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* BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H.ll August 10, 1951 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Based on Dollar Amounts) .Percentage, change from corresponding Federal Reserve District period a year ago and city. Jan.- Month of July 7* July lit July 21 July 28 Aug. I4 June May UNITED STATES Boston District New Haven Boston ' Lowell-Lawrence Springfield Providence • • +11 + 2 Conn. Mass. " " R.I. + 6 +11 +7 +3 +10 +10 Z + - N.J. N.Y. " " " +13 +Hi +13 +12 +13 +13 Philadelphia District Philadelphia Pa. Cleveland District Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Richmond District Washington Baltimore -New York District Newark Buffalo New York ' Rochester Syracuse 1 T 2 2 1 !| -10 -23 - 2 . -16 -13 - 1 +2U + 1 0 -11 - 3 - 9 +11 +11 + h +lU + 3 + 6 TT +22 +18 - 1 + hh + 2 +T - 7 + h. + 5 -10 +11 + 9 0 - 1 +1S +21 54 SI Ohio " " " " Pa. " +lh +TB +8 +16 +11 +17 +16 +13 + + + 2 h U 5 - 0 + U + It 0 D.C. Md. + 9 + 9 +10 + $ +1 +1 + 3 - 1 + 9 + U +1 ' +2L - 1 - 2 Atlanta District Birmingham Jacksonville Miami Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Nashville . Ala. Fla. » Ga. " La. Tenn. + 8 +8 +11 +1U • +10 +23 +1 +3 Chicago District Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Ms. +13 +11 +13 +17 +13 - 1 - 1' + 6 + 3 +2 0 - 2 - 1 - 5 +1U 0 0 -=4 + 3 0 m + 7 ' -1U -16 -20 -30 -12 -29 -20 -lU ^20 -111 -lh - 6 . -21 -18 -10 -lh -10 -15 r-19 r-15 -lh -11 -21 - 6 E§ ' a % $ -17 -11 -28 -17 -17 - 7 - 3 - 7 " - 6 - 7 -12 -10 -t -ie -33 -25 -19 -23 -16 -26 =T + 2 -18 -23" - 7 r-21 -21 -19 -2U -19 -23 -25 -25 r-18 -m =1!' - 9 - 8 :® - 7 -17 +26 +13 +12 =IF -11 -15 - 6 + 1 -23 - h 0 u 8 1 h - 7 -22 - 7 - 9 0 -12 + + - •S -18 + 8 -Ik + 2 -IS -21 + 7; -26 -26 -10 -25 -19 -11* -17 -11 -lh -26 -21 -21 -21 -21 -23 -16 - 7 . -18 " M -17 -26 -25 / SI -17 -12 -lh i DEPAR1MEN r STORE SALES, BY' CITIES (Continued) percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Jan.- Month of July 7-"- July lit July 21 July 28 Aug. li May June -10 /+ 7 -22 -lit -23 - 3 - 9 =10 =2n =33 Ark. -13 .^3 -~7 + l - 6 . -16 -17 Ky. t 8 -25 -25 + 8 -23 -111 - 9 -17 Mo. - 9 - 3 - 8 + 7 -11 -13 Tenn. -25 -33 - k Federal Reserve District and city St. Lcui.: District Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Area . Memphis Minneapolis District Minneapolis St. Paul Duluth-Superior Kansas City District Denver V.ichita .Kansas City St. Joseph Oklahoma City Tulsa Dallas District Dallas El Paso Fort Forth Houston San Antonio +10 " "mis. Colo. Kans. Mo. Okla. " Tex. " San Francisco District Calif. Los Angeles Area Oakland San Diego " San Francisco Ore. Portland Utah Salt Lake City Seattlu "Wash. Spokane -13 -12 -16 - 7 -29 -29 -32 -2h -27 =2F -33 -23 -25 =24 -30 -lk - 8 =3 -26 - 2 - 9 + 1 -10 -13 -15 -bo - 7 -2o -30 r-33 -26 • -19 -1*6 -31 -35 r-2h -27 -21 -25 -lit -26 -3k -12 =IH + k - 9 -10 -24 -2k -20 -18 -10 -18 -lit -35 -30 -2o -32 -19 -hi r-19 -22 -12 r-2o - 5 -29 -11 -22 -lk -16 +11 -18 -19 =18" -21 -21 -lk -25 - 8 -18 -18 -31 =35" -31 -25 -23 -33 -22 -29 -29 r-2U -25 -25 -2it -18 -2k -21 -lk - 9 -1U =IF -10 -17 -1U -16 -18 -19 -11 + 3 + 8 - 3 - i - 7 -10 -12 0 +12 +12 +26 +13 +10 + 3 +10 - 1 - 2 +11 0 + 6 - 2 - 7 + +10 9 7 + 8 +22 + 5 + 6 + 3 +11 - 2 - 7 -11 + 8 -11 - 3 + 3 +12 +10 +11 +15 +11 +13 +17 +18 +13 + + + + + + + + - 9 -11 - 9 - 9 - 3 -12 + 5 - 3 - 2 Minn. + 2 + 3 3 5 9 k 2 u 6 +5 . - 9 -•—Revised. Data not available,' • I n using year ago comparisons allowance should be made for the fact that stores in some cities were closed on Monday July 3 last year and, therefore, the week this year had one more trading day than the corresponding week last year in those cities.