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TRANSFER • ^ n r - n v - v : CU.-.•BOARD OF.GOVERNORS-'OF THE^FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM January 17, 1947 ...H ,1.1 e ^ .. . . , S S — D E P A R T M E N T • ? ° P - M * V > ; BY' CI T I E S . Percentage" ChairigeTfropx.Corr^spontUng Period a Year Ago Federal Reserve district and city • ' ' • "UlIITED STATES • Boston District New Haven Boston Springfield Providence • j+29 Conn. . Mass• " R , I, " ' • • e York- District •'Nw Newark ; Buffalo - • " New York Rochester Syracuse N . J, N. Y. " " " - Philadelphia District Philadelphia .. . . Pa. Cleveland District Akron Cincinnati ' Cleveland Colurnbus . • .. . Toledo Pittsburgh " Richmond District Washington " Atlanta District Birmingham Miami Atlanta New Orleans Nashville Chicago District Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee Jp.n.-. Month .of Oct Nov +24 . >27 i+26 ;+2 6 • r+20 ;+24 >28 ' r"+38 ' +77 +24 +18 ,^15 - +24 +12 + 6 i+31 1+31 ;+30 ;+30 '+30 .+39 " +28 +29 +25 +26 +33 +35 +22 +31: '-,+77 +24. +27 • " +74 '<46 r+30 . +23.#>+53 r+71 +21 +28 r+78 +42 +18 f^+35 +84 " . r+51 +33. +41 +86 #8' +30 —+19" +20 +34 +20 +31 i +29 : +26 +25 +25" +19 +16 D. C. Md. • +23 ; j TIF • ; +24 +16 +17 Ala, Fla, Ga • La. Tenn. +26 +32 • +32 +27 +39 +20 +11 +25 +18 +24 +27 +30: +31 . +.2§ +28 +35 +27 +24 +21 +25" +27 +26 +35 ' +26 +23 +25 +26 +16" +24 +26 +30 +23 +27 • 111. +20 Jan.- 4* Jan,11 +36 +80 • -+87 . : -+54 +812 :::^39 • .+34 +85 .,+70 ;--*3Q . +28 • +20 +33 : +28 : +29 . +23 ' j +30 Ind. - Mich « Wis 4 Dec,14 Dec*21 Dec,! +13 +27 +22 v +26 : +17. .+32: +10 '+21 +.7 . +26 Ohio " " " " 'Pa. ' Week' ending" +16 • +26 +22 +35 • +31 r+60 r+50- +26 722 +25 ' +27 +39 +92 +17 • +21" ' +69 .F+44 ' +24 +20 +24 • + 8 2 , : rt35 +27 +21 (t35 +19 +154 +22 +24 • +41 . + 9 +74 . +22 - + 1 2 . . .+26 '- +18 . ' +83 +33 +35 +44' +75 +32 +14. + 7 >19 +23 +24 +11 +32 +17 +14 +18 +75 +22" +2r .+84 +26 +64 +22 +81 *20 . • +85 +35 +55 +56 +60 +45 ! '£^E • +37 -"rl+26 +36 +22: r+38 • +11" • r+39 +16 + 7 +27 +20 +12 +33 +24 IH-U 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 Minneapolis District Minneapolis St. Paul Duluth-Superior Month of Nov/ ' Jan.Oct, +30 'Ark. Ky.. Mo. Term. Minn-, "&Wis. . w +30 +31 +31 +35 +3B +3|5 +2p . +24 +19 +30 +25 +22 +25 +23 +54 +21 Week ending Dec., 14. -De-c.21 Dec .28# Jan. 4* Jan,11 ' ' +26 •: +96 ' +31 • +21 i + 7 +62 ••+34 0; +25 +24 . ...+26 +88 . . +25 +106 +21 +33 " +26 +88 +30 +14 > (Not available for publication) +14 +18 ' +25 - +31 • + -8 +14 +24 +31 ' +19 +14 . +13 ' +20 + 9 +17 +69 ' • •-5 +3 + W " +65*: + 4 +47 +30 +68 +33 +148 +49 +15 +59. . +29 Kansas City District Denver Wichita Kansas City St. Joseph Oklahoma City Tulsa Colo, Kans. "&Mo, il. vo Okla, " +21 +30 +11 +19 +26 +19 +25 Dallas District Dallas Fort Worth .Houston San Antonio Tex, " " " +24 +21 +20 +30 +23 +15 +19 . . +10 . +16 +13 *25 +29 +17 +26 +26 +63 +59 +55 +69 +73 +20 +22 +23 +18 +20 +17 +12 +18 +15 +27 +25 +74 +72 San Francisco District Calif. Los Angeles Area Oakland San Francisco Ore. ;Portland Uto.h Salt Lake City Wash. Seattle +26 +23 +20 +27 +26 r+43 ' +32 +32 +46 " +91 +53 +57 +25 ~ +41 • +18 +16 +27 +15 +18 +24 +23 +25 +29 +20 r+25 +29 ** +15 +17 +14 +23 +29 ' +23 +26 +70 +72 . +79 +87 +51 +62 +75 +26 +13 +23 +27 +25 ^ year ago comparisons f i r this week allowance should be made for the fact > that -S&£s year had 5 trading days as compared with 4 in the corresponding week i, last year when stores in many cities were closed on Monday, December 31, as .well a§°on Tuesday, January 1. * : Datfirietxavailable. •' TKfeJ lam^e increases shown for this week reflect in part the fact that this year ChSstwas fell' on Wednesday and the week therefore included two days of heavy pre^Christmas shopping as compared with one day last -year when Christmas fell on Tuesday. In the cities of Cleveland, St. Louis and Denver stores were closed on Monday., December 24, 1945 in addition to Christmas .Day, • Comparison of sc.lcs in Buffalo and Rochester in this-week affected by storms in the week ending December 22 last year.
