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FEDERAL 3 E S 1 2 V E BOARD R&S RTI - 59 November 8, 1929 For r e l e a s e i n morning papers Saturday, November g . RETAIL TRADE IN OCTOBER 1929 Preliminary report Department s t o r e s a l e s f o r October were 3 p e r cent l a r g e r t h a n i n t h e corresponding month a y e a r ago, a c c o r d i n g t o p r e l i m i n a r y r e p o r t s made to t h e F e d e r a l r e s e r v e system by 483 s t o r e s ' . I n c r e a s e s i n t o t a l s a l e s were r e p o r t ed by 252 s t o r e s and d e c r e a s e s by 23I s t o r e s . !tee change i n s a l e s v a r i e d c o n s i d e r a b l y f o r d i f f e r e n t p a r t s of t h e count r y , ranging from an i n c r e a s e of 7 p e r cent i n t h e Boston and New York Fede r a l r e s e r v e d i s t r i c t s to a d e c r e a s e of 11 per cent i n t h e Minneapolis d i s trict. P e r c e n t a g e changes i n t o t a l s a l e s between October 1928 and October 1929 a r e given by d i s t r i c t s i n t h e f o l l o w i n g t a b l e : Federal reserve district Pe r c e n t a g e of i n c r e a s e or dec r e a s e i n s a l e s » October, 1929, compared with October. 1928. United S t a t e s + 3-0 252 231 + 7a 38 33 27 18 33 15 17 8 6 l4 15 28 47 14 12 9 23 16 38 12 10 7 4 39 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis Minneapolis Kansas C i t y Dallas San F r a n c i s c o + T.i + 5.3 + 1.1 + 4.6 - 4;l -U -ii:2 + 3.0 + 1.9 + 0.4 Number of s t o r e s re-porting— Increase 1 Decrease Note: — The month had t h e Same number of b u s i n e s s days (27) t h i s year and l a s t y e a r ;
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