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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 • ' "