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TRANSFER UBRARY OF T H E FEDERAL LIBRARY Muy jf.ll ' ' S f W f l f . RESERVE BANK OF CIB/ELAND GOVERHOisjOF TEE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM F E D E R A L Fit S£RVE BArIK : r C ' 'F! 4NO May 1 7 , 1946 • • • \PEPART1E1IT STORE S A ^ , . BY CITIES P e r c e n t a g e Chang a., 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 Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t and c i t y +18 Conn. Mass. " R.I. ' .y_ . N.J. N.Y. ' Yfeek e n d i n g l / Month of March A p r . 1 3 * A p r . 2 0 A p r . 27 I k y 4 May 11** + 8 +16 +10 +17 4" 5 +18 UNITED STATES Boston D i s t r i c t New Haven . Boston S p r i n g f i e Id Providence Jan.Feb., + 1 +81 +78 +85 + 4 +78 - * +88 - 3 +65 - 1 " — +26 ' +27 +23 +26 +22 +32 +15 +13 + 3 " +16 + 7 + 9 Philadelphia District Philadelphia Pa. +19 +14 + 6 + 4 Cleveland D i s t r i c t ' Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo Pittsburgh + 6 Pa. +17 + 9 +21 +16 +19 , + 9 +20 Richmond D i s t r i c t Washington Baltimore D.C. Md. New York D i s t r i c t Newark Buffalo New York Rochester Syracuse Ohio . +15 +16 +14 Atlanta District Birmingham Miami • Atlanta New O r l e a n s Nashville • Ala. Fla. 5a. La. Tenn.| +19 +17 +24 +25 +17 +29 Chicago D i s t r i c t Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee H I - : Ind. i Mich. Wis. +17 +20 +14 + 7 +19 +11 + 4 + 6 - 2 ' . +15 + 2 0 + 2 +89 ' +99 +63 +96 +60 +67 • | +94 +92 +80 +57 +84 +70 ' +63 +53 +109 . , +26 +29,. *+3S +44 +63 +37 +44 +67 +17 +26 +18 +17 +16 +23 ' +22" +25 ' +17 +22 +38 +32 +40 +34 +35 +50 -.+46 +61 • +48 +65 +68' +30 +28 +27 +30 +36 +37 r+38 +31 +31 r+42 +24 +34 +54 ' +4 9 +41 +58. +42 +42 +44 +46. r+20 r+18 +27 +24 +47 +48 +25 : +29 +15 r + 2 1 +38 r + 2 4 +24 r+29 +30 +29 +15 +17 +25 +35 +40 +35 +40 +48 +35 +22 +40 +14 +12 +15 +22 +21 +24 +34 +25 +48 r+24 . +23 r+35 r+12 +31 ' +35 • +39 +57 +50 . +59 +57 +60 +52 +58 +81 +72 +100 +52 +58 +42 +13 +17 - 2 +20 +76 +71 +67 +93 +83 +75 +54 +57 +63 +54 +54 +64 + 9 +12 + 4 + 7 +12 +84 +95 +81 +67 J +103 +53 +53 +39 +55 +59 + 7 ~ . +51 +31 . +29 , +40. +38 +16/ +34 +29 r+29 +25 +25 +23 +22 +36 . +30 +38 +38 +45 +35 +35 +106 . +33 +19 +16 +51 +50 H.ll Page 2 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 Feb. Week ending l / Month of March Apr .13* Apr .20 Apr.27 May 4 May 11** Ark. Ky. ' Jio. Term. +19 +15 +19 +18 +21 +10 + 4 +11 +12 +10 Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Minneapolis S t . Paul "&Wis . Duluth-Su'peri or +23 +24 +20 + 9 +13 +1S + 9 - 4 +18 +21 +10 +17 +30 +15 +11 + 7 +14" 0 + 5 +13 - 1 + 5 +50 +76 +52 +55 +76 +54 +53 +51 ?70 +49 +41 +65 +41 +47 +23 +29 +18 +18 +30 +13 +29 +26 +34 + 10 +46 +26 +11 +21 +37 714 +31 +38 +34 +25 +29 +21 ^8 +13 +19 +27 +14 +19 + 3 +17 +18 +80 +78~ +62 +101 +81 +61 ?56 +62 +101 +55 +20 729 +19 + 3 +21 r+33 ^42 +20 +33 +32 +54 +26* +38 +44 +15 ' +17~ + S + 9 + S +23 + 5 ' + 7 +12" - 1 + 1 + 8 +22 + 2 +75 +9CT +76 +66 . +75 +60 +48 +47 T55 +42 +41 +30 +62 +35 +27 r+24 ?sT +21 +15 +27 +17- +20 +21 +28 +32 +30 +25 +19 rt-30 724 +46 +27 +52 +43 +18 S t . Louis d i s t r i c t L i t t l e Rock ' Louisville S t . Louis Memphis Kansas C i t v D i s t r i c t Colo. Denver Kans. Wichita Kansas C i t y "&Ko. ' S t . Joseph Ho. Oklahoma C i t y Okla. Tuls a Dallas D i s t r i c t Dallas ' Tex. F o r t Worth San Antonio San F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t Calif. L o s A n g e l e s .area . Oakland San F r a n c i s c o Ore . Portland S a l t Lake C i t y Utah Seattle Wash. +74 +113 +73 +55 +81 ' +45 +46 +36 +46 +42 +50 +23 +30 +52 +28 r+25 +22 r+16 +29 +21 +44 ' +29 +41 +49 +39 „,-(Hot a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n ) *** r—Revised. 1 / 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 was 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 per c e n t f o r t h e month of Llarc.h as a whole and f o r a corresponding- 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 . * In u s i n g y e a r - a g o comparisons f o r t h i s week an a l l o w a n c e should be made, i n a d d i t i o n t o t h a t made f o r t h e d i f f e r i n g d a t e s of E a c b e r , f o r 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 e i t h e r a l l or a p a r t of S a t u r d a y , A p r i l 14, a 1 day of mourning f o r P r e s i d e n t R o o s e v e l t . **The l a r g e 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 a 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 . ***Data n o t a v a i l a b l e .
