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#6 H.ll BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM July 17, 1953* DEPARTIvIENT STORE SALES IN SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Based on Dollar Amotints) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Cities New York Newark Philadelphia District City Philadelphia Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Akron Cincinnati Columbus Toledo Erie Cities Cleveland Pittsburgh 0 +13 +12. - +_9 Mass. * 9 +13 . Mass. " R* I* + 1 + 1 0 + 7 +19 +13 -1 +11 + 8 N. %. » n + 3 + 6 + 7 + 23 +13 + 25 + 10 +14 + 5 r+10 + 21 r+12 + 7 +12 + 7 N. Y. N. J. j + 8 + 10 + 7 + 9 + 11 r+12 + 3 + 7 + 9 U + 3 4h +15 + 7 - + 9 +11 + 7 0 +11 +_3 + 7 . + 2 +13 + 6 tA tii • iM h +19 +1U ±Jt +11 ±_h r- U +16 Ohio " " " Pa. + 3 + 7 + 7 + k + h + 10 +1U +18 +10 + 19 0 0 + 7 + 3 +10 - 7 - 5 - 5 -11; - h + 6 + 17 +17 + 8 +22 Ohio Pa. + i •+ i + 9, + 10 + 3 + 3 - 9 + 3 +25 +11 + 3 0 r+ 6 + 6 Pa. + 1• + 8 Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington D. C. Downtown Washington 11 Baltimore Md. Richmond Va. 0 - k + 1 + a. Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Miami Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Nashville Ala. Fla. " Ga. " La. Tenn. M ' + 3 0 .+ 6 + 3 0 •K7 + 8 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee Hi* Ind. Mich. Wis. r + 3' *2 + 2 United States Boston District Metropolitan Area Lowell-Lawrence Cities Downtown Boston Springfield Providence Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Week ending Jan.June 201. June 27 [ July U*F July Il~ May - 2 - k + 1 + 3 . + . + + 2 2 6 1 +11 -11 + 9 0 +15 + 6 -13 +26 0 -11 -27 + 1 -10 r-32 -13 -iU ±1 +16 . + 1 + 5 + 10 + i +1U +18 +17 +10 + 7 + 10 " +: 8 + 8 + + + + 9 5 6 1 r+ 2 +12 - 1 - 9 r- 3 r+16 -25 + 3 . +17 +13 + 1 +19 + 5 + 20 + 7 + 7 0 +17 + i ' -5 +13 - 2 +13 + h + 8 - 5 + 20 + 9 + 20 + 15 il ^; t'7 Page 2. DEPARTMENT STORE SALES IN SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) (Based on Dollar Amounts) "" : '' Federal.Reserve District, Area, and City St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little- Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston: San Antonio r- 6 +18 Arko Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Minneapolis-St. Paul Minn. Minneapolis City " St. Paul City » Cities Duluth-Superior Minn.&Wis, Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita St. Joseph Oklahoma City Tulsa City Kansas City | percentage change 1'rom corresponding period a year ago Jan,Week ending May June 20|June 27(July 4* | July 11 Colo. Kans. Mo. Okla. Tex. San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles Calif. Dov.Titov.Ti Los Angeles " Westside Los Angeles " San Diego " San Francis co-Oakland » San Francisco City " Oakland City » Portland Ore.' Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash. Spokane " + _+ + + 1 k 5 k + 1 -12- - 7 + 2 +15 +1U + 6 +11 +17 + 1 t l + 1 + 1 + 3 + 3 0 .+ 1 + 9 + 9 + 2 -16 + 9 -10 + 6 +15 + 6 +16 + 2 + 3 + 3 -2k - - k -15 -21 2 + 1 '+ 5 + + + + -12 h 7 1 8 1 -11 +11 -12 -12 + 12 + k - 3 -1U -Ik 0 iA + + + + + + + + + +23 +10 + 5. + h + l - k -5 + 5 - 3 + 6 -17 rll 3 k 7 6 5 6 + 8 +18 + 9 +3 2 + 9 + 22 +16 + 11 - 6 - 2 -12 0 - k - 3 2 + 6 - h - +1U -20 - 1 + 2U 8 o -12 +18 3 2 u 3 + 5 . + U -12 - 9 - 9 -10 - 6 -13 + 12 0 +18 + 6 + 7 + 2: + 15 + 5 • - 1 + 1 + k. - r—Revised. >In using year ago comparisons allowance should be made for the fact that stores in .some cities were closed on Saturday July 5 as v/ell as Friday July I4 last year, and therefore the week this year had one more trading day.
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