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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE, H. 11 u:M Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t and c i t y Feb. 9U$ iW320, FEDERAL ntSEHVE 'BANK DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES J (Based on Dollar- Amounts) OF RiGHMONP Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago y Month of May 1| March Apr, 16 Apr.23 Apr.30 May 7 UNITED STATES - a -11 + 7 -10 - a r+ 2 - 3 Boston D i s t r i c t New Haven Boston Springfield Providence + 2 -16 +25 + a + 5 + 2 - 3 -Ut -15 -17 +21 +32 +25 - a 315 - 3 -22 - 5 + 6 - 1 - 3 + a 71 + 6 . - 3 - 5 + a 316 + 7; - 7 - 8 - h " + 3 - 6 - U -13 -11 -11 - 8 -11 -16 - 8 + a 7H +17 • 0 +15 +10 -10 -13 - 8 -11 - 7 - 9 - 8 73 - 2 - 9 -13 - 1 rr+ * + + a 3 3 6 a 2 - 9 -1* + 1 -11 * 6 + 2 Pa. - 5 :T% -12 312 + 6 73 -10 3ir + 1 +10 r73 - 5 3T -10 -Hi -10 - 8 - 9 -10 +12 7L9 +21 +12 +10 + 7 +10 - 7 %7 - i -ll - 7 -12 0 -a 315 -13 - 5 -'9 + 8 0 + 3 —0 + 7 + a r+ 6 + 5 + 1 - 3 7-1 + i - 3 - 3 - i - 5 -15 + 8 715 + 1 -10 New York D i s t r i c t Newark Buffalo New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia D i s t r i c t Philadelphia Conn. Mass. » R.I. N.J. N.Y. " Cleveland D i s t r i c t Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo Pittsburgh Pa. 0 3"? - 3 * 1 + h * 1 + U Richmond D i s t r i c t Washington Baltimore D.C. Md. * 3 73 - 3 -lU +13 +17 + 7 - 6 - 2 7% - a Atlanta D i s t r i c t Birmingham Miami Atlanta New Orleans Nashville Ala. Fla. Ga. La. Tenn. * 2 n r - 8 - 3 + 7 - 2 -12 -13 - 9 -15 - 7 -20 +1U +20 +26 + 7 +23 . +1U -12 -11 - 3 - 9 - 8 -19 + 7 3E +11 +11 +36 -11 r+ia - 3 7-5 r : 0 c. 0 +19 -13 +12 + 9 -12 r- a Chicago D i s t r i c t Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. - 6 - 9 77 - 7 -10 -11 + U 77 + h + 6 -a - 8 + 2 -11 - 3 - 7 7"5 - 2 -11 - 8 r+ 2 71 + 8 + 1 - 6 Ohio - 1 - 2 - 5 -13 + + - 0 2 3 3 2 3*6 : H. 11 : * 1 : . Page DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Continued) Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t and c i t y ? •• - .. ' St. L o u i s - D i s t r i c t ' L i t t l e Rock ""Ark, Louisville Ky. St. Louis Mo. Memphis Tenn. Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Minneapolis St. Paul Duluth-Supe r i or Kansas City D i s t r i c t Denver Wichita Kansas City St. Joseph Oklahoma City Tulsa Dallas D i s t r i c t Dallas Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Minn. ii Wis. Colo. Kans. Mo. " Okla. " Tex. San Francisco D i s t r i c t Los Angeles Area Calif. Oakland " San Francisco Portland Ore. S a l t Lake "'City Utah Wash. Seattle Percentage change from corresponding •' period . a year ago 1 / Jan. Month of Apr.16 Apr, 23 Apr.30 May 7 May 1.' - F e t i . " - --March.... " .3- 2- • ;: + 9. V3- — - s + 8 -10.' - 7 -10 - 8 - 3 -10 0 - 8 r r -13 - 7 - 8 - 7 + 2 - 9 -12 -13 - 8 - 1 -11 - 5 - 8 - 6 - 5T3 ' - U - 1 -11 - 9 r-g - 3. 0 -13. -Hi - 7 + + ^ + + 2 3 1 2 7 . -11 - S -9 -20 + 5 T? + 9 + 1 + 8 + + + + - -1U -10 —lU ; -17 -IS -21 -10 -10 -11 - 5 + • + + - 3 0 7 6 2 -18 -IS -18 -19 -23 -12 "-IB -10 - 7 -10 - 2 - h . + 6 71 +22 +28 - 8 - 5 + 9 -11 3IE - 8 - 5 -12 - 7 2 -•9 - 1 - 2 +ii -12 - 6 -12 - 3 + 3 - 5 - 6 0 - h - 2 - 3 - 8 0 -lit 0 T3 + 5 + 5 0 +21 + 8 + 6 -11 - ^ -17 -15 •, - 5 T3 •• 0 - 1 - 7 - 6 •-8 • r - h -10 + 3 + 5 0 -10 + 1 + 7 - 3 - 8 - 8 0 -12 +13 r—Revised, f- - : * 1/ During. March and. April changes fr,om 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 year Easter was on Ms^ch 28 while t h i s year i t was on Apr.jjL 17.-, 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 a decrease i n s a l e s of .about 6 per cent f o r t h e month of March as a whole and f o r a corresponding .increase f o r the month of April.--as a whole. 3 1 5 2 h (Not a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n ) + 6 TE +21 • 0 +18 + 1 +10 - 8 a. 2 + 2 +15 - 9 + 2 •
