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H.ll BOARD OF GOVERNORS CF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM January 23> 1 9 # DEPARTMENT STORE SALES IN SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Based on Dollar Amounts) Federal Reserve District, Area, and. City- Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago, Week ending 1 Nov. Dec. 27*1 Jan. 31 Jan. 10} Jan. 17 ' 0 United States Boston District Metropolitan Areas New Haven Lowell-Lawrence Cities Downtown Boston Springfield Providence t§k + 2 + 3 +72 +91 Mass. » - 2 + 3 - 1 +62 +53 +5o Z± +46 0 - 4 - 3 +50 +42 +39 -10 - 6 +45 +55 R. I. New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo • Rochester Syracuse Cities New York Newark N. Y. " N. Y . N . J. - 1 Philadelphia District City Philadelphia Pa. Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Akron Cincinnati Columbus Toledo Erie Cities Cleveland Pittsburgh - 4 -11 + 1 + 3 +15 - 3 - 1 + 11 + 11 +14 +13 +12 - 6 -15 r-12 - 2 - 4 r- 6 - 9 -13 +18 ; - 2 +4o- - 5 - 2 t5i + 2 - 2 -27 I/ r-10 0 - 2 -11 - 1 -11 - 5 + 9 + 6 + 2 -10 - 8 Pa. +57 Ohio Pa. — 2 - 5 +54 +34 +10 + 3 + 2 +47 - 2 + 2 +59 +26 - 2 +16 + 8 + 8 +69 +13 r+ 6 +84 - 4 +17 + 22 +22 + 1 + 7 +14 +10 - 3 r+16 - 1 + 7 +18. + 6 + 1 +60 - 3 r- 6 t-3 + 63 -12 +12 +- 9 '+ 7 _-10 -10 - 4 - 2 + 6 +14 o Ala. Fla. "* -14 -12 + 2 0 + 5 - 6 + 1 D . C. Md. Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit " Milwaukee + 5 + 20 + 7 'tM % -21 0. - - 9 +27 + 26 +16 +20 +16 +16 Ohio Richmond District Metropolitan Areas "Washington Baltimore Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Miami Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Nashville - 1 Conn. Mass. + 2 tJt tiz Ga. Tenn. 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. + 6 + 5 + 5 + 4 +27 + 9 + 8 ' + - It 1 1 3 +71 +78 + 89 : +69 +59 +90 +66 +59 r1 - 5 - 3 0 +11 - 4 + 1 +30 - 5 0 + 4 + 5 + 2- Page 2 H.ll DEPARTMENT STORE SALES IN SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) (Based on Dollar Amounts) Percentage change i'rom corresponding period a year ago Jan.-i Week ending Nov.| Dec. 27*| Jan. 3[ Jan. 1Q[ Jan. 17 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Ark. Ky. Mo. Term. . Minneapolis District Metropolitan Area • Minneapolis-St. Paul Minneapolis City St. Paul City ; , Cities Duluth-Superior Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Yiiichita St. Joseph Oklahoma City Tulsa City Kansas City Dallas District Metropolitan Aress x Dallas El Paso Fort v. orth Houston San Antonio +59 ±17 r- 7 - 1 + u + 3 + 1 + h +75 +53 +81 +11 +19 + 23 + 16 - 1 -12 - 8 + 5 - 8 - 1 + 1 -12 - 1 +56 + 6 t_u - 2 0 - i +53 +63 + 8 + U + h + 8 - U - 3 - h + 2 + l +5U - 1 + 5 + 3 0 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis 'Minn. Minn.&Wis. +_i +U6 + 11 +_U -11 Colo. Kans. » Mo. Okla. - 2 0 - 1 - 6 + 1 + 9 +iiU +58 +37 +39 + 6 + 2k - 1 '+ 2 +36 + 19 + l - i + 3 -11 + 5 + 2 - 8 -18 -15 -20 -11 - h Mo. + 1 +UU +10 + U -17 + 6 + 68 + 9 +_8 - U + + + + + +53 + 82 +U7 + 76 +78 +12 +U6 +19 +16 -21 + 12 +12 + 3 + 8 + 2 -18 + 8 - 9 +10 - 7 , Tex. ii " San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Calif. Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles » " San Diego " San Francis co-Oakland S-an. Francisco City " Oakland City Ore. Portland Utah Salt Lake City Seattle , Spokane " +h7 +51 3 8 2 9 5 +_U + 7U ±JL +_5 +12 + + + 3 5 3 6 + 82 +65 + 72 + 78 + 1 - 3 + 1 +16 + h -h + + + - 5 3 2 1 1 1 + 83 +82 + 63 +6U +66 +50 -11 + 5 +37 + 5 + 7 + 9 +18 +13 +18 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 7 + 6 + 1 + 8 +19 1 ! 0 - 5 + 2 - 2 + 10 + 6 + 8 + 5 +16 r—Revised, -x-*Data not available. ->>The large increases shown for this week reflect in part the fact that this year Christmas fell on Thursday and the week therefore included three days of heavy preChristnias shopping as compared with one day last year when Christmas fell on Tuesday. 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.
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