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LIBRAE OF THE FEDERAL
8ESEBE BAiiK OF CliVEfiND
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS , OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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P e r c e n t a g e Change 'from C d r r e s p o n d i n g P e r i o d a Year Ago
• -Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t
and c i t y
UNITED STATES
Boston D i s t r i c t
New Haven
Boston
Springfield
Providence
New, York D i s t r i c t
Newark
Buffalo
New York
Rochester
Syracuse
Conn.
Mass .
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Richmond.District
.Washington
.Baltimore
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P e r c e n t a g e Change f r o m C o r r e s p o n d i n g P e r i o d a Year Ago
Week e n d i n g l /
Month of Month of
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Jan.
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l / During March -and A p r i l : c h a n g e s f r o m a y e a r ago r e f l e c t i n p a r t t h e f a c t t h a t l a s t
y e a r E a s t e r was on A p r i l 21 w h i l e t h i s y e a r i t "was on A p r i l 6 . For t h i s r e a s o n
i t i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t i n c o m p a r i s o n w i t h l a s t y e a r a l l o w a n c e s h o u l d be made f o r
an i n c r e a s e i n s a l e s of a b o u t 3 p e r c e n t f o r t h e month of March a s a whole and
f o r a c o r r e s p o n d i n g d e c r e a s e f o r t h e month of A p r i l a s a w h o l e .
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