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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM March 20, 1953 DEPARTMENT STORE)' SALES IN SELE CTED CITIES AND AREAS (Based on Dollar Amounts) Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City Percentage change from corresponding .period a year ago 1/ Jan. Week ending 195-3 Feb. 21** | Feb. 20**| Marl 71 Mar. ITT United States ±J Boston D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas New Haven Lowell-Lawrence Cities Downtown Boston Springfield Providence +h New York D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Cities New York Newark Philadelphia D i s t r i c t City Philadelphia • +_2 + 9 r+ 9 +11 +18 + 9 +13 + 6 +12 +11 ' -23 +25 +27 - . ^ Conn. Mass. Mass. " R. I . N. Y. ' - 6 +19 .+13 +36 +3 . + 2 - 2 +18. +19. +U + 7 +25 + 1 - 3 + 8 zJ + 2 - 5 -16 + 2 +22 - 2 + 6 ... +17 +10 +15 r+23 • +19 1 . +12 + 9 -10 + Ji r- 2 +11 + 5 - i 1- - 7 +33 + + 5 - 8 -12 t36 r- 3 + 3 +_2 - 1 +11 r+ 7 +13 - 1 - L +16 +18 +23 +12 +13 -6 +10 +15 - 2 +17 + 3 +19 +23 +19 +11 - 1 +lli +10 r+ 2 + 2 +h + 9 +1h , N. Y. N. J. - 6 - 2 + Pa. +2k Cleveland D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Akron Cincinnati Columbus Toledo Erie Cities Cleveland Pittsburgh Pa. +6 - 2 +2 +U - 7 - h-. + 1 Ohio Pa. + 2 - 2 Richmond D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Washington Baltimore D. C. Mi. Ohio " " Atlanta D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Jacksonville Miami Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Nashville La. Term. Chicago D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. Ala. Fla. Ga. +h +5 + 8 - 2 - 1 . = + 5 + 3 -10 +5 +3h 0 + 5 -10 - 9 +13 +27 + 6 0 +17 +1 +1 0 -k +15 +17 +11 + 8 +1 . +3U +33 . +11 + 'U + 7 +8 +5 + 3 0 - 1 -12 +1U + l + 2 +11 - 6 5 - 5 + 5 +12 + 1 + 9 +15 +17 +9 + +10 + l +15 + 7 3 +2h ' +5 + 2 . ' +10 + 3 + 7 " +1 - 2 + 8 r+13 +21 r+ 7 r+ 1 +35 + 3 r+ 6 r- 2 +29 +3h +12 - 1 +30 +19 r+10 + 8 +9 + 7 +13 +10 +2 - 1 +12 +19 +10 H.ll Page 2 "DEPARTMENT STORE SALES IN SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) (Based on Dollar Amounts) Percentage change from corresponding . period a year ago 1/ Jan. Week ending 1953 FebT 21** | Feb. 2b**-1 Mar, 71 Mar. 14 Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t , Area, and City S t . Louis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas L i t t l e Rock Louisville S t . Louis Memphis Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Minneapolis-St. Paul Minneapolis City S t . Paul.City Cities Duluth-Superior Kansas City D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Denver T-o'peka '•-"Wichita S t . Joseph Oklahoma City Tulsa City Kansas City Dallas D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio San Francisco D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles Dcvvntovai Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland City Portland S a l t Lake City Seattle Spokane - 1 0 ' +12 + 7 +16 + 7 +12 + 8 + 5 + +15 + 7 +21 +16 + 7 + 1' 0 + 1 - 5 - 2 +11 - 3 0 ±2 -15 + 7 +_g +13 + 1 0 + 2 -16 -18 - + 8 + 7 + 9 + 5 + 6 + 5 +12 Minn.&Wis. + 3 - 2 + k + 6 +22 +10 +12 +12 +11 +11 + 7 + 9 +10. + 9 + 5 +15 +19 -15 +1U + 8 h +ih + h + h Ark. Kv. Mo. Tenn. Minn. tr Colo. Kans. 11 Mo. ; Okla. " Mo. Tex. Calif. 11 Ore. Utah Wash. " ' h + 1 0 0 - 5 - 2 -10 + + 6 - 5 - 4 -13 + + 3 - 2 - 2 + 3 + 6 0 h h h +±h + 8 -ah + 9 + +11 +19 +1I1 +10 +12 + 7 + 2 + 2 +10 - 1 +20 + + 5 + 9 +10 +1U + 5 •+ 1 +18 + 3 - 2 +19 + 1 +13 +11 +10 +12 ±J +12 +15 + + + + + + + 1 0 +13 +23 +25 +21 + 9 +3h +19 +12 +12 +11 +10 + a -16 -20 - 9 +11* +13 + 7 +12 +10 + 6 + 1 +16 + 9 +21 +17 +22 + 8 + 6 0 +15 +12 +22 +10 +16 + -lh k +13' + 3 +11 - 2 8 2 h 2 6 6 +r +12 + 8 + 7 +19 . h • ! h - h 0 + 8 • +lk +1U +1U v—Revised. -30 a t a-hot a v a i l a b l e . ./During March and April changes from a year ago r e f l e c t i n p a r t the f a c t t h a t l a s t '"ear Easter was on April 13 while t h i s year i t w i l l be on April 5. For t h i s reason i t i s estimated t h a t i n comparison with l a s t year an allowance should be made f o r •an i n c r e a s e in* s a l e s of about I4. per cent f o r the month of March as a whole and a corresponding decrease f o r the month of A p r i l as a whole, —In using year ago comparisons f o r the weeks ending February 28 and February 21, allowance should be made f o r the f a c t t h a t Washington's b i r t h d a y occurred i n the .veek ending February 28 t h i s year whereas l a s t year i t occurred i n the previous week. I n some c i t i e s , s t o r e s were closed in"observance of the h o l i d a y , while i n others s p e c i a l s a l e s were h e ld .
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