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LIBRARY OF T H E FEDERAL
BOARD OF GOVERNORS/ OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE

B A N K O F CLEVFi w

July 9, 1948

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y.-DEPARTi^CT. S ^RR-jSvai^S-;." BY ,GITIES\
Percentage Change _from Corresponding Period a Year Ago

Boston D i s t r i c t
New Haven
Boston
Springfield
Providence
New York D i s t r i c t
Newark
Buffalo
New York
\* Rochester
Syracuse
'

Conn.•
Mass.
R.I.
N.J.
N.Y. ?
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Philadelphia D i s t r i c t
1
Philadelphia
Pa.""

Cleveland D i s t r i c t
.'.'J
Akron '
Ohio
Cincinnati
« : :
Cleveland
•» ; • <
Columbus
Toledo .
! : -'Pittsburgh \ T Pa.
Richmond' D i s t r i c t
Washington
Baltimore

J&ne -S*. ^une 12 June"16 June 26 July 3#
+8

UNITED SPATES

D.C; •

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+ 3

+ 2
+T+ 2
+ 7
+ 1

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+ 6
+~5*
+12"
+ -S
+11
+ 7

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: +4
+ I.".
+ 1
+ 3.
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+ 7
+ 8
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+ 8" : + 3 :
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+ 7
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Fla.
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Ga.
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: +13 - : + '6Nashville
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Chicago D i s t r i c t
' Chicago
Indianapolis'
' Detroit
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SALES, BY CITIES (Continued)
Percentage WianfS from Corresponding Period a Year Ago
Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t
and c i t y

Apr-

. Week ending
Month of
LkyJune 5*. June 12 June 19 June 26 July 3#

+ 9
+ 8
+14 + 8
+ 5

+
+
+
+

Minneapolis D i s t r i c t
Minneapolis
S t . Paul
Duluth-Superior
"&Wis.

+ 7
+ 8
+ 3
+15

+ 8
+ 8
+ 3
+13

Kansas City D i s t r i c t .
.'Colo.
Denver
Wichita
Kans.
iiiO.
Kansas City
S t . Joseph
Okla.
: Oklahoma City
Tulsa

+ 8
+ 4
+ 9
+11
+ 1
+12
+17

+
+
+
+

S t . Louis D i s t r i c t
L i t t l e Rock
Louisville
St.. Louis
Memphis

Dallas D i s t r i c t
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio

Ark.
Ky.
Mo.
Temv.

Tex.

Sag Francisco D i s t r i c t
Los Angeles Area C a l i f .
Oakland
San Francisco
Ore,
Portland
S a l t Lake City
Utah
Wash.
Seattle

2
4
1
1
0

+ 6
- 8
+ 2
+12
- 2

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- 1
+18

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+44
+31

+14
+13
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+ 6
+20

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+ 7
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* In using year ago comparisons f o r t h e week ending J u n e . 5 allowance should be made
f o r the f a c t t h a t i n regions. 7 observing the Memorial Day holiday s t o r e closings
t h i s year occurred in t h e week ending June 5 whereas l a s t year they occurred in
t h e previous week.
** Data not a v a i l a b l e . ''
:
tf In using year ago comparisons allowance should be made f o r t h e f a c t t h a t s t o r e s
were closed on Friday of this.week l a s t year- i n observance of Independence Day.
§ § The large increases shown f o r t h e s e weeks r e f j e c t i n p a r t the f a c t t h a t sales
l a s t year were reduced because of a curtailment i n public t r a n s p o r t a t i o n s e r vice,
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