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16? TRANSFER LIBRARY OF THE FEDERAL i I ' BOARD OF GOVERNORS) OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ^ ^ Qp Q^VcLAND ' April 9, 1948 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, By: CITIES' % Pero9ntagei:C!han^e from "Corresponding ^eriipti 6. -Yeter Agd ! 1 ii i i i 2 I i - 1 i .i 1 !• •i 4 j ...! f UNITED..STATES • ; - V >Bo6ton'Sistri'ct' -New B[aven r •- Boston • •' S p r i n g f i e l d Providence : r New York D i s t r i c t Newark Buffalo New York Rochester • Syracuse Philadelphia D i s t r i c t Philadelphia • Conn* Massi' R. I . i • : N. J . N. Y. i . Pa. Pa. Richmond D i s t r i c t Washington • 'Baltimore D. C;j ' Md. " + 4 +11 - 1 TQ + 3 + 9 ' +5 Ohio " ' * 2 -Ala, Fla. . Gar La. Tenn. Chicago D i s t r i c t . Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee -111. ... Ind. : Mich. Wis. " + 4 . +14 +10 +11 + 8 +.9 +14 +12 +16 + 4 +11 +13 + 8 +10 +12 + 7 +11 +11 +T3" +11 + 4 + 4 +12 +13 +12 • - 2 + 6 - 1 + 5 + 8 + 9 + 5 + 1 + -1 - 2 - 7 .- 1 • + 3 ; +23 + -2 . : ^ 6 + 5 -2.' + 4 +•€ + 7 +14 + 7 + 15 : w ' +31 + 3 + 6 +11 +11 • +3 + 5 +.4-. .•+20/ """+ 9 """ :*"+ 7 . "+21 0 + 5 V ; .. +11 • •; -12 •: +12 • 8 2 +17 +20 .' ,+ 7 : . Y - + .4. ' •+ 2' 1 ; • + 8 +15 + 9 -12 8 • - 3 """+* g7'" • >+25-'"1-29 r r 9 . — + 2 i *14 -16 8 ,- - 3 +b?+13 -1-7 *4 - 6 + 4 . + -4 +15 8 e 1 8 + -!•" ... + i " + 4 r+15 -10 +~2 + : 9 • -11 r r rr * +27' .,'+ 2 +11 r+41 . -15 + 2 + 3 : r+10 - 9 - 3 + 3... + 9 +21 r+40 • +17 - 7 r+27 -15 -17 - + 8 + 9 1 Atlanta D i s t r i c t B"-Tingham -Miami Atlanta New' Orleans • Nashville " + 5 +12 + 5 +12 •+ 5 l.-o W7. / % Mar • 6 Mar.13 Mar ,20' •Mar *27 Apr, 3 + 7 TT +14 + 6 +14 . +22 ? — ii Cleveland D i s t r i c t Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo Pittsburgh + 7 + 2 + i r Week •Ii 1 % Month of Month of Feb, ' " Jan.; Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t • -and- c i t y r+11 FflO +16 -11 ' -12 +26 : +12 +14 +46 +20 ' - * 1 7 : , , +13 "" : +40 :" +17 +27 - +22 +12 + 7 • +16 -16 -20 -2i -16 -22 - 5 -14 u . . r+ 7 +• 6 + 6 ; +11 +3 ; -20 -20 -19 Z18 +30 + 4 +-14 +30 +20 1^+22 +25 + 1 r+15 . +32 ) +12 7;r S i %13 -12 -14 -27 -16 '+• 1 - ' + . 4 ' : " •'•+ 9 • *7T' - 7 T ; ' + 5.' +11 . ! +-13 + 1 + 5 +5 +13 + 11 », +20 +17- + 9 +24 +16 -10 ^16 -19 - 1 - 3 i , . ,J k . 1 2 » ! . « • * FEDERAL RESERVE BANK DEPARTMENT?6gOR^^S^jBXEG5TIES; (Continued) • Percentage Change from Corresponding Period a Year Ago _ Month of Month of . Febi. Jan> • F e d e r a l Reserve d i s t r i c t • and c i t y . St.= Louis D i s t r i c t L i t t l e Rock Louisville St ^-Louis Memphis Ark. Ky.' Mo. Term'. Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Minneapolis • S t . Paul ! Duluth-Superior , • Minn. "&Wis. +.12 + 6 ' +10 Okla • " + 7 ° Tex. Calif. Ore..; Utah. Wash. 'l ' . +10 + 1 9 +11 + 4 +15 +16 Colo, Kans . Mo, San F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t Los Angeles Area r . Oakland San F r a n c i s c o .v.. P o r t l a n d - -Salt" Lake City .Seattle + + + + r.±± • " Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t Denver Wichita Kans,as> City S t . Joseph Oklahoma City Tulsa Dallas D i s t r i c t Dallas Fort Worth Houston .San Antonio i - t - j . :+ 6 . ' - 3 - •- 2 + 8': +13 i + 6 +10 " + 1 '' 6 - +10 +20 +16 '>*>10 + 2 +13 + 3 1 , +18 ; * + 6 + 7 : : 3 9 2 8 Week ending l / ' Mar. 6 Mar'.13 Mar .20 Mar ,27 Apr . 3 +19 712 +25 +18 +10 + 7 + 6 +17. + 3 + 4 ' +16 +23 +21 +10 +17 +14 t56 +23 + 6 +20..; . -11 - 3 -13 -17 (Not a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n ) + 3 + 7 + t + 6 + 5 + 3 +16 +13 + 7. ' -13, + 9. g+12 + 4 r+17 + 3 • + 7 + 4 +16 + 7 +21 +16 -13 +24 - 5 +14 - 3 + 6 + 4 + 1 +17 + 5 +23 +20 +15 +40 +20 + 8 + 3 - 1 +16 + -9 +19 +25 - 3 +12 . +13 ... ^ T +33 +23 - -12 +4^ +34 +11 + 26 r +20 . +13 + 3 + 3, + 1 + 1 - 4 + 4 0 + + + + 0 +12 + 4 + 2 + 4 +12 + 4 + 2 +10 + 4 - 2 • 0 - 4 + 3 ~ 3 9 3 1 r+14 + 5" +13 +10 +10 +19 +26 , - 5 -10 -13 • 0 -18 - 4 + 4 l 'm;y ••y-14 TV" ~-15" +16 +12 +18 +12 -21 - 2 - 5 -15 r: T -f--Revised. -/ • ' 1/ During "Marchichariges from/a y6ar 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 year E a s t e r was - on A p r i l 6 twhile j t h i s ' y e a r i t was on March 28. 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 year allowance should be ma.de f o r an i n c r e a s e i n s a l e s of about 1 p e r c e n t f o r t h e month of March as a whole and f o r a corresponding d e c r e a s e f o r t h e month of A p r i l as a whole. ** Data not a v a i l a b l e . .
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