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BOARD OF GOVERNORS .OFTIJE .FEDERAL RESERVE S Y S W H.ll " " ' August 9, 1946 DEPARTFEVT STORE 'SALES, BY CITIES PercGntage 'CfiaRge 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 c i t y 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 May Month of ;June +26 +31 +23 +16 +21 +26 +2? +27 +17 +20 +33 +55 +28 +35 +26 +33 +37 +39 , +28 +39 +30 +35 +22 Mass. " R.I. N.J. N.Y. ' Philadelphia District Pa^ Philadelphia +26 Cleveland D i s t r i c t Ohio Akron Cincinnati Cleveland • Columbus Toledo Pa. P i t t sburgh +26 +T5 +30 +24 +26 +17 +31 Richmond D i s t r i c t Washington Baltimore Atlanta District Birmingham Miami Atlanta New O r l e a n s Na s h v i l l e Chicago D i s t r i c t Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee D.C. Md. +22 TT9 +21 Ala. Fla. Ge. La. +25 723 +27 +32 +22 ~ • ' - +26. - ; + 21 +21 + 31 + 32 + 3? +23 +34 +28 +25 +38 +36 +24 +43 +27 +31 . +32 T2? + 35 +27 +34 +25 +42 , +25 +24 +20 • +22 r+26 TCT +26 +29 +36 +43 +32 +35 " . +33 +29 +30 ' ' | V +28 , '+24 +%0 +27 +i§ +26 . +33 +30 +28 +24 +31 • " +18 . +32 +22 754 ) +23 :V +24 +25 s +31 +57 +24 +32 +25 +40 r+36 +55 +31 ' r+36 +36 +43 +32 +25 +34" +32 +35 +49 r+26 r+25 r+24 r+T9 r+22 +16 . +25 +26 +Zo • -"+24 +17 . + 30 +24 +19 +25 +18 +15 +31 +34 +36 r+2? - +41 •+32 +35 +42 +32 750 +29 +28 +29 +23 +42 r+13 rTT +25 +28 +15 + 5 +34 - +26. +22 +2o +28 + 8 +24 +23 . • • +12 +22";+ 7 +41 +26 - +32 +5o • 2 6 ^ 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. Week e n d i n g J u l y 6* J u l y 13 J u l y 20 J u l y 27 Aug. 3. *** -+18 + 7 +T + 9 +16 +14 +21 +20 +T5 +28 +21 +T5 +26 +24 r+25 : .+30 +29 +5? +34 +25 +29 +30 +55' ' +47 r+26 ' +35 +51 r+34 +42" +45 +31 +15 +53 +29 T5T +18 . +30 +25 + 30 -m +22 +26 +34 r+42 %42" +42 +38 +41 +33 +36 +25 +25 +32 +23 +33 - 2 +48 +jl + 8 +25 +32 +28 - +39 +26 +41 *** 1 ! H.ll DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES ( C o n t i n u e d ) 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 " St • - L o u i s D i s t r i c t L i t t l e Rock Louisville S t . Louis I'.'emphi s Ark. • Ky. Mo. Tenn, Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Minneapolis. st..psLi Duluth-Super i o r Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t Denver V/ichita Kansas- City S t . . Jo seph Oklahoma C i t y Tulsa Dallas D i s t r i c t Dallas For't -;orth Houston San Antonio . Month of • 'June Jan.Kay +32 Minn. . Tgg" . +30 +13 "ciVil s - Week e n d i n g J u l y 6* J u l y 13 J u l y 20 J u l y 27 Aug." 3 ' +28 72o + 51 +28 +26 • +33 +Z% +26 +35 +35 +26 TZZ +26 +27 +26 + 35 +F3 +33 +18 +26 +17 +26 +26 +22 +26 724 +30 +22 +30 +27 Ts7 + 19 +25 +39 " +18 +26 +27 +54 + 59 +20 +21 +22 +33 +17 +26 + 3 +11 +19 +13 +19 r+24 729 • +19 + 16 +46 +22 +21 +27 + 53 +21 +30 +29 +32 + 55 .+24 +47 +25 +38 +So + 33 + 31 +37 +21 +30 +10 +22 +19 + 31 + 5? +24 + 36 +44 +21 +25 +17 +16 +21 +50 +13 +29 +40 +27 +21 +27 +30 +21 +30 T£6 +51 +14 + 54 +29 +17 +24 +28 +15 +16 +50 +28 +14 +28 +50 +23 +17 +25 +42 • +19 San F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t Loa Angeles Area Calif. Oakland San F r a n c i s c o . Portland • S a l t Lake C i t y Utah Seattle Wash.' +35 +37 .+19. TTT +33 +49 +39 +30 +30 **+70 (iTot a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n ) +23 + 50 Colo. K e n s . -. +15 +23 "&Mo. +31 k'o. +16 Okla. +15 Tex. Page 2 ; + 7 +34 +17 +24 +25 +30 743 +20 +27 +26 +27 +29 7^5 r+24... +44 +33 +26 7 ^ .+18 +20 +27 r+30 +29 +24 +18 +36 +52 +22 r+28 735 +19 +16 +30 +42 +15 r-'-Re vised..* I n many c i t i e - s s t o r e s were c l o s e d on F r i d a y , J u l y 5, s s w e l l as on Thursday, J u l y 4, nnd cor sequent l y t h i s v/eek i n c l u d e d one l e s s t r a d i n g doy as compared w i t h th'v c o r r e s n o r . d i " g v;cek l a s t ye s r . • **• T h i s l a r g e i n c r e a s e r e f l e c t s i n p a r t t h e e f f e c t of s p e c i a l s a l e s t h i s ' ySa ? . jM^Data na±" a v a i l a b l e . - • I "• ; 5i • - . : • , ' . . v