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- FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD B&S RTI - 57 September 9> 1929 RETAIL TRADE IN AUGUST, 1929 Preliminary report Department s t o r e sales f o r August were 5 per cent l a r g e r than in the corresponding month a year ago, according to preliminary reports made to the Federal reserve system by 446 s t o r e s . Increases in t o t a l sales were reported by 288 stores and decreases by 158 s t o r e s . The change in s a l e s varied considerably f o r d i f f e r e n t p a r t s of the country, ranging from an increase of 9 per cent in the Boston Federal reserve d i s t r i c t to a decrease of S per cent in the Minneapolis d i s t r i c t . Percentage changes in t o t a l s a l e s between August 1928 and August 1929 are given by d i s t r i c t s in the following t a b l e : Federal reserve district United States Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San f r a n c i s c o Percentage of increase or decrease in s a l e s , August I929, compared with August 1928. Number of stores reporting— Increase ; Decrease + 4.7 158 66 i4 12 11 28 9 32 12 + 6.3 + 3.9 8 8 15 37 12 11 16 24 7 7 11 5 22 Note:- The month had the same number of business days (27) t h i s year and last year.
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