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TRANSFER —' LIBRARY. O F THE FEDERAL BOARD OF GOVERNORS) OP THE FEDERAL RESERVE S % % # E BANK O F CLEVELAND ' H.ll July 2, 1948 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES Percentage Change from Corresponding Period a Year Ago Federal Reserve district and city Jan.Apr# + 8 UNITED STATES District New Haven Boston Springfield Providence York District Newark Buffalo New York Rochester Syracuse H Conn* Mass . " R#I. + 2 + 7 + 1 H N «J • N.Y. +12 + 5 n +11 " " + 7 Week ending MMonth of May June 5* June 12 June 19 June 26 May 29* P+3 zJk - 5 5 1 5 + + + + + - 2 4, 1 1 3 1 PMInritilnhlA District Pa. Philadelphia r+H + 8 Cleveland District Ohio Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo Pa. Pittsburgh m Richmond District Washington Baltimore D.C. Md. ±A Atlanta District Birmingham Miami Atlanta New Orleans Nashville Ala. Fla. Ga. La. Tenn. ±4 +12 + 7 + 8 +13 + 2 + 1 + 4 Chicago District Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. +10 + 6 + 3 +12 +15 + 7 + 8 +11 +11 +10 + 7 + 5 + 3 H H + + + + + . l 3 B 4 4 +19 +_S - 4 + 8 +12 + 3 +21 +25 +27 +21 m +10 +24 +23 H - 4 rf + 7 +18 +11 +23 n 33 - 5 0 - 8 . s - 7 - 8 + 4 -12 -2 - I - 4 0 +19 + 4 +13 r+17 +17 r+ 5 r+2 r 0 H -10 - 7 - 4 - 3 -12 H ; -15 + 3 U - 2 - 1 + 3 + 7 -12 +13 - 2 +14 + 3 +16 p+1 - 4 + 1 + 1 + 5 +19 +12 +21 +28 +30 + - +6 +21 -11 0 - 3 +10 - 5 + 1 1 1 9 4 0 T + 9 5 2 7 5 6• a m + 2 H ' + 3 +10 +12 0, H - m +15 +21 +20 +12 + 3 +12 +8 +31 r+26 +25 +14 + 5 >-5 - 5 3 3 2 5 5 +45 +21 r+28 +31 +33 +28 + 3 + 9 + 6 +10 - 5 — 8 - 9 0 -+ 2 +21 +22 +27 +13 +28 + 9 +10 0 +12 + 8 H - 1 t* + - IIMAKY H.ll J8L 6 9 42 A M *48 Page 2 P i m A l RESERVE 88MUVMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Continued) CL -V$y^fentage Change from Corresponding Period a Year Agp Week ending Month of May May 29* June 5* June 12 June 19JJune 26 Federal Reserve district and city Apr. St. Louis District Little Rock Ark. Ky. Louisville Mo. St. Louis Memphis Tenn. ±-2 + 8 +14 + 8 + 5 P±_2 + 4 P+ 1 + 1 P o Minneapolis District Minneapolis Minn. St. Paul Duluth-Superlor "&Wis. i-2 + 8 + 3 +15 +J + 8 + 3 +13 Kansas Citv District +1 Denver Colo* + 4 Wichita + 9 Karnf. Kansas City +11 Mo St. Joseph + 1 Oklahoma City Okla. . +12 Tulsa r+17 " pi-i + 4 + 9 + 5 0 + 6 +20 Dallas District Dallas Fort Worth Houston San Antonio + 7 +11 +25, +10 + 6 0 + 3 +18 + 7 San Francisco District + 8 Los Angeles Area Calif. r 0 1 1 Oakland +10 + 2 San Francisco Portland +10 Ore. + 6 Salt Lake City Utah Seattle + 3 Wash. P±_l P- 1 + 3 + 3 P+ 4 p+ 6 P- 1 Tex. " m * +12 +10 +11 +24 0 ±Ji +10 - 6 - 1 +18 +£ — 8 + 2 +12 - 2 +44 +31 #+66 +29 .+13 + 9 #+18 + 2 (Not available for publication) +2Q +25 +50 +24 +38 +31 +39 =_a -13 + 3 + 1 - 5 + 1 - 1 ±_8 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 1 +18 +11 +22 . +18 +19 +16 +25 +26 +31 ±-i - 3 + 6 - 4 - 1 + 2 — 6 m +12 + l +16 +26 +19 m 0 + 6 +25 +19 +28 +23 r+35 +59 +43 +_i - 8 + 7 +34 - 3 ±23 +17 +24 +29 +36 zJL - 2 - 7 - 5 -14 ±_8 +11 + 7 + 1 +12 +3=2 +10 +26 +25 +16 r+_l - 5 +10 + 5 + 5 +20 - 7 + 9 +21 - 1 + 9 +12 +22 +10 In using year ago comparisons for the weeks ending June 5 and May 29 allowance should be made for the fact that in regions observing the Memorial Day holiday store closings this year occurred in the week-ending June 5 whereas last year they occurred in the previous week. ** Data not available . # The large increases shown for these weeks reflect in part the fact that sales last year were reduced because of a curtailment in public transportation service.
