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RESERVE B£i,! OF CUi'HAfg
BOARD OF GOVERNORS I OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
. November 7, 1947

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Boston D i s t r i c t
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Sr'.' i n g f i e l d
Providence

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Mass ,
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B-v-i&io
Nov.- York ,
Rochester
Syracuse

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Philpd^lnhia D i s t r i c t
Philadelphia
Cleveland D i s t r i c t
Akroa
Cincinnati
Cleveland
1 Columbus
Toledo
Pittsburgh •

Pa.
Ohio
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Pa.

Richmond D i s t r i c t
Washington
Baltimore

D. C.
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Atlanta D i s t r i c t
Birmingham
Miami
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.
Atlanta
New Orleans
Nashville • v-

Ala.
Fla.
Ga. .
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Ne-^ York D i s t r i c t

Chicago D i s t r i c t
Chicago
Indianapolis
Detroit
Milwaukee

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^
Month of "
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Sept'. Oct, 4
O o t . l l 00t.|8; Oof,25 Nov. 1

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DEPARTMENT STORE_SALES, ;BY.CITIES (Continued)
Percentage "Change from Corresponding Period a Year Ago

!
• 'Week ending
Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t " ; — - J a n . - / Mpnth o£
S e p t . " Oc t . 4 o p t . 1 1 Oct,18 Oct.25 Nov. 1
.•
-atid c i t y *'!'
[ " < "Aug. '

_
_

S t . Louis D i s t r i c t
L i t t l e Rock
Louisville
S t , Louis
Memphis

•

Minneapolis D i s t r i c t
Minneapolis
S t . Paul.
Duluth-Superior
Kansas City D i s t r i c t
Denver
Wichita
Kansas City
S t . Joseph
Oklahoma City
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 City :
Seattle
X'

.+ 5
Ark.
Ky.
Mo.
Tenn.

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+ 5
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Kans.
Mo.
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Wash .

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+17
+27
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r--Revised.
# In using year ago comparisons f o r the c i t i e s - o f New York 'and Newark i n t h e s e
weeks allowance should be made f o r the fa-ct t h a t l a s t year t h e r e were work
stoppages i n t h e . t r u c k i n g i n d u s t r y ,
* No f i g u r e i s shown f o r the week ending October 4 , 1947 f o r the c i t y of P i t t s b u r g h
• because store's were closed during the e n t i r e week l a d t year owing t o a power
shortage.
» Data not a v a i l a b l e .
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