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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B O A R D R&S RTI - 56 August 8, 1929 For release in morning papers Friday, August 9« RETAIL TRADE IN JULY, I929 Preliminary report diStrSe?n3fheCM?o3,iJ.g Federal reserve district z United States Boston Ifew York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago St, Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Franeisco Bote, ^ 1928 ^ Percentage of increase or decrease in sales—.July, 1929, compared with July 1923. + 2.7 ^ ^ e n Number of'stores reporting;— Increase 1 Decreas 215 248 26 54 23 + 0*6 + 5*0 T 1.2 + 3-1 t 1.0 - 2.0 + 2,6 + 5*5 + 3.9 + 4.5 The month had 26 business days this year, 25 last year. 29 18 10 IS 10 29 I 5 21 15 23 13 39 10 11 7 10 8 37 24 by