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1*7 H.ll BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM April 3 , 1953... DEPARTMENT STORE SALES. H SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Based on Dollar Amounts) Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City percentage cnange from corresponding period a year ago ]-J Jan.Week ending Feb. Mar. 7 1 Mar. 1U1 Mar. 21(Mar. 28 United States + 2 tJ. t2± +l6 Boston D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas New Haven Lowell-Lawrence Cities Downtown Boston Springfield Providence + 3 +13 + 6 +19 + 6 R. I . -9 +12 ' +11 + 27 -23 +25; +19 +11 +10 +18 + 2 + 1 0 +15 + 7 + l +10 + 3 + l +15 +li* +37 + 8 +13 - 9 - 5 + 2 + 6 r+10 0 New York D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Cities New York Newark N. Y. » II + 2 + k + 8 + 6 +10 + 23 +17 +16 +18 +12' +19 „ r+13 N. Y. N. J. - 9 - 2 - 2 +11 + 5 - l r+ 8 r+12 Philadelphia D i s t r i c t City Philadelphia + 1 + 3 t ± r+12 + 6 Pa. - 2 - 3 + 2 r+12 + 3 + 1 - + 7 +13 r+17 +13 Pa. + + + - 0 6 8 5 1 +2U - 6 + 10 +15 - 2, +17 + 3 +19 • +23 +19 + 8 + 21 +10 + 20 +1U +19 + 21 +18 + 8 +12 Ohio Pa. - 2 - 2 + 11 +li# +10 +17 +13 +13 + 6 + 3 r+ k Et_i r+11 + 8 - 1 + 1 r+ 3 + 2 - 2 +, 8 r+11 +1U . + 9 + 7 +_T +13 + 20 r+lL +1U + U + 6 +10 + 2 + S + 6 +11 + 7 + 1 + 5 + 6 - 2 + 29 +3U +35 + 3 +12 +12 r- 2 +30 +19 + 5 +17 + 20 +18 +12 - 8 + 29 +19 - 1 +17 + 10 + 1 +10 + 8 +16 t!£ - 5 + 5 + 9 0 + 7 +13 *10 + 2 - 1 +12 +19 +10 +12 + 22 +18 .. + 12 +lk +11 + 20 + 9 Cleveland D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Akron Cincinnati Columbus Toledo Erie Cities Cleveland Pittsburgh Richmond D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas "Washington Baltimore Atlanta D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Miami Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Nashville Chicago D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee Ohio D. C. Md. Ala. Fla. Ga. » La. Tenn. 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. . + 6 + 8 +lL - - 3 + 2 * + 9 +18 H.ll Page 2 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES IN SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) (Based on Dollar Amounts) F e d e r a l Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and C i t y t St* Louis D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas L i t t l e Rock Louisville S t . Louis Memphis. Minneapolis D i s t r i c t - M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas M i n n e a p o l i s - S t . Paul Minneapolis C i t y S t . Paul C i t y Cities Duluth-Superior Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Denver Topeka Wichita S t . Joseph Oklahoma C i t y 1- Tulsa \ City V • Kansas C i t y Dallas D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Dallas El Paso F o r t "Worth Houston San Antonio Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Jan.Feb. P e r c e n t a g e change from c o r r e s p o n d i n g p e r i o d a y e a r ago 1 / Week ending : Mar. 7 i Mar. lki Mar. 21 (Mar. 28 0 + 7 +15 + 19 '+iu + 2 + 3 + 2 0 + 8 + 5 + h +15 + 7 + 21 +16 + 7 + 19 +17 +19 +16 0 + 8 +16 + 19 +12 +35 +19 +12 +1U + 9 +35 +35 +36 +19 + 19 + 20 - 3 Minn. Mini:.;kWis. Colo. Kans. Mo. Okla, Mo. Tex. " San F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Los Angeles Calif. Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco-Oakland. ii San F r a n c i s c o C i t y ii Oakland C i t y Portland Ore. S a l t Lake C i t y Utah Seattle Wash. .Spokane - h - 5 0 + 5 + 6 + 5 - 1 + 6 +11 +30 +18 + 2 +13 + 13 r+19 + 12 + 1 - u 0 - 8 + 3 + 7 + 5 +13 +19 -15 +1U + 8 +15 + 21 + k +1U + U + k + 26 +11 +11 +Uo + 7 + 6 +11 +26 +18 + 8 + 9 + 9 +19 +1U +18 +10 ^ + 1 . < +_5 +12 + 8 +18 +16 + 3 +11 + 1 + 9 + 2 +1U • + 5 + 1 +18 * + 3 - 2 +19 + 1 +13 +11 + 13 +39 + 7 + 10 +38 + 21 + 5 + 8 + 29 - 7 + 7 +12 +16 + 9 + 10 + 5 . - 2 + 3 0 + 5 + 5+ k +11 + 8 + h +13 +13 + 7 +12 +10 + 6 + 1 +16 + 9 +1L +iL +14 + 21 +17 + 22 + 8 + 6 0 +15 +12 + 22 +10 +16 + + + + + +10 + 8 + 9 + h + 12 + 6 + 21 + 12 + 23 + 6 6 2 k 2 h 0 +13 + 22 + 9 +11 + h r—Revised. *Data not a v a i l a b l e . 1/During March and A p r i l changes from 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 13 w h i l e tiy.s y e a r i t w i l l be on A p r i l 5 . 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 comparison w i t h l a s t y e a r an allowance should be made f o r an i n c r e a s e i n s a l e s of about 4 p e r c e n t f o r t h e month of March as a vh ole and 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 as a w h o l e .
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