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UBRARV OF THE FEDERAL
REStKVE DANK OF CLEVELAND'
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDLRaL RESERVE SYSTEM
October 10, 1947
DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES " • Percentage Change, from Corresponding. Period, ft Jear„. Ago.
:
Week ending
| y
• Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t J a n . - ' iionth of
• August-• Sept." 6 SeptVL3 S e p t . 2 0 Sept.27 Oct. 4
~ July
•' - and c i t y -

UNITED .'STATES \
Boston D i s t r i c t
New Haven
Boston
Springfield
Providence
New York D i s t r i c t
Newark
Buffalo
New York
Rochester
Syracuse

> 9 _
Conn.
aass.
"

R.I.
N. J .
N.: Y .

Philadelphia D i s t r i c t
Philadelphia
Pa.
Cleve DancL*. Di s t r i c t
Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
Pittsburgh
Richmond D i s t r i c t
Washington
Baltimore
Atlanta D i s t r i c t
Birmingham
Miami
Atlanta
New Orleans
Nashville
Chicago D i s t r i c t •
Chicago
Indianapolis
Detroit
Milwaukee

Ohio

Pa.

+10
t t
+11
+ 5
+ 4
+ 9
TT
+10
+ 8
+11
+13

-* 1

+ 7

- 9

+ 2
- 5
+ 7
rlO
-13

- 8
-27
- 8
0
- -11

+ 4
- 4
+ 1
. - 3
+14

- 3'

- 1
• + 3
- 2
0
- 7
-19

+21
#+17
+15
ir+23
+16
+ 6

+27
#+42
+14
+18

* + 4
+ 4

+12
r+ 7

+24
+23

+19+19

- 1
-11,
-1*
- 8
0
+ 2
+ 6

+ 8
+17
+ 7
+ 8
- 1
+ 5
. + 5

r+61 '

+25
r+27
+16
+22
$+442

+65
+25\
+ 5
+14
+ 8
+13

- 3

r+23

- 9
. 411
-10

'

:
:
:

- 9
Us
-13
8
- 7
-16
-

*10
' + 6 '
. + 9
+ 9
+ 7
+10
+ 9 ,

-10
-10
-12
- 9
... rlO

D. C.
*id.
Ala.
Fla.
Ga.
La..
Tenn.

> 6
+T
+12
+ 2
+10
+ 2




+ 1

+12
+11

+ 4
+ 2
+ 5

111.
Inde '
luich.
Wis.

'
:

- 6

TVFI

v

5
4

'

-15

+ 6
- 7
- 3
-17
8
'

-13
- 3
. •!!

+
+
+
+

3
9
2
3
4
8

+

1

-14
-14
-16

-11

- 7

- 2
- 5

8

+12
+To
+12
+ 6

+12
- 6
+ 8
- 2

.

•

»
- 3
+ T . „•
+ 6
-12
+ 1
-10
+ 9
+ 8
0
*18
+ 7

r+23
+17
* 6
+13
•21:
+32
r+36

iF+SS

TT

+19
+ 7
—

+ 7
+ 3
+ 3

+31
#+19
+13
=/.+40
+ 9
- 1

*

* + 6

- 1
+ 2
- - 4 /

- 9

+20

+ 4

- 6

- 9

+14
+33
+ 6
r+15
+16
+17

+ 9
+22
- 3
+14
* 7

: +22
?T 1 • ' :+5r
+ 8 • :>16
+17
+25
+ 1
+22

+14

—

—

- 8
- 5
- 4
-19

**-18
+ 2
**-25
+ 2

z

+ 9

r r
4
• 7
- 4

• # .

m

+ 6
+19
+14

LfBRARY

.

