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BO,.ID OF GOVERNORS,OP THE FEDERAL RESERVE 3YSTET
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. August 50, -1946

\ DEPART: "ENT STORE SALES, 3Y CITIES
••• P e r c e n t a g e Change f r o m Corresponding P e r i o d a Year Ago
F e d e r a l Reserve d i s t r i c t
. and'city.

+27 .

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
Philadelphia District
Philadelphia

Week ending
Month of
i ' ' z •
Juiy
J u l y 2 7 Aug. 3 Aug. 10 Aug.17* |Augi24

.. J a n . . June

+23
+H"
+23
+16
+21

Conn.
I''ass.
"

R.I.
r
N.J.
N .Y.
"

1
1

Pa.

+34
+ 54
+28
+35
, +27
+33
+27
+5?

p+32
'

.

+29, !
+F7
- +26
+27
+32
+39
..+5?
+30
+40
. +32
. +41

+22
' 754
+23
+24
+25

+ 56
+35
+ 35 - 725"
. +51 • +.34
+56
• +32
•
+56 • +36
• +45
+49

+50

x

r+92

+40

+19- +121 - • +41
+19 • . +108.
. +56.
+19
+134
+45
+24
+100
+42
+24
+120
+40

r+56
735
+28
r+57
+28
+34

+ 156
r+lM
+151
+166
+90
r+108
r+105.
+T08

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+45
+47
+49 .
+50

+22
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+ 33 .
+28'
• +30
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+38

+ ;6
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+42

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+28
+29
• +28
+42

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+29 , +92
+22
r+91 ,
+37
+108

• +20
+13
+28

+23
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.+26

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+ 1S
+20

+ 50
+58
+47
+26
+ 55
+51

+54
+42
' +45
, +32
+15
' +53,

+26
+55
+52
+26
+26
+29

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+67 .
r+120

+52
+35
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+22,
+54
+48

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+ 55
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+33
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+119
+89
+77 .

+47
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+52
+51
+56

Pa.

+27
.717
+31
+25
- +27
.+18
..+33

Richmond D i s t r i c t
Washington'
• Baltimore

D.C.
Md.

.T3o
+21

> +25
719
+24

Atlanta District
Birmingham
Miami
Atlanta
New O r l e a n s
Nashville

Ala.
Fla.
Ga.
La.
Tenn.

+25
+2"3
+27
+ 31
+24
+39

+2 7
+30
+ 55
+29
+26.
+45

Chicago D i s t r i c t
Chicago
Indianapolis
Detroit
Milwaukee

111.
Ind.
:.'ich .
".Vis.

"+27
r+%5"
+23
+25
+31




+28
+Z?
+ 31
+18 •
+32

+30

p+32
+24
.+25* • " ' +T7

Cleveland D i s t r i c t
Akr on
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus ;
Toledo "
'
Pittsburgh

Ohio
H

+33

p+54
+3T
+ 31
+ 36
+ 35

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:

+42
+58
+41

+55748
+66 •

: +31
; 756
+43
7^1
+41
+44
+ 33
+41
+49
+21
7ZZ
+20

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DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Continued)
P e r c e n t a g e Change from Corresponding P e r i o d a Year Ago

F e d e r a l Reserve d i s t r i c t
and c i t y
S t . Louis D i s t r i c t
L i t t l e Rock
Louisville
S t . Louis
Memphis
Minneapolis D i s t r i c t
Minneapolis'
S t . Paul
Duluth-Superior
Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t
Denver
Wichita
Kansas C i t y
St . Joseph
Oklahoma C i t y
Tulsa
Dallas' D i s t r i c t
Dallas
F o r t Worth
Houston . .
San Antonio
San F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t
Los Angeles Area
Oakland
San F r a n c i s c o
Portland
S a l t Lake . C i t y
Seattle

Jan.June
+28
TZZ
+26
+28
r+27

I "inn.
"&Wis.

p+34
p+31-

r+32
*755
+ 30
+14

Ark..
Ky. ..
Mo.
Tenii.

.

Mo.
Okl'a.

Week ending
J u l y 27 Aug. 5 Aug.10 Aug .17* Aug. 24
+ 35
.719
+33
+39
+ 30

+42
+41
+45
+24

+24
• .+3?
+16
+23
+32
+16
+17

Colo.
Kan's.

+28
+33
+22
+ 33
+28

Tex.
1

+22
+27
+19
+ 17
+22
+30
+ 15

Calif.
"
"

Ore.
Utah
Wash.

Month of
July

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P+F3

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+30
737
+21
+25 •
+51
+20
+31
. +33
+59
+2 6
+41
+31
+ 30
734
+24
+18
+ 34 '
+36
+ 17

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. +49.
+ 30
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+ 31
+13
+24
+32
+35

+39
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777
714
+84
, +42
+43
+62
+33
+101

(Not a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n )

+31
744
+ 7
+34
+ 17
+24
+25

+26
+27

+29
+25
+24
T?44
+33
+ 30
+29
+24
+18
+36
+52
+22

+29
+43
+20
+27

+20
+30
+ 11
+21

+28

+11
+ 9

r+69
.+75.
+46
+58
+37
+ 71
+ 75

+21
+ 33
+31
+25
+26

+24
+30
+ 14
+ 20
+27

+30
73?
+30
+32
+35

r+60
+63
r+44
' +71
+ 78

+37
+ 35
+26
+39
+50

+28
73b
+19
+•16
+30
+42
+ 15

+33
+36
+30
+20
+35
+28
+20

r+82
+77
+ 70
+69
+104
+106
+82

+ 32
+39
+31
+ 36
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+ •56
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