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7 7 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM March 23, 1951 H.ll DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Based on Dollar Amounts) . . Percentage change from corresponding" period a. year ago 1/ Federal Reserve district and cityYear Month of, Fe'b-.l? Feb.2k Mar. .3 Mar. 10 Mar.17 1950 Jan. UNITED STATES Boston District New Haven Boston Lowell-Lawrence Springfield Providence •New York District M.-7.rark Bv Cfalo Mew York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Philadelphia Cleveland District Ai< ron Cincinnati Cleveland C olumbus Toledo Erie Pittsburgh . + 5 +33 +18 + 2 + 1 + 2 +2? +22 +32 +13 +19 "> 8 Conn. Mass, " ;. * R.I. N.J. N.Y. " Pa.. Ohio Pa. " • . +24 +18 +20 +14 -+5\ +13 + 8 +30 + 4 +24 + 1 +17 +13 + 3 +12 1 2 + 9 • -IP + 7 +14 + 9 - 2 +16 +18 +12 +10 214 +18 +15 +13 +13 +16 r+20 r+33 *21 +18 r+21 +25 +10 +lo +18 . + 7 +16 + 9 +22 +22 r+19 r+I£ +18 +29 +31 +20 +29 +37 +49 +26 + 24 +12 T S + 3 +19 + 2 + 2 +33 ' +32 +28 +29 1_3 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 6 +31 +37 +29 +29 ' +30 +34 +24 .'+18 +25 +23 +23 +22 +33 +30 +18 +33 +26 + 6 ^3 +33 +32 +10 + 9 +20 +13 + 7 7T + 7 + 8 + 2 + 7 +10 + 4 +42 +29 +38 +18 • +42 +1+1 +46 +29 7%0 +14 * +29 +19 +36 +32 +32 +36 +41 +31 +47 +28 .+33 +47 . +39 +31 . + 36 +U1. +48 +U6 +50 +38 +34 +20 + 9 Richmond District Washington Baltimore + 4 + 2 .+ 2 +18: +16 +2o +22 + 22 115 +12 +21 r+28 D.C. Md. Atlanta District Birmingham Miami Atlanta New Orleans Nashville Ala. Fla. . Ga. La. Tenn. + .7 +10 +10 +10 + 2 + 7 +24 +29 +29 +35 +1U +25 +10 +17 +15 +13 - 2 +21 +22 +15 +30 +11 +16 • + 5 +28 + 21 + 3 +29 + 21 +17 r+27 +20 r+lU +U0 +26 +25 +17 +14 +11; -Ik + 4 Chicago District Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee + m + + + +32 +26 +35 +41 +30 + 24 +37 111. Ind. Mich. Ms. +2o +30 +13 +51 +ul +36 +23 +20 + 21 +30 +13 +28 +30 +22 : +23 +35 +10 + b + 5 +23 0 7 7 9 7 +28 ' +34 +14 , DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago 1/ Federal Reserve district and city- M °Jan.° f Feb.l7|Feb.2li|#ar. 3 Mar. 101Mar. 1? + a St. Loui's District Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Area . Memphis Ark# Ky. Mo, Tenn. Minneapolis District iiinneapolis St. Paul Duluth-Superior Hisn, it "M.is. Kansas City District L- .iver V»i3nita Kansas City St. Joseph Oklahoma City Tulsa Colo. Kans. Mo. Okla. Dallas District Dallas Fort YjOrth . Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Los Angeles Area Oakland San Francisco Portland Salt Lake City Seattle 1950 +36 +31 +34 +12 + 2 +29 + 9 +13 +11 + 5 • 11L +31 +32 +31 +14 +1F +10 +14 + 3 +22 + 6 + 6 H + + + + + +53 , +25 +15 + 21 +11 +40 + 22 + 6 +12 +14 +13 + 3 0 + 2 + 1 +10 + l -18 +13 +12 +11 +27 + +29 +21 + 6 +16 + 22 +21 +50 +41 +24 +14 + 7 +14 H +20 +20 6 8 2 6 7 +38 +40 +23 +41 -14 -16 +19 +14 + 9 +lo +10 +11 +11 +10 +11 +28 +33 +28 +31 +21 -li +11 - 4 + 8 +44 + 4 + 8 +41 + 7 + 6 +39 +33 +29 +31 +lo +13 + 5 +25 +23 +13 +10 +17 +13 +20 +17 +20 + 8 + 8 + 7 +11 + 7 Calif. Ore. Utah V, ash. +16 +12 + 8 + 3 + 4 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 7 +11 +65 +45 +60 +22 + 4 -•8 +35 & + 5 +14 3 3 3 2 +12 +26 +15 + 3 r+20 +19 r+ 7 +34 +24 r+15 +11 +12 '+30 - 7 +12 +10 -14 +20 - 1 +18 +13 +11 +16 +18 r—Revised. * Data not available. 1/ During March and April changes from a year ago reflect in part the fact that last year Easter was on April 9 while this year it will be on March 25. For this reason it is estimated that in comparison with last year allowance should be made for an increase in sales of about 4 per cent for the month of March as a whole and for a corresponding decrease for the month of April as a whole.