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7 ^ H.ll .BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF.THE FEDERAL-RESERVE SYSTEM January 30, 1953 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES IN SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Based on. Dollar Amounts) ... Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Percentage change from -corresponding ' period a year ago Jan..-1 Week ending Nov. :~Jan. 31 Jan. 10| Jan. i f 1 Jan. 2U Uiiited States Boston District ..Metropolitan Areas New Haven Lowell-Lawrence • Cities Downtown "Boston Springfield Providence New..York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo . Rochester Syracuse Cities New York Newark Philadelphia District City Philadelphia 0 Lj± '• l i tl -9 +27 — • 0 + 5. . +20 + 1 - 2 + 3-. >15 - 1 ^+18 - 8 -1U -12 :-2 -6 zA -11 r+ 2 N. Y. ii ii 0 - U - 3 + 3 +15 - 3 - 1 +11 +11 IN-12 r+12 + 12 - +11 +11 + 8 N. Y. N• J• ' . -10 • - 6 - 6 - u -15 -12 - 2 r+7 - 9 - 3 - 1 - 6 •- 9 r-lU +. 2 -2 - 5 - 8 r-28 1/ + 2 - 2 + 9 -10 r- 3 +_8 2 0 '5 6 .1 + 26 +16 + 20 +16 +16 - 2 -11 - 1 -11. - 5 + + + + 0 9 6 2 8 + 12 +13 +12 +13 + 6 -10 - 8 -5 -3 + 6 + 2 0 r+ 9 - 6 + 1 +30 -16 . +10 Mass. " R. I. . , Pa. Pa. + . + + Ohio Pa. - a - 5 +10 + 3 Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Baltimore + 2 + 2 D. C. Md. -2 + 2 - 2 +16 + 8 • +13 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee tA + 8 + 2 + 3 ' Conn. Mass. Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Akron Cincinnati Columbus' Toledo . Erie Cities Cleveland Pittsburgh Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Miami Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Nashville + 2 - 1 Ohio • Ala. Fla. Ga. ' II ' La. Tenn. 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. • + 6 + 5 + 5 + h + 27 + 9 + 8 + - U 1 1 3 - h +17 + 22 + 22 + 1 + 7 +11+ -7 ±21' • - h + 8 • + 7 k - +_8 r+ 7 + 10 - 3 + 16 - 1 + 7 +18 + 6 0 + h + 11+ + 5 . R - 3 +1U + 1 ' +21 + 7 + 3 +1U - h Li + 9 -12 + 8 + a + 5 +12 + 7 - 3 ii j__3 V5 -12 +12 + 9 + 7 -10 -10 - k - 5 - 2 + 6 +1U . 0 0 + 23 +11 - 6 Page 2 H.ll DEPARTMENT STORE SALES H 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 Minneapolis District Metropolitan Area Minneapolis-St. Paul Minneapolis City St. Paul City Cities Duluth-Superior Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita St. Joseph Oklahoma City Tulsa City Kansas City Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco^-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland City Portland Salt Lake City Seattle' Spokane Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago ending Nov. Jan. 3t Jan. 10; Jan. 17 | Jan. 2lT" 0 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn. " " ±17 zi r- 2 + 1 h +11 +19 +23 +16 -1 -12 - 8 + $ - 8 - 1 + 1 -12 - 3 + 2 + 1 - h - l + 6 ±Ji - 2 ±_1 + k + 8 - U - 3 - h + 2 + 10 + 3 + 26 + k + 3 + 1 + 0 - i + 8 + k Minn.&Wis,. + l - 1 + 5 + 3 + U +_i +11 +_U r-10 0 + 6 - 8 -18 -15 -20 -11 - h - 3 - h - h - 8 Colo. Kans. Okla. Mo. Tex. » " Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. " + + - 2 0 1 6 1 9 - 1 + 2 +36 +19 + l - l + 3 -11 + 5 + 2 + 1 +10 + k -17 - 6 + 6 + 9 + 8 - U tl + + + + + + 12 +U6 +19 +16 -21 +12 +12 + 3 + 8 + 2 -18 + 8 - 9 ' +10 - 7 +13 - 2 - 6 + 3 + 8 3 8 Z 9 £ + 2k tA tl + + + 3 5 3 6 + 1 - 3 + 1 +16 + 5 - 3 - 2 + 1 +~1 - 1 -11 + 5 +37 + 5 + 7 .+ 9 k -b + 0 - 5 + 2 - 2 + 10 + 6 + 8 + 5 +16 + 8 + 12 tl +18 +13 +18 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 7 + 6 + 1 + 8 +19 + h - 6 + 3 + 3 - 3 - 3 - h +13 +17 + £ +30 r—Revised. -x-Data not available. 1/ The decrease shown for this week reflects in part the fact that sales were reduced because of as curtailment in public transportation service in the city of Philadelphia.
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