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TRANSFER BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM j E.ll Januaiy^lO, 1947 DEPARTiffillT.-STORE SALES;, BY CITIES Percentage Change from Corresponding Period a Year Ago Federal Reserve district • and- city 2 Llonth of Mo v. Oct. .- . . . Week ending . . - . A Dec . 7 Dec 14 'Dec .21 Dec.28# Jan. 4* V77 TOUTED STATES +29 +24 +18 +20 +26 Boston District Hew Haven Boston . Springfield Providence • +27 +26 +26 +20 +24 +28 +35 +26 . +23 +25 +15 +18 +17 +12 +14 +13 +22 +17 +10 - +80 +27 +26 , +87 +52 ' +82 +21 +35 . +26 . +70 ' +29 +29 +25 +26 +33 +35 +21 +22" +12 +21 +20 +31 +22 +31 ' +24 .r+27 +23 +21 +28 '+18 #•+35 +33 +41 r+77 ~V74 r+70 +77 r+84 r+86 +25 +20 w +18 +19 r+16 r+61 r+52" New York District Newark Buffalo Hew York Rochester Syracuse Conn, Mass. R. I. : +31 +31 +30 +30 +30 • N. J. N. Y. .+ 7 #/f+52 " +39 Philadelphia District Pa. Philadelphia +29 +26* Cleveland District Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo Pittsburgh Pa. +28 +20 +33 +28 : +29 +23 +30 +26 ' +16 +24 +26 +30 +.23 +27 +20 +18 +20 +23 +19 + 9 +20 Richmond District Washington Baltimore D..C. ' Md. +23 +w +24 +16 +17 +16 +19 +13 +24 . +18 +23 +20 +11 +25 +18 +24 +27 +18 +24 Ala. Fla. Ga. La; Tenn . +27 +26 +32 +32'. +27 +39 • +22 +21 +26 +22 +20 +30 +31 +25 . +28 +35 +27 +24 +21 4-25 +27 Atlanta DistrictBirmingham Miami .Atlanta New Orleans. Nashville Chicago District Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee Ohio t! " 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. ' . : - +55 - +17 +20 +21 +24 +22 "+33 +14 +T +st w +20 +16 +16 + 8 +22 +23 +23 +21 +13 +32 +17 +14 +18 : lis . +17 +20 +20 +20 +26 +22 +27 r+92 +21 r+69 . +24 r+82 +27 r+164 +22 +74 +12 r+83 +35 +75 +16 +11 +56 +60 +45 +39 +36 +54 +39 +34 +30 •' +42 • +46 +32 +42 +58 +48 +35 +31. -i-39 +46 +38 +35 +41 . +26 +44 +22 w +37 r+75 +84 +64: . r+81 +85 r+55 +36 +22 +36 +11 +35 +28 r+81 +25 +76 +88 . +27 +31 : +79 +23 +74 . +38 +39 +39 +20 +57 J+35 , Page 2 H.ll 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 . Oct. • Ark. ,%y. Mo. Term. Minneapolis District • Minn. Minneapolis 1! . St. Paul "&7fis. Duluth-Superior - Kansas City District Denver Yfichita Kansas City St. Joseph Oklahoma.City Tulsa Dallas District Dallas ' Fort Worth Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Los Angeles Area Oakland San Francisco Portland ' Salt Lake City Seattle Colo, Kans. "&Mo. Mo. Okla. Tex. " " +30 +23 • +30 +31 +31 +24 +19 r+30 +25 +22 +35 , +36 +36 +28 . +25 +23 +34 +21 +26 +35 +19 +26 +32 +19 +23 +30 +33 +25 +36 +29 +27 Calif. " Ore.. Utah Wash. Month of Nov. +23 +20 +26 +52 +20 : Week ending Dec. 7 Dec.14 Dec .21 Dec.287f Jan. 4* +21 + 5 +27 +23 +12 +21 0 +24 *21 +14 +26 + 7 +26 +25 +26 r+96 +62 +88 +106 - +88 +31 +34 +25 +33 +30 (Not available for publication) +21 +30 +11 +19 +26 +19 • +25 +14 +30 0 +15 +20 +10 +20 +14' +25 +14 +24 +19 +13 + 9 +18 +31 + 8 +31 +14 +20 +17 r+69 +127 +47 ' +68 +148 . +49 +59 +35 +65 + 4 +30 +33 +15 +29 +24 +13 + 8 +13 +12 +22 +15 +19* +10 +16 +13 +25 +29 +17 +26 +26 r+63 "+59" +55 +69 +73 +45 +3lf +32 +46 +91 +12 +13 • +18 +15 +27 +25 +74. +72 +20 +30 +23 +20 +22 • +23 +18 ' +20 : • . +17 +12 +10 +17 +20 +• 8 +15 - +23 +29 +17 +23 +26 +14 +70 +72 +79 +87 " r+53 +57 ? ' +51 +62 +75 +26 ? f , « 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 iionday, December 31, as | well as on Tuesday, Janur.ry 1. % ** Data not available. • [ # The large increases shown for this week reflect in part the fact that this year Christmas fell on Wednesday and the-week therefore'includtiffi of heavy f prc-Christmas shopping as compared with one day last 3AMdfiTghffyg^^s fell on r Tuesday. In the cities of Cleveland, St. Louis and Denver stores were closed on Monday, December 24, 1945 in addition to Christmas Dqg#« 00 0 £[NVP -;jComparison of sales in Buffalo and Rochester in this week affected oy storms in the week ending December 22 last year, AtiVHBIl
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