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2&? RESEARCH Dc*00iTMliNT M A Y ^ 11349 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE' SYST^FEDERAL RFWCRVE BANK OF RICHMOND H. 11 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Based on Dollar Amounts) Federal Reserve district and city Feb. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago 1/ Month of Apr.23 Apr. 30 May 7 May lU May 21 March UNITED STATES - h -11 -10 - U + 2 Boston District New Haven Boston Springfield Providence + 2 -16. - u 315 - 3 -22 - 5 + h New York District Newark Buffalo New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Philadelphia Conn. Mass. " R.I. N. J. N.Y. " " Pa. + 5 + 2 - 3 -lU -15 -17 - U -11 + 3 - 6. - h -13 - U - 9 -11 r 0 -11 - 6 r+ 3 -10 315' + 2 -12 + 1 - 1 - h - 5 -12 -12 -10 -11 + 1 0 +10 + 9 • - 5 0 2 3 1 h 1 h -10 -lU -10 - 8 - 9 -10 zJ. - 7 - 1 -11 - 7 -12 0 zA -12 -13 - 5 - 9 + 8 0 i_J 0 + 7 + U + 6 + 5 + 1 zJ - 1 r- 1 - 3 - 3 - 1 - 5 2 2 1 1 u 0 - U -15 ^25 - 6 - 2 nr - u + 8 7l5 + 1 r- 7 -lb -10 • 0 + 2 - 3 +llt - 3 m 0 -13 + 9 -12 - 3 77 0 -11 0 - 3 ' D.C. Md. * 3 73 - 3 -13 Tenn. - 3 + 7 - 2 -12 -13 - 9 -15 - 7 -20 111. Ind. Mich. V'is. - Z_2 - 7 - 7 -10 -11 - 8 + 3 •+ + + Richmond District Washington Baltimore Chicago District Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee + h - 5 - h - 2 - 9 -13 - 1 Pa. Ala. Fla. Ga. + 6 - 1 - 3 + U -10 + 7 - 7 .- 8 - 8 -11 -16 - 8 + + Atlanta District Birmingham Miami '< Atlanta New Orleans Nashville , - 5 U 3 6 3 5 -10 -13 - 8 -11 - 7 - 9 Cleveland District Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo Pittsburgh Ohio - 3 + + - - 2 TH 6 2 1 2 5 3 6 h 2 ' -12 -11 - 3 - 9 - 8. -19 + 7 3IU +n +11 +36 -11 • 0 +19 +12 - k - 8 - 9 + 2 -11 - 3 = 1 + 2 - 2 -11 - 8 + 8 + 1 .- 6 + + - 0 2 3 3 2 + + - - 7 h - 3 - 8 - 3%% Page 2 H. 11 DEPARTMENT STORE*SALES, BI..CITIES (Continued) ; Federal Reserve district and city St. Louis District Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Minneapolis St. Paul Duluth^-Supe r i or Kansas City District Denver Wichita Kansas City St. Joseph Oklahoma City Tulsa Dallas District Dallas Fort, vvorth Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Los Angeles Area Oakland San Francisco Portland - » Salt Lake City Seattle Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn. " "GWis. Colo. Kans. Mo. ' . Okla. " Tex. " " Calif. " Ore. Utah Wash. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago V Jan.-- Month of Apr. 23 Apr.30 May 7 May Ih May 21 Feb. March + + 2 9 3 5 8 -10 ^lH . - 7 -10 - 8 -11 - 5 r 9 -20 - 2 + + 2 +15 + • - 9 . + + 2 + 5 9 1 8 r+ 2 Tl + 5 + 2 - u - 5 - 3 -10 0 . - 8 zrz -13 - 7 - 8 TIT + 2 - 9 -12 -13 - 8 - 1 -11 - 5 - 8 -6 . -1L -10 -lU -17 -15 -21 -10 +n -12 - 6 -12 - 3 - 8 -18 -11 -10 -11 -18 -19 -23 - s -17 -IS 0 T3 r+ U + 5 0 - 5 T-% 0 - 1 - 7 - 6 - 8 r- h - h -10 + 3 • - 8 - 8 '+ 5 0 0 -10 -12 + 1 +13 - 5 rr - h -1 -ii - 7 - 5 7T - 7 - 6. - 3 (Mot available for. publication) - 9 -12 -11 - 3 0 -13 -lU - 7 • -10 - 7 -10 - 2 - h - 8 - 5 -12 - 7 - 2 - 9 + - - 8 1 r- 3 2 - 2 3 - 3 5 6; . - 8 0 0 -lli - a - k - 7 -17 -13 -16 r+ 6 73 r+20 + 8 + 6 -10 -12 -20 - 6 - 6 + + S 9 U 2 5 8 1 r—Revised. 1/ During March and April changes from a year ago reflect in part the fact that last -/ year Easter was on March 28 while this year it was on April 17. For this ,reason it is estimated that in comparison v/ith last year allowance should be made for a decrease in sales of about 6 per cent for the month of March as a whole and for a corresponding increase for the month of April as a whole.
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