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FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD R&S RTI - 58 October 8, 1929 For r e l e a s e i n morning papers Thursday, October 10. RETAIL TRADE IN SEPTEMBER 1929 Preliminary report Department s t o r e s a l e s f o r September were 2 p e r cent l a r g e r than i n t h e corresponding month a year ago, according 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 5^9 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 224 s t o r e s and decreases by 305 s t o r e s . The 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 country, ranging from an i n c r e a s e of 6 per cent i n t h e Xansas City F e d e r a l r e s e r v e d i s t r i c t t o a decrease of 5 per cent i n the Minneapolis d i s t r i c t . P e rc en ta g e changes i n t o t a l s a l e s between September I92S and September 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 United S t a t e s 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 P e r c e n t a g e of i n c r e a s e or deNumber of s t o r e s c r e a s e i n s a l e s , September, 1929, reporting— compared w i t h September. 1928. I n c r e a s e : Decrease ' + 1*9 224 305 + 2,3 58 22 8 10 22 9 23 8 5 17 7 35 38 28 34 22 30 23 42 11 13 8 10 46 + 4.8 0.3 0.9 4.5 + 0,2 4.3 0.6 5.2 5.5 0.9 0.6 - - + + + + N o t e : - The month had t h e same number of b u s i n e s s days (24) t h i s year and l a s t y e a r .
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