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141 •inANSFER LJ0 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE l!S%RY OF THE FEDERAL J E S E E E M C-CLEVELAND SYS1 Maroh 28, 1947 ' DEPARTMENT-STORE SALES., .JY. CITIES P e r c e n t a g e Change from C o r r e s p o n d i n g P e r i o d a Y e a r ' X g d " f F e d e r a l Reserve d i s t r i c t and c i t y € . 'J, UNITED STATES Boston D i s t r i c t 2 J New Haven Boston Springfield Providence Conn. Mass. " R.I. Philadelphia District--^/ Philadelphia. „ Pa. +10 +12 +13 r r +18 + 5 + 4 +17 +10 +22 + *5 + 9 r+ 9 +12" r+ 7 r+ 8 r+15 +11 +13 +15" +15 +12 +18 +16 +12 +13 +19 +19 +11 + 4 + 9 +12 +10 +11 +13, +10 + 7 + 8 +10 +- 7 r+20 +12 + 9 TT + 9 + 7 +13 +12 +13 + 7 r+12 TTF +15 . +17 +14 . +21 + 2 - 5 +13 +18 +14 r r . + 6 +15 . ' .+.18 +33 . +19 +18 - 6 - 7 +12 +10 +16 T~8 +19 +15 i + 5 - 2 + 5 + 5 + 8 +12 + 6 + 8 - 2 + 1 + 14 . - 4 +13 +12 -22 -21 - 2 +T - 3 +11 + 7 +19 •r+13 - 2 +T7 +10 i 6 -15 + 1 + 1 ' TT +10 : - 5 + 9 - 2 + 8:. , +10 +% TIG +15 +15 r+ 2 0 +30 +11 +14 - .6 +17 +T? +15 +23 +10 + 8 r r +10 + 9 +10 + 9 . r ? - 8 +19 +11 +10, +7 + 5 +11 +16 +28 m +21 +T7 +22 Atlanta D i s t r i c t 2 / Birmingham ' Miami Atlanta, New O r l e a n s Nashville Torm. +26 +25 +32 +29 +% +36 111. Ind, Mich. Wis. +25 +27 +32 + 9 + 9 +"T +11 + 3- .. + 8 " +18 r+IZ +13 +19 +16 +29 Richmond D i s t r i c t 2 / Washington D.C. Baltimore" ' Md-« Chicago D i s t r i c t Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee +10 +26 TIG +30 • +29 +15 +50 +28 +TS +31 +29 +29 +23 i+30 Ala. Fla. Ga« La. + 2 - 7 +16 +11 + .5 +29 + 29 +30 +38 . [ a r . 1 Mar. 8 Mar. 15 liar,>,ZZ >36 +20 Ohio " - -: " " 1" Pa# Cleveland-District Akron Cincinnati • Cleveland Columbus „ - Toledo • Pittsburgh +17 J New Y o r k : P i s t r i c t , 2 / Newark ! ~ N.J. Buffalo 3 / . N»Y. 11 New YorkRochester 3 / .. " Syracuse 3 / " Week wading 1f_.. Month of Jan. Yeaf 1946 +29 - +12 +15 +19 +12 ; r i - .4 -23 -13 - 3 ' + 8 TT - 3 +11 - 1 -20 r+19 r+21 — +12 + 9... n ? + 4 +' 8 +w + 5 TT * + 6 + 6 -16 +10 +TT + 5 + 7 +12 ' , LIBRARY Mm 31 8 5 4 AM ' 4 7 % pggEjP^RIMENTy^^E 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 . Louid:' D i s t r i c t L i t t l e Rock - Louisville' S t . Louis Memphis Ark. Ky» Mo." Tenn. • Minneapolis D i s t r i c t . Minneapolis Minn. - • S t , Paul D u l u t h - S u p e r i or "&Wis. 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 Tuisa Dallas D i s t r i c t Dallas F o r t Worth Houston San Antonio. 4/ Colo. Kans. - "&Mo; . 'Mo. 'Okla. Tex. - San. F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t Los Angeles Area • C a l i f . . " Oakland ' ' ' " Sah'Brancisco Portland" " Ore. S a l t Lake C i t y Utah Wash Seattle 1 Month of Jan. Year 1946 : +29 +20 +30 +30 +29 +33 +33 +35 +25 . +19 . +24 • +15 +21+ 13 +23 +24 +27 +18 Week ending l / Feb.22 Mar. 1 Mar. 8 Mar .15 Mar.22' + 2 — + 5 .+ 2 + 4 + 1 r r + 9 - 3 + 5 0 r r +12 - 2 + 1 r+ 9 + l +10 + 9 + 8 +13 r r +16 +18 + 5 (Not a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i on) +25 +35 +17 '+25 +32 +19 +22 +1.4 +27 • + ,3 . + 6 + -6 + -.5 r+12 + 4 +15" - 1 + 2 - 2 . + 7 - 1 - 4 0 -13 - 6 +28 +31 +24 +34 +27 +20 +19 r+21 +30 +16 + 2 + 2 +25 +29 +20 . +20 • +26 +30 : +19 +18 +2r r+19 r+12 r+19 r+25 +14 + 3 +29 - 7 — — 5...'. + 3 • . 0 - 2' - - 1 +13* -12 - 2 + 3 -10 - 2 +12 +20 + 2 + 9 +16 + 7 +10 + 4 +12 - 2 - 2 • r+ 2 -11 - 4 + 2 +1-0 • -..5.. + 6 ' + 5 +15 + 5 + 4 +15 + 9 + 6 + 5 +17 +13 + •'.8 +10 +17 +17 +12 +15 +TT : ' +18 +14 +IF - 1 +15 + 4 - 4 + 9 +17 +21 +14 +13' ' + 8 :+ 9 +13 + 5 +13 + 5 +10 - 2 - 5 *: +12 +12 +13 + 5 r—Revised. " •• • *. Data n o t a v a i l a b l e . ' l / During iilarch changes from a y e a r ago r e f l e c t iri. 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 21 'while t h i s y e a r i t w i l l be on A p r i l 6 . 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 an i n c r e a s e i n s a l e s of about 3 p e r c e n t f o r t h e month of iiarch as a w h o l e , 2 / S a l e s i n t h e week ending F e b r u a r y 22, 1947 were s h a r p l y r e d u c e d b e c a u s e of heavy snow storms along t h e A t l a n t i c C o a s t . Zj. S a l e s i n t h e week ending *iarch 8 , 1947 r e f l e c t t h e e f f e c t of a snow s t o r m , 4 / Doer east, f o r s a l e s i n t h e w^ek ending iiarch 1 , 1947 r e f l e c t s i n p a r t t h e e f f e c t t I $ < » '
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