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if 7/ BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM March 17, 1950 H» 11 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Based on Dollar Amounts) ' Federal Reserve district -and - city • New York District "• Newark * • Buffalo New York Rochester Syracuse - Conn* Mass. " R.I. N#J. N.Y. " " ,f Philadelphia District Philadelphia Pa. Cleveland District Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo Erie • Pittsburgh Ohio " 11 " " Pa * 2 rn 0 h. - - 5; ZTh h - 1 rr + 2 - 6 - 5 - 7 - 6 - :I - S - 6 - 3 - 5 - 6 r4 ' - 7 - 7 •- S - 7 - U - 7 - 7 r~5 + 2 - 3 - 7 - 9 - 8 -11 - 3 Richmond District Washington Baltimore D.C, Md. Atlanta District Birmingham Miami Atlanta New Orleans Nashville Ala. Fla. Ga. La. Tenn» Chicago District Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee k - 6 UNITED STATES Boston District New Haven '• Boston Springfield Providence Ye'ar 19U9 Percentage change i'rom corresponding period a year perxou .yest ago " ... . Month ofpeb.ii Feb.l8 Feb.25|Mar. Mar.11 Jan. __ J—• ' • 111. Ind. Mich. VJis. - 6 "H + - u 5 2 7 - 7 -3 - U - 7 - 7 - 5 -12 - 1 -18 -11 + 2 - 9 - U - - U ri - u .+ 6 l/^sl -12 %I3 :I k - i -li - 2 5ir - 1 - 8 - h -IS + 2 - 7 - 7 - 3 - 2 0 77 rr 0 + 5 - 2 - 5 - 5 TH + 2 + 1 + 3 - 3 + 1 —o 0 + 2 - h +9 ri + 5 0 + 6 -11 r[o -ii -13 -ii -is -17 rT3 r- 9 + 3 r- 5 - 7 + + + 7 3 3 5 7H 'A .+ 6 - 3 - S - 9 -10 -12 - U - 3 • rr - 5 + u -10 - 9 + 3 - 3 - 6 • - 1 -10 4 + 3 +lU +11 +12 +20 - 3 + 5 + S r+32 -22 - 1 . r+ 1 +TF +11 - 6 - ? 0 r3 - 9 - 5 - 5 - 7 r r -20 - 9 - S - u -13 Z~5 0 1 +10 + 2 - 2 -22 -12 -11 -IS l 6 3 1 T? -11 -11 " -17 -10 - 3 k -_2 1 2 - 1 + 6 + 3 Par;e 2 H. 11 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Continued) Federal Reserve, district and city St. Louis District Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Term. Minneapolis District Minneapolis Minn. " St. Paul Duluth-Superior "&Wis. Kansas City District Denver ' Y/ichita Kansas City St. Joseph Oklahoma City Tulsa Dallas District. Dallas; -'Fort Yiorth Houston San Antonio Colo. Kans. Mo. " Okla. " Tex. " San Francisco District Los Angeles Area Calif. Oakland " San Francisco Ore. Portland Utah Salt Lake City Seattle Wash. Year 19h9 Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Month of Feb.11 Feb.18 Feb.25 Mar. UjMar. 11 Jan. - 5 ~TZ L -6 - 3 - - 3 - 3 - 3 + 1 - 9 -J - 7 - 8 - 8 - u - 5 - 6 - 2 -8 - 6 - 6 . - 8 +3 - 1 - 1 +2 +2 +16 0 - 3 h -6 0 1 -9 +3 +2 - 3 - 2 r r . .TH -u - 7 - 9 - 3 -8 - 1 - 5 -15 +3 - 2 -2 + 1 - 3 -13 +7 - 2 - 3 -m h h - 8 + -11 5 -3 + -6 - 2 r- 0 +11 -1U TZ +11 - h +2 -6 -5 -18 -6 -8 - 2 + 9 +10 +3 +7 +31 TE +11 7U9 +16 . + 3 +6 -6 0 + 1 - 2 + - 1 -9 - h - 2 -9 - 3 - 1 ZT - 2 +2 +2 - 3 - 2 +3 - 5 T3 - 2 -8 - U + 5 + 1 TT -11 - h +1U 6 0 + l +10 +18 +16 + 8 +8 + 1 +8 +6 +19 +6 - 3 : +U + 5 +17 +8 . +15 -10 +1U +21 +1U + u .. +19 +3 - 1 +6 +3 +3 +6 0 h -7 + -9 -18 -6 rr - 8 -10 -12 +11 - 1 +10 7HI r+ 7 - 3 +19 +2 71 +5 +10 - U h +2 - 0 0 +6 -12 + 7 - 2 +11 +8 -1 - 7 - 1 r—Revised. 1/ The large increase shown for this week reflects in part the fact that sales in the corresponding v/eek last year were reduced because of a curtailment in public transportation service in the City of Philadelphia.