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1 F E D E R A L L°LE^! E SIPT^ R EHO RE S E R V E B O A R D P A P E R B r&s rtp «• 193° - 69 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES IN AUGUST, 1930 Preliminary report Department store sales in August were 11 per cent smaller than in the corresponding month a year ago, according to preliminary reports made to the Federal reserve system by 530 stores located in leading cities of all Federal reserve a year°a^o ^ & daily level^of^a y e a r % g o ^ avera Se first basis eight > however, sales were 8 per cent smaller than montos of this year were 6 per cent below the PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE FROM A YEAR AGO Federal reserve district August * January 1 to ust 31 * Number of reporting stores Total (53O stores) Boston , New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco u T J e a " ^ 8 prellmlnar 5'' the """to had 26 business days this year and 27
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