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H7f I BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H. 11 April lU, 1950 ''DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Based on;-Dollar Amounts). Federal Reserve district and city- Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago-1/ "°Jan. UNITED STATES - Boston District New Haven Boston Springfield Providence Conn. Mass, " R,I. New York District Newark Buffalo New York Rochester Syracuse N.J. N. Y. " " " Philadelphia District Philadelphia Pa. Cleveland District Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Ohio Pa. D.C. Md. Atlanta District Birmingham Miami Atlanta New Orleans Nashville Ala. Fla. Ga. La. Tenn. Chicago District Chicago IndianapolisDetroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. + .1 h - 1 T5 +: 2 -10 - 2 - 6 - 9 - 2 - 5 + 7 + 2 + 5 o + 6 + 7 +%9 + k +13 +10 - + 1 -5 H - 6 - 6 - 6 - h - 3 - 2 + 5 - 6 + U +12 m -T 6 - 6 2 :i +. 2 - 5 + - 2 3 7 9 5 -11 Richmond District Washington Baltimore |™°Feb. °* |®r.ll jlfar.18 jtiar. 25 [Apr. ljApr. - 3 - 2 - 5 - l -13 o + 5 - 2 - 5 - 5 TH - 5 + h -10 - 9 - 5 - 2 - 1 -10 + 3 + 1 . 0 +: 7 +11 - 6 + 2 + 2 - 3 - 8 - 5 - 2 - 1 - 2 + 3 - 3 h - -10 - 2 3 3 7 7 0. + 5 -10 - 9 + 3 • -. l - 3 - 7 - + l o - 5 +iU + 3 - 7 + h 0 - 2 33 + 3 + 9 +19 +2$ +1U + + + .+ + 1 1 h 1 3 + + + 0 3 3 3 ' 2 + 2 . -33 + 5. + 3 + 3 . +10 + 2 - 3 Z± r- 2 - 5 r- U r+ h - 3 U l 5 6 3 1 - 2 - 1 k u 5 u 6 - 5 9 1 1 9 u 0 r- 2 0 + + + + - + + - 2 rn + 3 - 2 - 9 5 2 1 + 2 -10 0 . - $. +12 +13 +12 +13 + 6 +12 + 8 +11 +15 r+ 6 + 7 r 0 + 1 r- 1 - U + 2 + 1 + 6 - 2 + u - 5 + h +20 -12 + 2 - 1 - S DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Continued) St. Louis District Little Rock - Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Minneapolis St. Paul Duluth-Superior Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn, " "&17is. Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago 2/ Month of' Month of Mar. 11 Mar.18 Feb. Jan, | I Federal Reserve district and city - 3 %I2 - h - h + 3 0 +11 - 3 - 2 + 3 - 2 + 2 + 3 - 5 - 1 + 2 + 3 +12 ~ 7 ru - 8 — h + 5 TIB + 6 0 -111 -TZ - 9 -18 - 1 0 - 2 r- 7 + 2 + 1 3 + 9 r- 3 TH + 5 -19 r- 2 + 2 + 3 - 7 - 1 -1U + U +12 r 0 + 9 - 3 - 2 -12 . + 5 -lU + h 7-5 0 .- h r+ 5 r+12 + 6 - 6 +17 +19 + 21 + 7 +19 - 3 +. 2 - 3 - 6 - 1 + 2 + 2 +16 0 - U - u - 9 0 - 3 : - 8 -10 -12 +11 - 1 Dallas District Dallas Fort Worth Houston San Antonio + U TT +11 - 5 + 2 -tr— San Francisco District Los Angeles Area Calif. Oakland " San Francisco Ore. Portland Utah Salt Lake City Wash. Seattle 0 9 3 1 2 - h ' + 1 - 9 Kansas City District Colo. Denver Kans. Wichita Kansas-City Mo. /St. Joseph Oklahoma City Okla. Tulsa " Tex. + h pr. 8 - 8 6 - 5 -18 - 6 -11 + 5 1 b 2 3 + 0 0 + 8 -12 + 7 •+ 2 + 2 6 + 2U + 8 T3 + 8 - 3 +30 + 2 - 1 0 a 6 9 9 +11 + 8 - 1 - 7 - 1 .- 1 - 2 0 + 3 - 5 -11 0 0 ru + h + 6 +12 0 0 + 7 — + 5 + 2 +13' + . + + + + + - + + + + - 2 1 3 2 u 0 + 6 - 3 +12 - 1 - 9 + 8 + + + - 1 1 3 6 +12 + h + 7 + 8 +13 0 +10 +11 r—Revised, Data not available. 1/ Curing March'and April changes from a year ago reflect in part the fact that last year Easter was on April 17 while this year it was on April 9. For this reason it is estimated that in comparison with last year allowance should be made for an increase in sales of about 2 per cent for the month of March as a whole and for a corresponding decrease for the month of April as a whole.
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