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toSFRR ' 10 tlSJii- BOARD OP GOVERNORS ,OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM^ VAitil Oi 0 ® ^ June n ii 1946 DEPARTMENT STORE-SALES-,- BY -GI-T-I-ES:-- • Percentage* 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 Year. Ago . F e d e r a l Reserve d i s t r i c t • and c i t y Boston D i s t r i c t New.Haven Bo ston Springfield Providence' May 18|May 25 J u n e / 1 June 6) June 15 . +52 + 9 >38 +34 +32 +39 ' +37 +49 +14 UNITED STATES Week ending Month of April V Mar. "+31 +34 -+32 +34 +29 "+28 +37 +2F +39 +25 ' +38 +36 • +35 +29 +31 . +28'., +28 +2? • +34 +~& +11 + 2 + 9 : +46 +48 +50 +21 • •+£T +17 +22 +15 +21 +59 +62 +53 +61 +51 +57 Philadelphia District Pa. Philadelphia +1? +To +57 +55 Cleveland D i s t r i c t Ohio Akron it Cincinnati it Cleveland Columbus Toledo Pa. Pittsburgh +12 +17 +11 +15 + 4 +18 Richmond D i s t r i c t Washington Baltimore +10 TT + 9 New York D i s t r i c t Newark Buffalo New. York Rochester Syracuse Atlanta District Birmingham Miami Atlanta New O r l e a n s Nashville Chicago D i s t r i c t Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee Ma s s • R.I. N.J • N.Y. D.C. Md. +-? La. Term. +15 +15" +20 • +22 +10 +25 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. +13 TT? + 10 + 7 +16 Ala. Fla. Ga. ' ' . +51 +%6 +52 +54 _+5T +49 +60 ' +55 +68 ' +38 +33 +37 +38 +35 +38 +33 +32 +25 +51 +31 +30 +28 +18 r+33 r+32 +41 +36 +34 +38 +33 +37 +21 +41 +32 . r+41 +3o +25" +40 +32 +34 r+37 +22 +28 +28 • +29 +52 +36 +30 +28 +34 +29 W +23 ^42 437 . 1&6 +33 +46 • +26 •tzz +26 +39 • +36 +43 +41 +53 +52 +45 +43 +35 +49 • | +45 +22 • +47 -+o4-; • 4 1 • +30 +32 +50 • • • +43 +37 r+36 '+39 +36 +47 +53 +52 +38 +39 . ' +54 +33" ; +6i +55 +52 +44 +63 +53 ' +F7 +47 +46 +64 +32 +15 +22 +42 . +38 +35 "+3l . +37 +33 +36 +31 +32 . • --+-2-6+413 +25 r+30 "+56 + 32 +28 • +40 • +2& - r+33 +Z0 +39 + 38 . +46 + 31 - r+33 +48 r+37 + 30 +18 +42 +49 : +38 r + 34 "+3T +35 +32 . +32 +54 r+39 +£T . +37 +35 +38 +38 +35 +35 +39 +38 + 39 745 +33 + 34 +42 +31 +3S + 19 +20 + 35 H.ll DEPARTISr'T 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 -Memphi s > Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Minneapolis •St. Paul Duluth-Superior Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t •Denver' •Wichita • -Kansas- C i t y S t . Joseph. Oklahoma C i t y '-Tulsa Dallas District Dallas F o r t Worth Houston San Antonio • Ark. Ky-. Mo. Tenn.. Mi-nn. "" "&Wis. Colo. Kans. "6-.I.'o. Mo-. Okla. :" Tex. ir- San F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t Los Angeles Area Calif. Oakland 1 San F r a n c i sco I Portland "Ore. ' ' S a l t Lake C i t y Utah Seattle Wash. Month of An'r'Il 1 / Mar*. - +15 •-Tin +16 +15 +16 +19 +22 •+16 + 3 • +56 +69 +60 +37 Week e n d i n g May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 +31 ' +56 +32 +32 +22 1+52 . — +5?" - r+48 +54 +56 - +45 +58 +4o +43 • +54 • + 36 + 39 . + 18 +24 +10 : • +18 +24 +53 +31 +56 . • +35 +49 +32 + 38 +62 +15 +53 r+46 - +43 +40 +43 +51 +3^ '• +36 +^F +41 +38 + 30 +23 " +21 +22 +25 +24 r+37 +^3 +35 +39 + 33 +42 +36 +40 +43 +38 (Not a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n ) + 13 . •+T8 + 6 +13 +19 + 7 + 8 + 10 +To + 5 + 6 +10 +20 + 3 Page 2 +31 +4T +12 +29 +40 +26 + 30 +33 +27 + 32 +30 +38 +61 + 33 +27 . T33 . +16 " +30 +25 +23 + 18 . +22 +38 +17 +22 +30 +16 + 16 : + 30 +36 +26 + 35 +28 ' +28 5 + 37+•22 +12 +32 +28 - m . : +26 +28 +33 . + 37 +20 + 38 +45 +32 +29 + 33 +37 + 17 +31 +46 +25 +25 +4-1 +18 +30 "+36 • +49 +24 +35 . +39 +30 +34 r+29 +39 • +39 +40 +25 " :+3i • +25 . •. * + 2 2 - • :+41 +39 r+36 +40 +&E +27 +32 +26 +26 +35 +27 +42 • +38 + 37 +21 l / During March and A p r i l changes from ^ 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 yoe.r i t was on A p r i l 21. For t h i s r e a s o n / / a 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 mad0 f o r a d e c r e a s e i n s a l e s of about 7 per 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 a s a w h o l e . * Data n o t a v a i l a b l e . -
