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TRANSHIt [TORY Of THE F t E R t t 1^3 RESERVE BANK OF R B f E U © BOARD o f g o v e r n o r s o f t h e f e d e r a l r e s e r v e s y s t e m H.ll • Jutie 14, 1946 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES,' BY CITIES P e r c e n t a g e Change f r o m C o r r e s p o n d i n g P e r i o d a Y e a r A50 Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t ... and c i t y Month oi A p r i l 1/ , Week e n d i n g ' May 11* May 18 May 25 J u n e 1 J u n e I • +52 +40 +38 +34 r+32 +39 +38 752" +40 +34 +35 +31 +32 +34 +29 +28 +39 +32 +15 +22 +37 +56 +39 +25 +38 +36 . +55 +29 +31 +28 +53 . +61 +51 +57 +54 +35 +41 +58 +42 +42 „ +47 755 +33 +52 +38 +39 +38 +33 755 +55 +37 ' +33 . +38 +32 +35 r+25 +38 - +51 +47 75% +32 +50 +35 +36 +13 +57 +5^ +47 +m +31 75ff r+28 rTH +31 725 +42 75^ +54 +36 +61 • +53 +52 +44 +63 +40 +39 .+48 +•"32 +22 +40 +41 755 +42 +37 +36 + 33 +46 +36 754 +38 +33 +37 +21 +41 r+32 758 +32 r+34 +22 +28 - +36 +40 73o +40 +32 +28 +29 +52 +10 +26 726 +26 +30- +48 "m +34 r+29 : 751 +23 +29 725 +32 + 39 +36 +43 +41 +53 +52 +40 7sF +46 +48 +30 +49 +26 75o +38 r+31 +18 r+38 +29 7ZT +39 +32 +15 +42 +45 +43 >35 +49 +45 +39 +43 +33 ' + 34 +42 • +31 +35 +19 +20 +35, +40 72T +37 +35 +38 UNITED STATES +14 Boston D i s t r i c t New tiaven Boston Springfield Providence + 9 V ? +11 + 2 + 9 +49 +58 +46 +48 ' +50 +21 7ZT +17 +22 +15 +21 +59 New York D i s t r i c t Newark Buffalo New York Rochester Syracuse Conn * Mass. R.I. N.J. N.Y. Philadelphia District Philadelphia "Pa. • Cleveland D i s t r i c t Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo Pittsburgh Pa. +12 ' +T +17 +11 +13 + 4 +18 Richmond D i s t r i c t Washington Baltimore D.C. Md. + 9 +51 +46 +52 Atlanta District Birmingham Miami Atlanta New O r l e a n s Nashville Ala. Fla. Ga. La. Term. +15 +TZ +20 +22 +10 +25 +54 +51 +49 +60 +55 +68 Chicago D i s t r i c t Chicago Indianapolis . Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. +13 •+17 +10 + 7 +16 +53 +57 +47 +46 +64 ' Ohio +-? +34 1 +41 737 +45 +37 +35 +75 +34 •m +16 +51 +50 . . H.ll DEPARTMENT STORE- SALES, BY CITIES (Continued) P e r c e n t a g e Change from Corresponding P e r i o d a Year Ago F e d e r a l Reserve d i s t r i c t and c i t y . S t . Louis D i s t r i c t L i t t l e Rock... Louisville ' S t . Louis . Memphis Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Minneapolis ' S t . Paul Duluth-Superior Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t Denver Wichita Kansas City S t . Joseph Oklahoma C i t y Tulsa Dallas D i s t r i c t Dallas F o r t Worth . Houston San - Antonio Month of April 1/ . Kar; +15 +10 +16 +15 • -+16 Ark., Ky. -Mo.' Tenn. +52 / ' .. +.45 - • • +54 +55 ! "&Wis. +19 +2? +16 + 5 .+56 +69 +60 ' +37 +13 Minn.: 1 1 +45 ...+35 +40 +43 +54 + 06 +39 -m "&^o.' Mo. Okie.. "+ 6 +13 +19 + 7 > e • •m +53 +56 +49 +62 ' +53 +10 +45' +58' +18 Tex. " San F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t Los Angeles Area. Calif. Oakland San F r a n c i s c o " Portland Ore. S a l t Lake C i t y Utah Seattle Wash. +10 + 18 +24 "ZT5 + 5 + 6' +10 +20 + 3 +43 +40" +43 +5,1 +34 Page 2 Week e n d i n g May 11* May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 +46 +59 +41 +49 +39 +31 +36 r+23 +32 +32 +22 +41 +38 +50 +22 +25 +24 •m -m +35 +23 +35 +39 +33 (Not a. v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n ) +37 +0?: + 31 +38 + 34 +25 + 31 . " +1T . + 12 +29 " +40 +26 + 30 +29 +2.7 "738 + 16+30 +25 +23 +18 r+22 +38 +17 +22 +30 +16 +16 +31 736 +25 +25 +41 +18 +30 +33 , . r + s r " + 30 +36 +26 + 35 +28 r+28 + 31 "+39 +25 +28 r+38 + 38 + 38 +44 +31 +32 ' + 38 +15 +33 "+%7 +23 +46 . . +32 +27 +30 +52 +38 +43 . . +61 +18 + 33 +26 +28 133 +37 + 20; +37 r+22 +12 +32 +22 r+39 +55 +32 +27 +29 +26 +33 • - +27 +37 . +42 +17 +21 r—Revised. l / During March and A p r i l changes from a y e a r ago r e f l e c t i n p a r t t h e f a c t t h a t l a s t y e a r E a s t e r was- on A p r i l 1 w h i l e t h i s y e a r i t wbs on A p r i l 2 1 . For t h i s r e a s o n " i t i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t i n comparison w i t h l a s t y e a r allowance should be made f o r a d e c r e a s e i n s a l e s of about 7 p e r c e n t f o r t h e month of March as a whole and f o r a c o r r e s p o n d i n g i n c r e a s e f o r t h e month of A p r i l as a w h o l e . * The i n c r e a s e s shown f o r t h i s week r e f l e c t i n p e r t t h e f a c t t h a t l a s t y e a r many s t o r e s were c l o s e d on May 8, f o r V-E day. c e l e b r a t i o n s ^ t j t . .. . ** Data not a v a i l a b l e . 1!HV& HAti?-- Tvd3Q3d 9 k # z o G Z i m r
