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5u BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM August 4, 1950 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Based on Dollar Amounts) Federal Reserve district and city UNITED STATES - 2 Boston District New Haven Boston Springfield Providence Conn. Mass• " R.I. Nov vork District iK/ark Buffalo New York Rochester Syracuse N.J. N.Y, " " " Philadelphia District Philadelphia Pa. Cleveland District Ohio Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo Pa. Erie Pittsburgh " Richmond District D.C. Washington Baltimore Md. Atlanta District Birmingham Miami 1 Atlanta New Orleans Nashville Chicago District Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee Jan*' May ^2 - 7 - 2 - 5 - 4 zJt - 3 - 6 - 5 - 2 - 2 + 4 0 - 2 + 2 - 3 fi + + 1 l 2 7 - 5 0 - 3 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 4 + 6 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 4 +14 + 7 - 2 ft - 5 111. - 2 - 3 - 4 - 1 L *l J u l y 8 * +10 +8 +25 +46 +42 =11 - 4 -17 -12 + 3 +12 +ii + 7 + 1 +13 +20 +14 +32 +39 +36 +36 +36 +48 +30 +38 +67 r +32 r+42 +39 r +28 +42 +52 +48 +30 +38 +48 +42 °J^e° 0 ±_2 - 3 + 4 + 5 - 1 + 3 M + 6 + 3 Ala, Fla. Ga. La# Tenn. Ind. Mich. Wis . Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago + 3 feo +12 + 4 - 1 + 8 +_6 - 1 + 4 +10 + 6 n %1 — 2 + 6 + 3 +11 -_7 - 7 + 6 -10 + 3 -14 1 n + 6 +12 + 1 + 7 +12 +14 n n +11 + 9 + 8 + 3 +26 +11 Jul y 15 M y n +22 +14 +16 +25 n # r+35 +31 +14 +16 +13 +22 +23 +24 +32 +54 +22 +39 +30 +41 +46 +33 +69 +51 +37 +47. +38 +46 + 7 +27 +25 +36 +20 + 5 +40 -0 - 2 22jJuly 2^ 0 + 2 +19 + 6 +15 +18 +12 - 1 +21 +24 -11 + 5 +35 +20 +35 +23 r+60 +68 +46 +52 r+51 . . r+52 +11 + 8 +10 +17 + 8 +11 + 3 +10 +20 + 6 +27 +31 +23 +59 +35 I +55 +52 +33 +29 +39 +50 +45 H.ll Page 2 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding Federal Reserve district period' a year ago and city I Jan.- M July 1 °Jund l * | J u l y 8 * J u l y 15 July 22 Jjuly 29 May . St. sLouis District Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. rf 0 - 3 » 1 +12 + 1 +7 +11 +2 - 3 + 2 +1 m H 0 Minneapolis District Minneapolis + 2 Minn . St. Paul " - 1 Duluth-Superior "&Wis. - 5 + 7 + 6 + 4 Kansas City District Denver Colo. Wichita Kans • Kansas City Mo. St. Joseph Oklahoma City Okla. 11 Tulsa + + + + Dallas District ^-Dallas Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Tex. " San Francisco District Los Angeles Area Calif. Oakland " 11 San Francisco Portland Ore• Salt Lake City Utah Seattle -Wash. rJL - 2 - 5 - 2 - 5 + 5 - 1 +_6 + 5 + 9 - 2 +11 =-2 - 3 - 2 + 1 -3 - 2 + 1 . +2 ' 2 5 2 5 8 ± 2 +13 - 3 + 4 +13 ±2 0 + 1 0 - 1 + 9 + 5 . +n +19 - 3 + 8 + 6 +19 + 6 -2 +10 +19 +12 +15 +2 +23 +12 ±10 + 9 + 6 + 6 + 3 +15 +12 ft +15 ' + 5 +14 +27 +18 +33 +25 +18 +47 +42 +64 +50 +37 +41 m +22 +24 •+23 ±41 +43 +38 +35 ±62 + 5 +17 +17 - 5 " + 8 +24 ±25 +29 .+44 +40 + 5 +37 +46 r+60 +59 +54 +71 +35 +51 +70 ±42 +42 +58 +42 +13 +38 +58 +21 +14 +19 +25 +11 ±29 +33 +35 +41 +48 +71 +75 r+62 +56 +82 +49 +45 +44 +46 +55 +20 +19 +20 +12 +22 + 9 +15 ±22 +34 +37 +30 ^"44 +24 +29 r+62 +65 +62 +54 +56 +51 +60 • ±ir: • +22 • +11 +10 +12 +U2 +hh +32 38" +47 +29 £ +42 In using year ago comparisons for these weeks, allowance should be made for differences in the number of trading days. For stores in some cities the week ending July 1 contained one more trading day than in the corresponding week last year and conversely the week ending July 8 contained one less trading day.
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