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RANSFEIt BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYS H«ll LIBRARY Or THE F D R L ' EEA ™RVE BANK OF C E E A D LVL N July 16, 1948 DEPARTMENT STORE SALESBY. CITIES • Percentage. Changs.. f£om Corresponding Period a Year Ago Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t and c i t y - Jan,• . Apr.. UNITED STATES 1 1 + 8 Boston D i s t r i c t New Haven Boston Springfield Providence Week ending .Month of: / '%V.. June 12 June 19 June 26 July 3* July 10# + 2 +. 3.. + 2 + 7 + 1 Conn. Mass. " R. I , • '+ 3 +.1 +21 T 4 -.5 riF - 5 0 - 8- +18.' : - 5 • - l - 5 •+18 +29 +16 +'? . r+28. +11 T +ll +23 .'.+ 2 ~ 4 +27 + 1 +13 , +16 +28 - 4 +27 +14 +10 .+18 • + 6 . +2 TJ . TJ + 1 +12 + 5 " . + l +11 < + 3 + 7 " - 1 6 rT, - 4 -0 +19 + 4 + 8 +16 . +37 . -10 +'4 . +3l +20 - 9 + 4 +13 r+34 + 1 +17 ... -flO . +38 . . -11. '+17 +12 . r +37 7 • + 5+36 - 1 -12 Philadelphia D i s t r i c t EdPhiladelphia +11 •+ 8 + '4 '+ 4 +17 ' '+17 rfr - Cleveland D i s t r i c t Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo • Pittsburgh - 1 Pa. +10 7T +8 ' til +11 +10 + 7 . +23 +15 - +21 +20 +31 +26 +25 +10 + 2 +12 + 3 +12 + 8 +14 +29 +29 , >19" " : r+26 +30 . +22 • . +37 Richmond D i s t r i c t Washington Baltimore D. C. Md. + 5 +5 + 3 + 1' ' " .+11 +14 t 3 +5 .,-1 0 + 5 • 5 r+39 ' +29 rir - 2 Ala. Fla • Ga. La. Tenny + 3 + 8 ?12" " TIT + 7 • + l .+ 8 . +.4 + 6 +13 3 ; + 2 * +32 +45 — .+21. . +28 - 2 +31 r'5 : +33 • • - 5 +12 +28 +3. +8 + 6 +10 r+29 *~+60 +26 r+22 r+26 +35 - 1 t 2 * 9 *10 +6 -13 • +21 •• +22 • ' +27 +13 * .. .-+28 + 9 +Io 0 +12. +8: . +26 '0 +36 +20 . .+26 - 7 - 1 +4 New York D i s t r i c t Newark Buffalo New York . Rochester ' Syracuse Atlanta D i s t r i c t Birmingham . Miami Atlanta New Orleans Nashville N. J N. Y. M Ohio " . +10 Chicago District+T Chicago 111. • + 3 Indianapolis • — Ind. +12 Detroit .Mich • +15 Milwaukee ms... :H + 3 + 5 + .1 +3 +8 + 4 +4 0 . TT - 5 + 1 ' . - + 5 2 7 5 6 f 1 - 5 : + 1 . - 9 +1 0 • +5 | + 2 • +29.% . . . 2 729 r r - 4 - 9 - 3 - 3 +4 - 1 -10 z n H.ii * 1 9 2 3 SALES, BY CITIES (Continued) P e r c e n t a g e tflgrftp^ m § n . Cor r e sp ending ..^erio.d a Year Ago St»:'Louis' D i s t r i c t - • ~ Little-,\Roek = Ark.. Louisville Ky. Mo.,. ; S t . Louis Tenria " rliemphi%':V Minneapolis D i s t r i c t • Minneapolis S t . Paul • Duluth-Superior Kansas City D i s t r i c t •: Denver Wichita; . Kansas City S t . Joseph '.Oklahoma City Tulsa '.. • Dallas D i s t r i c t • Dallas• P o r t .Worth Houston San Antonio ,r TTq. +14 8 +~ . ; +'T + ^7 Minn* +8 + 3 "&7is+15 Colo.. Kans. Mo • 0kla> Tex. 1 1 "... San F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t . ••• Los Angeles ^.rea Calif Oakland . • : "S&n F r a n c i s c o " ' Portland ; , Or?. S a l t Lake City Utah ' Seattle . . vVash, •• June<IS June >9- J unp -.26 J u l y 3* +> 2' * »- : ~ 1 + i , • t I " : • Q t 8 * 9 + 3 ; +13 +:8 +. 4 + 8+ii. +1 +12 +17; '• + + • + + 6 4 9 5 0 • .+ 6 +20 +12 + 7 +11, +25. +10. + 6 : — + ' 3 • +18 . + 7 + 5 , o +•10. 4'z •hio + 6 + a. ' -f 3 * *3 ;+^ + 6 r J. + -6 ---- •-.+4-9 • *14 +44 713 . . " W . + 2 +56+ 9 +31 +12 #+18 • !,+ 9 #+66 + 2 +29 • **' *2 • o Week ending 1 • 'Federal- Reserve• d i s t r i c t - • -- -Ja-n-*^-- Month-ofMay . Apr and c i t y •. • :'%• Z. ; - 1.. ~7 - 5. (Mot a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n ) + 8 +T + 3. + 3 + 1 +18. +11 +22' +18* +19. +16 +25 +26 + 31. 0 + 6 - 4 - 1 +.2 - - 6 " •• +38 •o + 6. +25 +19 i f . +35 +59 +43 + 7 +34 - 3 l i l - + 1 - 5 + 8+11 + 7+•: l; +12 ** + 9 +10 " +26 *25 r +16 ' ** . +21 +io... + 5 • + 5 +20 - • " 1 +20 ' - ' 4 +17 +14 +17. -11 '** + 7 + 8 +22, •; *2$ / V Y;8^22 : - 0 +14 . .,-12' r+17 . > 1 0 +36. +18 7 + K : r+23.: r>10 "+15" " -14 . . +14 .. .-14, .. .0, ' +61' . - 4 ** - 1. ' ** ..+18 -1.7 r-mRevised. ;. . \ ; . . ...... - In u s i n g - y e a r - a g o comparisons, f o r the. weeks ending J u l y .3 and J u l y 10 allowance should be made f o r t h e f a c t , t h a t Jin observance^ of Independence Day h o l i d a y . s t o r e c l o s i n g s this- year occurred i n t h e week .ending J.ply 10 whereas, l a s t year t h e y occurred in t h e previous week, ** Data 'not a v a i l a b l e . W The l a r g e i n c r e a s e s shown f o r "these: weeks r e f l e c t i n p t art the fefcf 'thWt-readies" l a s t , y e a r were reduced because of a c u r t a i l m e n t i n p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t a t i o n service.
