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tjUS BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF TIE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, 1927 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED. CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding, period a year ago j (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Week ending Nov# Dec. d | Dec. 15 I Dec. 22 I Dec. 29* Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Lynn Quincy Lowell Cities Springfield . Providence Mass* " » R. I . New York D i s t r i c t . Metropolitan Areas • N-. Y. Buffalo New York-N,E•.NewJersey N.Y.-N.J. N. J . Newark N. Y. New York Rochester Syracuse " Philadelphia D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Del. Wilmington , N. J . Trenton Pa* Lancaster ii Philadelphia Reading Scranton . Wilkes-Barre—iHazleton Cleveland D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Erie Pittsburgh Wheeling-Steubenville t_£ z l Pa. r+15 +27 + 2 zJL - 4 +15 +35 + 2 0 + 6 + 5 + 1 + 3 0 - -.4 -3 - 5 - 2 -3 - 4 - 9 +13 +33 +14 + 6 + 7 + '9 +36 +19 +77 +95 +29 +101 +59 + 7 - 1 - 2 - 8 -4 -8 +22 +14 +30 +26 +_7 - 2 + 1 r+20 +27 + + - + 8 r+21 r+ko r+11 ^+11 r+j 5 +15 +29 +30 +19 +28 . +30 + 5 + 8 + 6 # > 6; + 3 , '*1 +10 + 2 :+ 4 + 4 + 8 + 7 0 + 5 . Ky. . Ohio i« + 2 • + + + • * " + W.Va.-Ohio+ 0 h k 4 6 0 o 5 7 8 4 5 4 3 5 3 3 , • - 9 1 4 8 0 - 7 • rA + 2 + 2 . -5 . + 6 - 6 - 7 -4 0 - 2 -10 3 - 3 - 7 i - 8 ! + 8 ! - 2 f + 1 - 2 1 2 5 l 2 ••it +14 '+ 2 - 5 - 8 -h - 2 - 8 -5 +20 +12 r+11 +13 +22 +14 r+ 9 +56 +71 +38 . +20 +35 +31 +27 . +11 . +18 . + 3 + 2 ... o r- 2 + 1 . + 5 • r- 3 r- 1 +13 + g + 5 + 7 • ' ; ; +25 * +33 +18 i 7 ' + 6 ' • +22 • +19 + 1 9 +11 +27 + 3 ^ +16 +16 +37 +30 +23 +15 + 3 +18 +16 + Page 2 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) ' F e d e r a l Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and CityRichmond D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas D • C. Washington Downtown Washington " Md. Baltimore Downtown Baltimore " Richmond Va. Atlanta D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville City Tampa Percentage change from Corresponding period a year ago (Baaed on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Week ending Jan.Dec. ti 1 Dec. 15 I Dec. 22 I Dec, 29* Nov, + 6 - b. + 1 +17 +31 0 - 8 + 6 - 9 +l5 r+ 8 r+27 r+10 + 9 +1*3 +28 +21 -5 +20 +26 ~~ + 6 —— 5 - 2 -13 + 1* - 2 -15 + 1* - 6 + 7 - 2 - 3 r+ 9 + + + + + + 6 7 3 1 6 3 9 + 1 - 2 - 5 - 6 - h -10 + 6 - 1 - 6 - 1 -5 - 1* - 2 + 6 + 9 + 6 + 9 r+ 3 +13 +12 +20 + 1*1 Fla. + 3 + 1 -16 + 7 +23 Chicago D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee t l - 1* + U +1U +37 111. Ind. Mich, Wis, + + + + - + 1* +10 + l + 3 +15 + 5 +15 +15 +1*7 +16 +36 +1*0 S t . Louis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas L i t t l e Rock Louisville S t . Louis . Memphis + 6 - 9 + 3 Ark. Ky. Mo* Tenn, + + + + -11 - 7 -11 - 7 + 3 0 + 5 -3 , +_6 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 6 + 1* + 5 0 + 9 - i Ala* Fla. Ga, " La, Tenn, Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Minn* Mpls. and Suburbs S t , Paul Cities Duluth-Superior Minn.&Wis« 5 6 1* 8 7 5 5 6 — 1* 1* 5 2 * +13 +18 + 9 , +12 +15 + 9 +36 +11 +12 +31 +1 +17 +21* + 5 + 6 + 3 +18 +21 +11 +23 +21* + 21 + 1 +11 1 +50 *2 Oft H»8b I Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES • SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and C i t y Kansas City D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita S t . Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City Dallas D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio r+ 3 +1U + 23 8 + 2 + 6 - 1 + 3 - b ; 0 : -10 - 8 + u -20 + 5 -16 + b + 3 0 + 6 - 5 0 + 2 r+ll +13 + 9 ! +1U !+ 9 . j+7 !• +17 I +16 +21 +12 +20 +2U +3U +26 + 2U + 1 -26 - 2 • -11 + 2 - k r+ 13 8 +31 +22 . i-1 +12 +23 + l r+b + 7 + 2 + 2 ; + 8 ! +15 1 +11 I +11 +10 +15 +23 +20 +28 +26 + 2 I +15 +19 +16 i +12 +12 +18 +19 •+iu +15 +10 + 8 +1U +18 +17 +15 +12 - b +20 +16 +13 +30 +25 +38 + 8 +1*3 +27 +17 +35 + 2 Col. Kans. Mo, N. Hex. Okla. Mo. " Tex. " San Francisco D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach C a l i f . Downtown Los Angeles " VJestside Los Angeles " Sacramento San Diego San Francis co-Oakland " 11 San Francisco City Oakland City Portland Ore. S a l t Lake City Utah Seattle Y/ash. Spokane Tacana r—Revised. * Percentage change from |corresponding period a -year ago (Based.on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)Jan»tieek ending Kov# Dec. b |I Dec. 15 | Dec. 22 I Dec. 29* - 9 l l - 6 + + + + - 8 - 9 — 6 - 7 -11 1 5 6 2 0 + 5 + + + + + + + + + + O il 1 7 6 3 3 0 1 b 3 b b z i -3 - 9 - 5 0 - b - 2 - 2 - 2 -20 - 6 -12 - 7 - 6 - ;+ . + r r+ + + + + + + r+h u 0 b 5 5 0 i i 3 0 1 2 *—Data not availabl .e . This year t h e r e was one shopping day b e f o r e Christmas, while l a s t year t h e r e was
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