu September 9, I960 WEEKLY• DEPARTMENT STQR& SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AR5AS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan*-July Aug, 131 Aug. 201 Aug. 271 Sept. 3 .960 - i + 3 + 1 7 - i + 1 • Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityUNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Ouincy Lowell City Snringfield. +12 Mass. " " " " " ; " New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo N. y« Mew York-N.E. Neu Jersey N„Y.~N.J. Newark N.J. New York N.Y. Rochester " 11 Syracuse Philadelphia district Metrooolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton ~ Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo ' Youngs town Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh for FRASER Wheeling Digitized Del. N.J. Pa. " " " " + it + 5 +16 +18 +12 - 2 - 6 •:fc . + 9 - 1 0 + 2 + 9 + It - 9 +31 + 5 - 1 + + + - + 2 + 7 +18 +13 + 5 ill + 1 - 2 +12 +10 - 1 r+li* r+ 8 + 6 r+ it +lit +12 ±J r O :i +31 +16. + + + + + + 1 5 1 1 it 1 + 2 ll 0 + 2 + 1 0 + 6 + 7 + 7 - $ +17 + 9 0 +12 - 1 +31 + 8 0 + 6 +10 + 6 + 3 - h - 1 - 9 +20 +h +13 it 6 it 2 - 5 - 1 - 9 -2it 0 - 3 - it + 2 0 - 3 •.-10 - 7 + 2 . - 8 - 2 - 2 - 1 +12 - 2 - 2 +17 r- it - 9 - 7 ±_1 Ky. Ohio " " » » 11 " » " Pa. " " W.Va. 0 + 3 + + + + + 1 1 it 2 3 5 l 2 +1 + 2 - 1 - 7 - 2 - 8 o -10 0 + 9 - It - 7 - 1 + 3 0 + 5 + it +11 + 7 -11 -11 - 7 - it - 2 + 2 - 3 + 3 + 1 + 2 + + r+ + it 1 1 it 1 0 + 7 - it - 5 - 7 - 3 -12 - 1 -11 +15 - 8 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 6 - 1 + it + 3 0 + 1 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 Aug. 131Aug. 20jAug. 271 Sept. 3" I960 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City' Richmond District . Metropolitan Areas Washington .. Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond - 1 - 7 - 2 - 3 - 9 + 5 - 6 - 1 - 5 - 4 Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta" Columbus New Orleans Knoxville Cities Mi ami- D ox-mt own Central Atlanta La. Tenn. + 1 + 1 Fla. Ga. - 1 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas . Chicago Indianapolis . Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. " Wi$. St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo; ' Tenn. + 3 +11 + 7 + 1 r+ 6 - r+ r+ + + + - 1 -13 7 3 7 8 6 +11 Ala. 11 Fla. " " Ga. " 11 o + 3 +19 + 9 - 5 + 4 0 + 7 + 1 0 - 2 2 - 5 r+3 + + 4 1 4 9 - 2 + 8 +12 +11 r+ 1 + 4 0 +10 + 8 + 8 + 3 + 2 - 7 + 5 -16 -24 - 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 - 4 - 6 - - 2 + 3 - 2 - 5 -13 - 9 - 6 - 6 -10 -13 ±_2 + 1 + 2 + + + - + + + 2 0 -3T 6 1 4 +61 - 3 - 3 +10 + 1 - 1 - 2 + + 3 4 5 3 + 5 - 3 - 5 r- 6 + 1 - 2 ±1 + 4 + 2 + 7 + 6 + 2 + 5 0 - 2 + 4 - 9 - 6 0 + 7 - 3 ±_1 :s + 6 +11 - 9 - 4 - 4 - 9 - 4 - 4 - 2 + 4 +10 - 6 2 + 2 - 6 5 3 4 4 + 3 Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.—St. Paul Minn. 11 Mpls. and Suburbs St. Paul " Cities Duluth-Superior Minn. & Wis. + 7 - 3 D. C. ." Md. ." Va. H,8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPA2Ti^l\'T STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES At® AREAS (Continued)Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending Jan.-July Federal Reserve District, Area, and City- I960 Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Tooeka Wichita Kansas CityDowntown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Col. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mo. Nebr, N. Mex. Okla. ; MO. r •— Revised. zl ±2 - l + 2 + 2 - 1 + 3 + 2 -13 r+ 2 + 7 -lit + 8 + 1 + h -1.3 + 3 + 1 " 0 r- 5 + 1 + 2 - h + 3 +13 - 7 + 1 -lh + b + 2 - 2 - 6 0 - 3 0 - 1; - b -15 + 1 - 5 - 7 -Ik - 3 - 9 - 1 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 Aug. 13[Aug. 201Aug. 271 Sept. 3 - 1 +30 +21 •*h - 2 - 2 ' 12 + 5 -16 - 8 - 3 - b -.8 + 2 - 1 - 6 - 5 -20 - 6 - 5 -11 + b + 2 + li + 2 0 + 1 + 8 + 8 - h - 7 0 Ore. Utah Wash. - 2 - 1 - 2 + 1 - 5 o - b *Not available 0 -12 0 -12 - 5 + 6 0 -10 +10.. - 2 - 3 - 2 +13 0 - 1 - 2 - 6 - 6 0 + 1 -b - 3 +10 r+ 2 - 2 - b + 2 + 5 -22 -13 1 3 2 2 7 + it - 1 + 1 + + + b -13 + 2 - b 0 - b - - 7 +18 + + + - 1 6 6 h 8 2 + 2 + h + 90 + 6 -h - 2 - 1 0 + it +11 + 7 + 7 + 1. +15 + 7 + 1 + 8 - 2 + 7 + li
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