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•£t#0 H.db BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ' Apijil 5, 19^7 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES^D AREAS " Percentage changd from corresponding period a jfear ago w - (Based on r e t a i l dollar amounts) Week ending Jan 6 Mar. 9 1 Mar* 16 I Mar. 23 IMar>30 Feb, Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and CityUNITED STATES ±2r BOSTON DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn Quincy Lowell Cities Springfield Providence + 2 New York D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N• E. New Jersey Newark New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia + 2 +12 - 2 - 6 + 5 +15 - 2 0 -17 -5 -10 ±4 +m i i N. Y. N.Y.-N.J. N. J . N. Y. ii Del. N. J , Pa, Ky. Ohio Pa + 1 + 8 + 1 *k - 5 -18 -2U + 2 3 + 1 -19 + 6 - 6 + 1 + 2 -10 - 1 - 1 + 9 0 + 1 + 1 -17 -29 ±3 , Hi + + + 6 1 1 1 -1*1 -20 -15 — 8 + 2 -15 -18 -18 -12 , -10 - 1 - 1 + 2 WeVa.&Ohio+lO -lit -1U -27 - 1 + 9 + 7 + 1 - 2 + 5 +23 +27 ^2 +28 -19 +19 +52 +U5 +30 +L6 +50 -26 -26 + 9 -20 -30 - 6 - 7 r+22 +18 r+12 - h r- 6 -1U - 6 - 7 - 9 - 6 - 2 r+ 3 +20 +2U - 5 I -5 +10 + 8 lis -11 -18 +11 +12 +26 -10 +15 +lt9 + 9 + 1U - 5 o -20 -17 + U +1+8 -17 Scranton Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton Cleveland D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Wheeling-Steubenville — 6 0 7 9 6 2 + + + .+ - R. I . 32. —16 - 2 + 1 - 1 -19 -12 -12 . - 9 - 5 -lU - 6 -21 -16 - 1 - 9 -13 -U - 8 - ^ . -13 -20 -lit - 9 -33 -11 -lU + 7 0 : v H 8b Pa ' 8® ~2t" 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding " period a year ago , (Based'on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) =/ Week ending Jan* * Feb. ' 'bar. 9 I Mar. 16 IMar. 231 Mar, 30^1 Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , " Area, and City . Richmond D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta D i s t r i c t ; Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Atlanta ..Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville City Tampa ii Md. • it ' Va. Ala. Fla, Ga. ii La. Tenn. Fla. Chicago D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. St• Louis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas L i t t l e Rock - Louisville • S t , Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas • Mpls.-St, Paul Mpls, and Suburbs S t . Paul Cities Duluth-Superior h 6 + 5 - h +1U + 3 - 6 «• 6 «11 -U -15 -15 + 1 *19 zA r- 1 - 9 - i 0 + 3 - 7 - 2 + 1 " + 9 - 8 -16 -1U -27 -50 -20 ~i5 + I - 6 - 1 -18 -13 -12 +U0 r-13 -15 + 1 r- 8 - 3 -10 -13 + 3 . -25 "" + 3 ±5 - 3 + 2 zJ. - t 7 " 2 + • D. C. Minn. + + + + 3 5 h 3 ' . ~ 2 - 8 -10 + 1 0 0 - u. - 7 * + 3 - 3 + 1 -lk , -12 8 r-12' -12 -11 -15 + 7 r- 5 -17 • - 3 + 1 . - it - 1 1 - h -16 -20 -22 * + 5 3 k 1 7 + 6 - 6 + 2 - 3 ~1L — 6 - 1 «,10 - 1 - 2 0 + 2 *16 -17 -12 -15 + 1 - h -10 - 2 -11 -11 + 2 + 6 . -22 —16 . ~ 6 -1U ±k ~ 1 -12 - 1 + 5 + 3 + 5 . - 3 . 2 + 3 -11 -13 -11 -15 - 1 0 - 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 7 - 7 +13 + 6 Minn,&Wis.+3 * * 3(4 2H.8b | Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City- Kansas City D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Area's Denver Topeka Wichita S t . Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City Dallas D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Dal]as El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio San Francisco D i s t r i c t Metropolitan "Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco G i t y Oakland Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Taccma Percentage change from corresponding period a year jago . (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Week ending Jan.Mar* 9 | Mar. 16 |j Mar. 23 1 Mar. 30 Feb. 0 - Col. Kans. - 1 + 1 + h Mo. -10 N. Mex, - U Okla. - u +10 Mo, Tex. it " Calif. " » ii " " Ore. Utah Wash. it " - 2 6 + 8 - 2 - 5 - 3 -28 -17 -12 + b - 5 ' + 3 -19 -12 - 5 - 6 - h -3 . -20 - 8 +11 0 . -10 + 2 l 5 3 2 3 -8 - 1 - h -11 -26 + 6 +12 + 9 + 5 -21 + 2 - 1 • + + + + + + + 2 - 8 0 - 8 + + + .- k 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 -5 +'U 0 - 2 0 - 5 - 6 - . 6 - h + 3 0 - 3 + 2 - 3 - 9 : -13 ^ : -10 ; -21 ; + 8 ! r+30 1. -25 - u 1 +13 r-10 r-11 -17 -17 -10 -27 -33 - 5 -11 ' -12 -11 -17 \ - 6 -17 1 - 5 i + 3 i +2U -21 -11 -20 -22 - 3 - 7 r-13 + 2 - h + l -k - 7 - 6 -2 - 8 -11 - 5 I - 6 - 8 . , - 8 -11 - 3 -12 -15 . . - 6 - 5= ,! - i i -11 -11 -10 -23 -10 -20 -21 -19 -lit -12 -10 - L -19 - U -3 -15 - 5 + i - 9 - 5 r—Revised Pata not available ' ! 1/ During March and April changes from a year ago r e f l e c t i n p a r t the f a c t t h a t l a s t year East was on April 1 while t h i s year i t w i l l be on April 2]|, For t h i s reason i t i s estimated that in comparison with l a s t year an allowance ! should be made f o r a decrease in sales of about 8 per cent f o r the.month of March as a whole and a corresponding increase f o r the month of A p r i l , These allowances apply to the f i g u r e s f o r the United S t a t e s .
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