DBPARTIVMT STORE SiiLSS, BY CITIES (Continued)
cOERALp^j^igy^g^^^hange from Corresponding P e r i o d a Year Ago
:rCf w
" £UN0
•
F e d e r a l Reserve d i s t r i c t
and c i t y

-St • Louis D i s t r i c t
L i t t l e Rock
Louisville
S t . Louis
liiemphis
• winneapo,lis D i s t . r i c t
• , Minneapolis
S t . : J aul
Duluth-Superior
" Kansas-City D i s t r i c t
Denver
Wichita
Kansas C i t y
S t . Joseph •
Oklahoma C i t y
Tulsa
Dallas D i s t r i c t
. Dallas
Fort worth v.- •
, Houston
San A n t o n i o

July

;;'

-

Mont h of
August ••

. + 8

• Arki
Ky.

-10 ;
=1?

Term.

• +11 ,
+ 9
+ 4

lvdnn.

: +12
+ 8

r iO .

- 8
-11
-18

Colo.
Kans.
iiiO.

Okla.

•+±\

.,-_5

+
+
+
+

-ii
, - 9
. - 6
- 6
- 8

3:
9 '
9
3*
6.

+ 5 '

....+

7

.

+ 8:
+ 6 .

S.an F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t
Los A n g e l e s Area
Calif.
Oakland
"
San F r a n c i s c o
Portland
Ore.
S a l t Lake C i t y
Utah
Seattle
a 5 h

+ 7 '
+ 8
+ 4f

"

'

*

4

r+ 1
- 6
+ 2
+ 2
-10

+ 1
-• • — 6
+10
+ 1
- 9

* 9
r r
+16
+11
- 4

+20
+14'
r+23
+20
+14

+_7
+ 5
+10
0

2

- 1
+ 1

+13j

+T

Tex.

•

+ 1
r

; + i 5 !

"&Wis .

Week e n d i n g
Sept * 6 S e p t a ' 3 S e p t . 2 0 S e p t . 2 7 Oct . 4

'

+ii:
+ 8 +
4

'

'-

6
9
4
6
4

+ 1
+ 4
+ 2
- 2
+ 2
+ 4
+ 1

(Not a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n )

- 1
+ 4
- 6
3
- 7
-11
+ 3

+ 2
+10
.- 7
- 2
- 2
+ 6
0

- 8
^13"
\-H
- 1
- 5

0
- 3
0
•+ 1
3

'+ 2
- 3
+ 5
. , o
r /18
+17
- 1

+ 6
~

'+ 1 .
+ 5
+13
' +13
'+:8

+ 7- • +16+ 5
+ T
+ 4
+ 4
+ 9
' +23
+14
- 4
+ 6 +21
+25
+15
- 9

r r

+10
- 9
- 6 •

+ 4
+ 6
+ 8

-4

+ 4
+13
+
1

r+10
+ 9
r+10
+ 9
+21
+
+
+

1
5
7
5
2
1
1

+11
+12
+ 6
+14
+21
+10
+ 1
0

—5"
+ 3
- 1
+ 1

0
+ 2
0
- 2
+- 4
- 1
- 7

r—Revised*
)i In .using y e a r a g o comparisons f o r trie . c i t i e s of Lew York and ICewark i n t h e s e
weeks a l l o w a n c e s h o u l d be mad^ f or jfehe f a c t . t h a t l a s t y e a r t h e r e were work
stoppages i n the trucking i n d u s t r y ,
.
*
' y } Data n o t a v a i l a b l e , *
,
•-/
* I n u s i n g y e a r ago comparisons foit tHe week ending September 2 7 , 1947 a l l o w a n c e
• s h o u l d be made f o r t h e f a c t t h a t s t o r e s i n t h e C i t y of P i t t s b u r g h were open
o n l y one day l a s t - y e a r owing t o a power s h o r t a g e . No f i g u r e i s shown f o r - :
t h e week qnding October .4, 1947 b e c a u s e s t o r e s were c l o s e d during t h e "entire
Y?eek l a s t .year . t
•
"
....
** In t h i s week s a l e s . i n t h e c i t i e s of riiami and New Orleans r e f l e c t s t o r e c l o s i n g s
:
b e c a u s e of a h u r r i c a n e • '
"