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Ill H.U BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM - February 6, 1953 DEPARTMENT STORE SAIES IN. SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Based on Dollar Amounts) ... .. , • Percentage change from corresponding. period a year ago Week end! Nov. , Jan. 10 l Jan. 1 7 ! Jan. 2UI Jan.31 Federal Reserve'District, Area, and City United States •0 Boston District Metropolitan x New Haven . Lowell-Lawrence Cities Downtown Boston Springfield Providence - 3 + 2 r+ 2 + 2 + 8 - 1 +12 Conn. Mass. + 2 + 3 -21 . Q + 5 + 20 Mass. " R. I. - 2 + 3 - 1 - 8 -lU-12 + 7 - h -2 -11 + 2 £rJi 0 - 1 0 • + 21 +1U + 29 + 3 • +lii - u. +10 + 8 + 2 New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Cities New York Newark N. Y. " « 0 - h - 3 - 1 +11 +11 + 12 +12 + 12 r+ 9 r+10 + 8 N. Y. N. J. -10 - 6 -15 -12 - 2 + 7 r- 7 r- h - 1 + 3 Philadelphia District City Philadelphia - l - 9 r-13 Pa. - 2 - 8 -28 r+ 1 + h - -10 - 1 Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Akron Cincinnati Columbus x Toledo Erie Cities Cleveland Pittsburgh Ohio Pa. Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Baltimore D. C. Md. Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Miami Atlanta Augusta New Orleans •••• Nashville Ohio " " " Pa. Ala. Fla. " Ga. " .• ; La. Tenn. Chicago pjstrict Metropolitan Ai,fias ' Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee ~ 2 + 2 0 •+ 5 - 6 + 1 - 2 + 2 + 6 + 5 + 5 + k +27 + 9 ' - k + 1 - 1 -3 h ( + 8 1/ - 2 -11 / - 1 -11 - 5 + + + + 0 9 6 2 8 + 12 +13 +12 +13 + 6 -10 -8 - 5 - 3 + 6 .+ 2 + 2 -10 0 JLl r-7 -10 - h .+ 8 . + 1 +30 -16 +10 + 8 ±JL +10 - 3 +16 - 1 + 7 +18 + 6 0 + h +lh + 5. - 3 +1U + 1 - 6 ' 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. + -10 -10 - h - 5 - 2 t- 6 4 lit 0 Li + 9 -12 + 8 r 0 + 5 r +11 + 7 + + + - . 1 8 1 , 8, • if - 5 . -15 +• 2 0. + 1 + 7 0. +11 tl - I 0 + 23 +11 - 6 - 6 - 1 + 3 + 2 77 Page 2 91 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES IN SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) (Based on Dollar Amounts) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Week ending Jan.— Nov. Jan. 10 1 Jan. 171 Jan. 2%j| Jan. 31 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Area Minneapolis-St. Paul Minneapolis City St. Paul City Cities Duluth-Superior Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita St. Joseph Oklahoma City Tulsa. City Kansas City Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio zJL -_2 r— 1 tl + h + 3 + l + U - i -12 - 8 + S - 8 - 1 + 1 -12 - 3 + 2 + 1 - 3 + k + 7 + 5 - 1 th. - 2 + 9 - 0 - I + U + 8 - k - 3 - k + 2 +10 + 3 + 26 - 5 - h - 6 0 • Ark. Ky. Mo. Term. Minn. Minn.-StWis. Colo. Kans. ii Mo. Okla. ii Tex. San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles Calif, Downtown Los Angeles vjsstside Los Angeles San Diego San Francis co-Oakland ii San Francisco City Oakland City Portland Ore. Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash. Spokane " + 3 h + 8 +Jt -10 r- 1 + 2 + 1 - 2 0 - 1 + 3 - 1 - 6 -11 + 1 r + 5 + 2 + 9 - 8 -18 -15 -20 -11 - k + 8 -11 - 3 - U - h - 8 + 3 - U + k +17 k . + + 8- + + 4 + + +12 + 12 + ? + o + 2 3 8 2 . 9 5 + h + + + 3 5 3 6 + + + 5 3 2 1 1 1 -17 -18 + 8 - 9 + 10 - 7 + + 1 - 6 0 r+ 6 + 12 +13 - 2 - o + 3 + 8 + 6 +33 - 3 + 22 + k j__E + 12 t_i +; 5 b h + 18 +13 + 18 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 7 + 6 + 1 + 8 + 19 + u - 6 + 3 + 3 - 3 -3 - h +13 +17 + 5 +30 + 7 + 1 + 3 +23 0 - 1 + 1 + 15 + 8 + 1 + h + - 0 -•$ + 2 - 2 + 10 + 6 + 8 + 5 +16 r Revised. ™ -:®ata not available. 1/ The decrease shown for this week reflects in part the fact that sales were reduced because of a curtailment in public transportation service in the city of Philadelphia. h + i + 6 - h + i + 1 Mo. . - i- i I
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