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Vt>! LIBRARY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND TRANSFER BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE, FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM May 21, 1948 H.ll DEPARTMENT STORE' SALES,BY' CITIES j • ' Percentage Change-from •Corresponding Period a Year-Ago • Federal) Reserve, d i s t r i c t , '• '• and' city* •• •• t^ek-ending 1/ J a n . - ' Mo&th of ' . , ,, i i (/ • -Feb »-• -•-Mar . - £ / Apr .17 Apr *24. | May j May 8 May 15 UNITED STATES. , Boston D i s t r i c t New Haven Boston Springfield Providence Conn. Mass. . New York D i s t r i c t Newark Buffalo ' New York Rochester Syracuse . *13 *13 ;-1Pa. Cleveland D i s t r i c t . . Ohio Akron' Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo Pittsburgh • - • Pa. Atlanta D i s t r i c t Brimingham. • Miami Atlanta• •' New Orleans' Nashville? • • Chicago D i s t r i c t • • Chicago Indianapolis • Detroit Milwaukee H :U '+17 PhiLladelphia D i s t r i c t ' Philadelphia Richmond D i s t r i c t Washington Baltimore H " H + 3 +11 • ° D.c; Md.*' " • Ala, Fla. •Ga. La. fehn* 111. Ind. Mich• Wis. -+3 > 1 +11 -+•7 +u iti + 8 +11 r+ 8 + 6 .+ 7 + 2 + 3 - 1 +.4 ^ 3 M + 5 +12 + 6 : ±_i '—+11- • +11 ; +- 4;* iF: > s + 2 +13 +17 H + 9 + 9 +10 % X +12 + 7 + 6. + 3 :L2 r+_2 + 5 r 0 fX+ 7 -4 + 2 + 9, +16 +14 -+1-S rf +T2. + 9 +13 +19 0 W + 9 +. 7 +15 + 2„ 4 +10' -+14. +11 . +.7 +15 ' +12 .+ 9 +8 +9 +14 +10 +10 # rf m 1 v.J •+11"—'+28 . *19 W'. 'if + 7 + 5 r+ 6 + 1 r+8, +1 +10 +7 + 8 +11 +li - M~4. • + 9 - H - • + 9 ' + 5 •/ +10 * 8 • '+ 4 - 2'' 'aQ ft Y : w - 4 +15 +15 + 4 % +10 r+ii + 7 + 9' a •• :! +14 M ' + 2 +15. +12 + 8 + 8 +17 - 1 +7 +8 z«- H.ll Page 2 9 4 8 AM ' 4 8 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Continued) F E0ER$leff6§nltt§dAQhange frorn^Corresponding Period a Year Ago "" C VEI.Afr MAY 2 « i Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t and c i t y StV Louis D i s t r i c t L i t t l e Rock Louisville S t . Louis Memphis; . Feb. ±Jk - 2 +11 + 8 - 2 Ark. Ky. Mo • • Tenn. Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Minneapolis Minn* S t . Paul Duluth-Superior "&Wi8. Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t Denver Wichita Kansas C i t y St.- Joseph Oklahoma C i t y Tulsa Dallas D i s t r i c t ' Dallas • -Fort Worth Houston San Antonio • San Francisco D i s t r i c t Los Angeles Area Oakland ^ San Francisco Portland S a l t Lake C i t y Seattle Colo • Kans* Mo. Te;x. « ii i : ! +_6 + 6 + 5 +19 + 9 + 4 . + 9 +13 ±_Z 0 + 5 +17 +11 '+15 +20 +32 +10 + 4 " i +12 " +19 +19 + 9 +11 + 9 + 4 . +14 +13 - 3 '+13 +21 •tl . .. Okla. Calif. ij , . ii Ore • . Utah Wash. + 6 +11 + 3 . +10 Week ending l / Month of Mar-. V Apr .if? j Apr .24 May 1 jMay 8jMay 15 +-2 0 +12 +•3 + 8 + 3 + 2 ±2 + 2 +13 + 2 +11 + 7 + 5 +li +23 + 6. + 9 + 9 +15 +46 +23 + 7 +19 +12 + 8 +23 + 8, +16 +IQ + 9 +19 + 5 +10 +J + 1 +11 0. -!3 (Not a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n ) m + 6 . ...+2.2. + 8 +10 +25 +25- .±-1 r + .7 ' +10 + 2 + 7 + 2 +14 +19.. .. . + 1 . . + 6... + 1 + 8 + 8 +12 +14 + 7 + 5 * + 8 +23.':.i +11. •••+ 3. :+2i3'' +26 +15 •+17' • +27 +27 J' +14 •..m ',+ *• +21 + 2 +16 + 1 . + 1 +23/.' +26' • +21 +15 " + 5 + 3 +60 +32' +38 +25 +15 +28 +18 +20 +17 +10 ±_S 0 2 +24 +33 +11 +10 + 7 : +12 +18 . +£ + 6 j_2 - 1 r+L2 + 9 + 3 . •+'- 7 + 6 + 5- + 9 +10 + 4 -it- .. r *.. + 4 * + 2 + 3 1 / During March and A p r i l 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 year Easter;was. on A p r i l s 6 while t h i s y e a r * i t was on. March 28. For t h i s reason it- i s estimated t h a t i n comparison with l a s t yeat* allowance should be made f o r an i n c r e a s e in s a l e s of about 1 per cent f o r the month of March a s a whole , ,, and f o r a. corresponding decrease f o r t h e - month of A p r i l as a whole. Jx > * rData not availableVI • ' ,7 r . . .
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