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TRANSFER LIMy OF !,E FEBEIL !' SESiiiiE gig o; CLEvEUHO boarb of governors op the federal reserve system Fee IB- 8 w AM N7 February 7, 1947 ubr, FEBEF V- r SERVE 8AHK Min DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES Percentage Change from Corresponding Period a Year Ago •-Federal Reserve district . and city Nov« . • New York District Newark Buffalo • New York Rochester Syracuse Conn, Mass, R. I. N. J. N. Y. " " Week ending "Jan* 4* Jan,11 Jan *18 Jan,25 F e b / 1 I f +38 +17 +24 +10 +17 ' +28 +24 +27 +27 +26 +20 +24 UNITED STATES Boston District New Haven Boston Springfield Providence Month of Dec . / +21 +25 +23 +17 +19 +36 +54 +39 +34 +30 +18 ;+i5 +24 ' +12 + 6 +13 + 5 +20 + 3 - 3 +28 +26 +28 +28 . +27 +37 +42 +30 +46 • +19 +31 • +17 +42 +34 +51 . +18 +48 • +31 +19 +13 +17 +20 +22 +31 ft- +31 +30 +29 . +29 +31 +38 • Philadelphia District Philadelphia Pa. • +29 +25 +24 +23 +38 +34 . +24 . +19 Cleveland District Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo Pittsburgh Pa. • •+28 +19 +32 +28 +29 +23 +29 +27 +19 +25 +32 +25 +21 +30 +39 +44 - +35 +35 +41 +26 +44 +23 +12 +24 +19 + 8 +18 +32 Richmond District Wa^hi>on ' Baltimore D. C. Md» +22 +19 +23 • +17 +10 +21 +23 +13 +37 +11 . + 7 +27 Atlanta District Birmingham * Miami Atlanta New Orleans Nashville Ala* Fla. Ga. La. Term. +26 ' +24 : +31 +30 +26 +3.7 +22 +19 +37 . +24 +23 +24 +26 +36 +22'". +"38 ' ' +11 +39 + 9 +18 + 6 +18 +20 +11 +13 ' + 2 +33 +12 +25 +15 Chicago District Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind, Mich. Wis +26 +24 +27 +24 +23 +37 +39 +39 +20 +57 Ohio +30 +30 +25 +27 +34 ' +17 +14 +11 +20: . + 9 . +17 +21 + 3 - 3 + 4r +20 +23 +21 +21 . +16 +15 +28 ' +23 +31 +15 +19 +17 + 7 tl2 +22 +21. +16 ' +17 + 8 +15 +17 +12 r+12 +18 r+11 +24 +13 + 9 + 7 +13 +11 +28 +22 +12 +24 712 +17 r+ 3 +16 r+11 +17 +16 +27 +12 + 2 0 +17 +12 + 6 +19 + 8 + 5 +T +11 — +17 + 7 .+nr +13 r+ 2X +11 + 7 ' + 9 +13 + 4 +22 + 1 r+17 0 "+14 ~ +23 • + 5 + 3 +19 +17 #-46 " H.ll - Page 2 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Continued) Percentage Change from Corresponding Period a Year Ago , Federal Reserve district ' and' city ' ' St. Louis District Little, Rock. Louisville St> Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Minneapolis St. Paul Duluth-Supcrior Kansas City District Denver Wichita Kansas City St. Joseph. Oklahoma City Tulsa Dallas District Dallas Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Ark, Ky, Mo, Term, Minn , "&Wis , Colo. Kans , "&Mo, ; : Mo. Okla, Tex. " San-Prarcisco District Loo iugeles Area Calif. • Oakland San Francisco " Portland... Ore. Salt Lake City Utah. Seattle Wash.. Jan.r Nov. MontH-' of Dec', .Week ending Jan. 4* Jan.11 Jan.18 Jan,25 Feb. 1 : +29 +22 * +50 +30 ' +30 +25 + 9 +2-7 +30 +20 +34 +35 +36 +25 +27 +24, +31 +23 +26 +35 +18 +25 +32 +19 +23 +23 +36 +12 +24 +36 +15 +20 +35 +65 + 4 +30 +33 +15 +29 / +29 +32 +24 +55 +28 +22 722" ^ +21 +26 1 +19 +44 +32 +40 +46 +91 +21 +23 +21 +23 +25 +29 +19 +26 • +30 +22 +20 +26 +30 +19 +31 +34 +25 +33+30 +26 +23 +20 +27 +26 +24 +23" +18 +25 +22 +25 +23 +20 +27 +15 • +13 (Not available for publication) +24 +41 +18 +16 +27 +15 +18 +16 +19 +24 +23 r+23 +29 +20 +14 +15 r+18 +21 + 5 +21 +20 +23 +31 +12 r+10 + 7 + 6 +23 +14 +53 +57 - +26 +29 +18 +20 +15 +16 r+14 +51 +62 +75 +13 +23 +27 +25 +12 +16 +29 +12 - +10 +15 +31 +12 . + 8 +11 +15 0 426 +17 +28. +12 + 6 r+16 +37 0' + 8 - 2 •+ 5• +13 ' - 1 +10 - 5 - 8 -14 - 2 + 3 r—Revised * In using year ago comparisons for this week allowance should be made for the fact that this year had 5 trading days as compared -with 4 in the corresponding week >• last, year when stores in many cities were closed on Llonday, Decombef 31, as well as on Tuesday, January 1. ** Data not available. * ' ' -if Sales in Milwaukee were reduced because of snow storm.
