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' • ; ' i?f LIBRARY OF THE FEDERAL - r ' - BOARD OF GOVERNORS/ OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSESiBE G E K OF CLEVELAND . K.ll " . . May 2, 1947 '. DEPARTMENT iSTORE SAIiES,"£Y CITIES" ' ' ' • . Percentage.. Change from' Corresponding Period a Year Ago UNITED STATES New.. York D i s t r i c t ' .Newark ' Buffalo/ ' 'New York Rochester Syracuse ' p+12 " H12 iiz W j ; "HI 3 • 14- Conn. Mass. R. I . N. J . N. Y. : M ti Philadelphia D i s t r i c t -Philadelphia P^ » Cleveland D i s t r i c t Akron 2/ Cincinnati Cleveland 2/ .Columbus" Toledo Pittsburgh .... Pa. Richmond D i s t r i c t " Washington Baltimore 'D C . Md'» Ohio 1 4 413 re + 7, *14 •$15 +25 • '• • - . +10 +17 - 6 -.6 p+15 + 7 +21 + 9 + 6 +19 - 9 • ~ +29" ' - ^ 9 , +18 +26 5 +16 • +23 -13 • +10- . +16 -20 -11 +20 + + : + + + + '' +19 . ~ - 4 . - +37 +12 -23. -18 ;.*+8- + 8 7 .-. 5 f 6 ;-t 2 •715 + 4 1 . +.20 8. .+ 6 — 6 r+ 5 '. r 1 +18 + 5 , +33 + 2 +10 •715* 4 . • +26 + 7 4 6 +15 . 3 . • < +11 +3T + 7 +12' +10 + 9 ; +16 +ir +14 +15" fl2 ' t 7 +12 • 4-11 + 9 +12 W6 * +ii +T +11 + 9 • +12 +15 " +11. - + 2 +19 ' +21 - 7 re 7 + 8 +47 720 -lT + 8 + 6 +24 • 6 -I'd. +15 +17 -10 - 9 - 4 + 6 +31 ' . - 1 4 - . -12 , +15 + 5 . ., +12" •- - 3 ' r - 1 3 •: • +15 +21 + 6 +16 -12 ; - 4 L 5 + 9 +10 . +13 +IT :.TIF +10 , +14 : rf!5 • Atlanta D i s t r i c t Birmingham i'-iiuiui : Atlanta New Orleans Nashville Ala. . ' • Fla. •• ' Ga. . . La. Tenn.. r 5 '+ e t 3 . +11 + 3' +10 + 2 . .' Chicago D i s t r i c t Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. +13 +31 + 9 +14 * 7 . j - Week ending .3 V Month of Jan*.: Feb. ; . March War#29 Apr. 5 Apr'.12 Apr.19 APT ^ 6 - Federal 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 Boston Springfield Providence • +u. Til r- 8 r - 9. 4 + 5 + 4 ' -18 r-14 -19 ; -io •••j.. ^ •- r* 8 . 713.. ^TzT: . ~ , +17 +1.9: - 3 +31 ... +28' + 6 +.18 . -13 +14 r-12 +19. , +24; . +26 - 8 - 8 + 3 . +•5 +20 - 6 . 9. .*+18"": p+i6 V g + 4 + 8 +11 + 4 + 6 +10 + 4 + 3 +21' +20 716 +17 +39 +13 - 6 r r - 6 + 4 - 8 . = - 6 . 7 6 ' 6 9 : +22 w +16 TIT . +20 . +10 +11 - 5 +24 *26 +17 TIF +33 +12 + 9- I7TPage 2 H.ll DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, - BY CITIES (Continued) Percentage Change from Corresponding Period a Year Ago Federal 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 • Memphis . Kansas. City D i s t r i c t Denver Wichita Kansas'- City • S t . Joseph Oklahoma City Tulsa iDallas D i s t r i c t Dallas , Fort Worth Houston San Antonio : + • r • 8 +17 +15 +23 +12 "&Wis. . P+ 9 p+13 +12 + 5 +17 + 7 +1? +13 ! +18 " +18 - 4 714 -20 +15 • - -+11 . - 1 +20 +17 - 3 +10 . +18 - 7 r 0 ~-2T +17 0 - 8 Tex. " , ; available for publication) +16 +21 • +14 ' + 7 +25 ~ + 9 +15 ; [ ; t 8 +20 -'4 + 7 + 4 + 5 + 7 +12 +21 - 1 +14 + 9 + .4 + 5 +20 +29 + 9 +20 +15 +18 + 8 + 7+ 1 + 4 +20 + 8 +16 +14 +13 +23 +18. +20 \ .... ZJL- r-12 +11 +24 r- 9 -18 +25 - 6 - 2 +29 +35 0 +16. +17 +24 +21 +13' +11 + 9 +18 ' +25 +21 +20 +27 r+13 .+15 +11 r+ 7 +18 +15 , +11 P^15 +15 + 9 +14 +12 P+ 9 p+. 8 +15 + 8 +13 +16 + 6 (litt -txi + 7 .+ 9+20 -+ 9 •coio; -Kans> . "&Mo.. • Mo. • Okla. - San Francisco D i s t r i c t Los Angeles Area Calif. " Oakland 1 1 San Francisco .T Portland - Ore. Salt'Lake City Utah Seattle Wash .• ! : r-HO i + 6 :" + 9' ! + 12 ' Ark;. " ^ Ky. Mo ; Tenn. Minneapolis D i s t r i c t ' Minneapolis • S t . Paul Duluth-Superior - Week ending l / Month of March Mar.29 Apr. 5 Apr.12 Apr.19 Apr.26 Jan . Feb. ^ - 7 +41. -17 . -11 - 8 - 8 0 - 4 - 6 • - 6 2 3 8 - 9 -23 ' 0 -16 —13 -13 - 8 - 8 -14 - 2 - 7 .. -16 +14 +25 + 6 +21 + 2 +16 + 5 + 7 + 4 +13 + 4 + 5 r+ 9 + 6 + 6 +11 +18 + 2 • r—Revised. ' • ; p--Preliminary. * Data not a v a i l a b l e l / During March and April changes' from a ye&r ago r e f l e c t i n p a r t the f a c t t h a i l a s t year Easter was on April j21, while t h i s year i t was on April 6 . For t h i s reason i t i s estimated t h a t i n comparison with l a s t year allowance should be made f o r an increase i n s a l e s of about 3 per cent f o r the month of March as a whole and f o r a corresponding decrease, f o r the month of April as a whole. 2 / Sales i n the week ending Mdrch 29, 1947 wer§ retlticed because of heavy show storms• . ; - , . :303d IK I ' l l / 6 • Advijen S # '
