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TRMSfm BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM October 11, 1946 : ' DEPARTMENT STORE : SALES F BY CITIES ' •Percentage.. ghange f r o m Corresponding P e r i o d a YeaiMAgo:F e d e r a l Reserve d i s t r i c t and c i t y Now York D i s t r i c t Newark Buffalo New York Rochester Syracuse +46 +27 UNITED STATES Boston D i s t r i c t Now Haven Boston Springfield Providence J a n . - ' Month of J u l y ; Aug. Conn. Mass. R.I. N.J N„Y; tl Philadelphia District Pa. Philadelphia +49 737-• +48 +47 +51 +24 •722 +24 +17 +22 i Week ending. I Sept .7 Sept .14 S e p t . 2 1 Sept .28 O c t . •£ : >14 +40 +33 +44 +33 +21" +20 ; 725" +2,1 +12 v +12 +58 +6 6 +55 . +57 .. •+49 ' +62 +52 +53 +47 +51 +57 +70 + 9 r+12 +40 735T **+T3"' * * 7 2 5 +21 +20 +40 +38 ; •*+ 6 ** r + 6 +41 +16 +49 i +38 +23 " +80 + 2 **+T +20 **- 5 +31 +26. +28 . -.727 . : +42 . 732 • +50 m ' +44 722 +24 72T +35 +2S +18 717 +54 7 3 5 .' +59 +53 +37 +46 +69 +34 735 +32 +36 +24 +22 +36 +29 +2r +30 +25 +25 +19 +36 r 0 r+35 +37 r+27 +32 +26 #-71 -17 721 +26 +21 +13 +23 f-98 +34 725" +38 +37 +35 +46 +24 7T7 +30 +40 +25 +51 +35 +50 +53 +49 : +49 +58 Pa, D,C. Md. +22 725 +22 . Atlanta District Birmingham Miami Atlanta New O r l e a n s Nashville Ala. Fla. GO * La. Tenn. +26 727 "" +28 +31 +25 +40 +37 +75" +47 +40 +28 +53 + 38 7^3 +39 , +41 +38 +43 Chicago D i s t r i c t Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. +88 +2§ +24 +24 1+31 +51 731 +41 +50 +53 +58 7e5 +41 +56 + 72 +23 +23 +25 +28 +16 + 6 +34 +35 +29 +36' +28 +34 Richmond D i s t r i c t Washington Baltimore Ohio +27 +46 75T +48. +33 +50 +40 722 +37 +50 +49 +27 +15 +31 +25 +28 +19 +34 Cleveland D i s t r i c t Akron Cincinnati Cloveland Columbus Toledo Pittsburgh • +37 •, +49 • . • • +29 +25 +39 +37 r+53 +2=7 +40 r+33 . +33 +41 +36 +33 +26 +40 +47 +31 +35 +25 +29 +40 r+28 725 +21 +35 +38 +33 +43 +19 ' +T7 +21 . +37 +39 +53 +40 *. : • +17 7T2 +23 +30 712 +21 . +35 / . * +24 7ZT +21 +25 +27 H.ll Page 2 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Continued) P e r c e n t a g e Change f r o m Corresponding P e r i o d a Year Ago F e d e r a l Reserve i i s t r i c t and c i t y S t . Louis D i s t r i c t L i t t l e Rock Louisville S t . Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. . Tenn. Minneapolis D i s t r i c t Minneapolis Minn. it S t . Paul D u l u t h - S u p e r i o r . . "&Wis. . Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t Denver Colo. Wichita Kans. Kansas C i t y "&Mo. S t . Joseph Mo. Oklahoma City Okla. Tulsa Dallas D i s t r i c t Dallas F o r t Worth Houston San A n t o n i o Tex, San F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t Los Angeles A r e a ^ C a l i f . Oakland \N " San F r a n c i s c o Portland Ore . S a l t Lake C i t y Utah •Seattle Wash. July +28 +23 +27 +29 . +28 . Month of Augi • • .Week ending S e p t . 7 S e p t . 1 4 S e p t , 2 1 S e p t . 2 8 Oct * 5 +53 +25" +64 +54 +46 +48 +32" +52 ' +50 +53 +34 +35" +32 +15 +45 +39 +46 +23 +24 ' +33 +16 +23 + 35 .+17 +18 +40 +43 +30 +42 +36 +33 +43 +29 +3^ +22 +34 +29 +40 •+34 +36 +47 +37 +40 +¥4 +38 +35 +44 +45 ' +33 +24 +55 +20 +17 •+24 +31 * +16 +28 +T3 +33 +28 +30 +34 +m +36 +27 +49 +23 +5? +20 +20 +32 r+32 +5F +41 +28 +42 (Not a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n ) . ,+40 +45 +34 +37 +36 +33 +50 +30 +35 +24 +32 + 6 +22 +24 +33 +23 +20 +28 +19 +34 +39 +42 +47 +42 +51 +30 +31 +30 +41 +37 +47 +35 +24 +66 +50 r+32 r+20 . • +55 +35 r+38 . . +17 +20 +36 +28 +24 +45 +65 +29 +37 +31 +25 +33 +41 +49 +34 +20 •+33 +41 +31 +30 +55 +28 . +25 +34 +48 +27 +36 r+26 +5F +41 +33 +27 +29 • • +23 + 9 • . +36 +30 +33 +27 + 33 +26 +35" +20 +25 + 4 +37 +35 +16 T55 +15 ' +16 - 5 + 6 +19 r—-Revised. . * Data n o t a v a i l a b l e . ** During t h e s e weeks s a l e s i n t h e c i t i e s of New York and Newark were reduced because of work s t o p p a g e s i n t h e t r u c k i n g i n d u s t r y . f During t h e s e weeks s a l e s , i n P i t t s b u r g h wero reduced owing t o a power s h o r t a g e . :: M UG
