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* BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H.ll June 2, 1952 DEPARTMENT STORE SAILS, BY CITIES (Eased on D o l l a r Amounts) F e d e r a l Reserve D i s t r i c t and c i t y Mar. UNITED STATES Boston D i s t r i c t New Haven Boston Lowell-Lawrence Springfield Providence New York D i s t r i c t Newark Buffalo New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia D i s t r i c t Philadelphia Cleveland D i s t r i c t Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus .Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Richmond D i s t r i c t Washington Baltimore P e r c e n t a g e change? from c o r r e s p o n d i n g p e r i o d a jf e a r ago 1 / Month of A p r . 2 6 May 3 May 10 May 17 May 2U Apr. - 2 + 6 0 + 9 + 8 +26 +1U + 3 •+ 1 + 5 + k + 7 - 7 + 1 +13" + l - 5 - 2 . + 3 + 3 r r + 2 + 1 + 7 + U - 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 • - 6 ' >-'1 + 2 0 + 2 -10 0 - 2 -12 -12 - U -13 -12 -11 + 3 + 9 + 9 - 2 +12 + h - 3 + 7 - i - 7 + 8 +13 - 8 r u - 7 9 -10 - 3 - 3 =3 + l - 2 -13 + 1 - 8 -11 0 - 8 . -16 - 1 - 7 •=11 + 2 - 8 -12 - 6 -10 - 9 + 9 +~8 0 - 6 r r + 3 0 - 1 r-TT + 3 + 2 -10 r r - 8 - 8 - 3 - 9 - 3 -13 . + 5 0 n r - b - 2 +16 + 3 + 8 - 3 - 6 -12 - 6 + 6 . - 1 + 5 - 9 + 1 +T + b - u +15 + 2 0 - 1 r- U t T 0 - 6 + 6 • -12 0 - 6 - 3 n r 0 - 8 + 7 - 8 + 8. - ii :_7 +15 . + 7 +19 + 7 + 2 +18 - 3 ^2 - k + a r+ 1 + 1 + 6 :+ k + 5 . +- 6 + 5 +T - 2 + 7 - 5 + h . + l +15 -ii +26 +32 - +12 + 7 + 8 - 3 +27 +17 + 1 +16 +h6 +11 +31 +11 r+ 8 +T - 5 - +11 . + 5 : +U5+10 r- 3 +20 +15" +82 +16 +21 + 1 0 + k + 2 0 - 5 r-g+ 2 - 3 - 3 - 9 -11 + 2 -11 . - 9 - 6 -13 Conn. Mass. R.I. N.J. N.Y. " Pa. Ohio Pa. " D.C. Md. - 6 Atlanta District . Birmingham Jacksonville Miami.' Atlanta Augusta New O r l e a n s ' Nashville La. ' Tenn. Chicago D i s t r i c t Chicago' Indianapolis Tebroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich, V< i s . Ala. Fla.. « " Ga. . " • - 8 -12 - 9 ! +13 ;' . +? + it + h. + 9 + 8 . +13 . "+ 3 +20 +20 +26 - 7 -+ 5 - 6 +19 - I S ... + 5 ,+62 +. 2 +10 +27 - 1 -10 12 + 5 0 +12 + 9 + 1 l i . + .9 + 7 + h +21 +12 - 5. - 7 0 + 2 -Ik l i +17 - 2 - 2 + 7 - k - 2 loo # H.ll Page 2 DEPART. ENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES ( C o n t i n u e d ) F e d e r a l Reserve D i s t r i c t and c i t y Mar. + 9 +17 +llt + o +10 + 2 0 + 6 + 2 - 9 0 - 9 - 6 -11 - 5 + + + + * b 3 7 -10 -15 -11 - 9 -16 - 9 - 2 + 9 + ~5 + 9 +13 + 2 + 5 +16 ^ -Jl - it - 7 + 1 0 +13 +11 +llt +15 +17 + h - 9 -12 -15 - 9 -13 - 7 - 6 -12 -11 -10 -10 +13 +12 +11 +13 + 6 +11 +17 + 2 + 9 + 7 +13 S t . Louis D i s t r i c t . L i t t l e Rock , Louisville S t . Louis Area Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. - Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Minneapolis S t . Paul Duluth-Superior Minn. ii »&Vas. Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t Denver l.ichita Kansas C i t y S t . Joseph Oklahoma C i t y Tulsa Dallas D i s t r i c t Dallas E l Paso F o r t Worth Houston San A n t o n i o San F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t Los Angeles Area Downtown Los Angeles l . e s t s i d e Los Angeles Oakland San Diego San F r a n c i s c o Portland S a l t Lake C i t y Seattle Spokane Colo. Kans. Mo. " Okla. " Tex. " " Calif. " Ore. Utah I.ash. " P e r c e n t a g e change i r o n c o r r e s p o n d i n g p e r i o d . a y e a r ago V Month of A p r . 2 6 May 3 May 10 May 17 May 2k Apr. 9 7 7 7 5 - 2 + 5 +16 +17 +13 +11 +26 + 3 +12 + 7 + 1 0 + 6 +12 + 7 + U + It + 5 + 3 +12 . - 2 + + + i 2 2 3 + 2 f"3 + 3 - 2 + 1 - 1 + 3 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 +18 - 1 . + k + h n : - 0 + 7 -16 +10 + 9 +llt + 7 +17 +llt + 5 +15 +29 + 7 + 3 +19 + 8 - 9 + 7 +17 + 1 + 7 + 7 - k + 2 -23 + It T-g+ 6 + 3 + 1 + 7 +21 + 7 + 8 +16 +28 +3U r+18 +18 r+12 +15 +3U + 9 + 3 + 9 r+ 5 0 6 +. h -22 -11 + b +10 +12 + 3 + 3 + 7 - 2 - 2 - 2 0 + + .•+ - Uz 6 0 5 k k . — 8 - 3 +13 +10 +16 - 2 +11 - 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 0 + 7 - L +13 + 2 + 1 . - 8 + h + 6 i l + 9 + 9 -12 +llt + 7 +13 +T + 7 +12 +22 + 5 +2U +It<D + 3 +it3 +13 +bh +11 + h + it + 8 + 6 r—Revised. 1 / During March and A p r i l changes fro,.i a y e a r ago r e f l e c t i n p a r t t h e f a c t t h a t l a s t y e a r E a s t e r was on March 25 w h i l e t h i s y e a r i t was on A p r i l 13. For t h i s r e a s o n i t i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t i n comparison w i t h l a s t y e a r an a l l o w a n c e should be .nade f o r a d e c r e a s e i n s a l e s of a b o u t o p e r c e n t f o r t h e month of March a s a whole and f o r a c o r r e s p o n d i n g i n c r e a s e f o r t h e month of A p r i l as a w h o l e .
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