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RESERVE BiHH OF CIEEJWD BOARD OP GOVERNORS/ OP IKE FEDERAL- RESERVE SYSTEM j H.ll ' -October 17, 19^7 I DEPAitTjJEiJT STORE SALES, BY CITIES . Percentage Change from Corresponding Period a Year Ago Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t and c i t y Jan.July Month of August Week ending A Sept.13 Sept ,20 Sept,27 Oct. ij. Oct.11 +23 r+18 + 8 + 7 + 9 + 1 - 3 +1U +17 T3 +13 + ?1 +32 + 7 • 3 + 3 + 7 +lii +li+ +21 #+T7 +13 +27 +16 +6 +iu +18 +12 T7 - +2U UNITED STATES + 9 - 6 -1 + 7 Boston D i s t r i c t ^ New Haven Boston Springfield Providence +10 - 9 - 8 + +11 + 5 - 9 -11 -10 - 8 0 New York D i s t r i c t Newark Buffalo itew fork Rochester Syracuse Conn. iiass. R. I . + k +9 < - 1 1 - 1 +10 + 8 +11 +13 - 9 ^3 -13 - 8 > 7 -16 - 2 0 - 7 -19 Philadelphia D i s t r i c t Philadelphia fa. +12 TTT - 5 •=T +b -rn Cleveland D i s t r i c t Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo Pittsburgh +10 - 3 Pa. + 9 + 9 + 7 +10 + 9 Richmond D i s t r i c t Washington Baltimore D. C. Md. + 5 • i" . J• ix. Y. " Ohio 11 11 Atlanta D i s t r i c t Birmingham Miami Atlanta New urleans Nashville Ala. Fla. Ga. La. Tenn. Chicago D i s t r i c t Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. , .ich, Wis. •li. . +1> h' +36 , +10 #+3i +k +11 +19 719 +15 +1? r+64 +25 + 5 r+13 + 8 +13 + 6 T7 + '5 + ij+ 3 + .6 + 6 tit +k + 6 V -10 -10 -12 - 9 -10 . - 1 m - i - 8 0 + 2 + 6 + C TIT + 7 + 3 - 1 + 5 + 5 : +61 : T? - +25 +27 • +16 +22 *+)|)|9 -11 - 9 -15 - l +-g - h - 3 +23 • 75T +20 - 9 r+32 #r+IS +13 #r+U3 + 9 - 1 ; + + 5 T?" +12 + 2 +10 + 2 +6 - 7 - 3 -17 - 6 - 9 —U 8 . **-13 + 2 . - 5 - k **-25 + 2 -19 ° 9 +14 7 2 5 . .75# +6 - 3 +15 ' r+15 +16 r+ 6 +10 +17 +12 - u - 2 + 6 +12 -13 - 3 -11 - 1+ + 7 - 1+ +22 +25 +16 +25 +22 + 6 - 7 + 9 +7 + u +17 +1; . r+13 TI3 + 5 +19 +11^ +2U f&5 + 3 + 2 TT + 6 - ii" +U - 1 +6 73 + 2 +14 - 3 LIBRARY OCT ZB 9 O<S JW '47 FEDERAL A ^ t STCV& 3"L2o, BY CITIES (Continued) Percentage Change fro;n Corresponding Period a Year Ago St'. Louis D i s t r i c t L i t t l e i<:ock Louisville o t . Louis I^4)his"7 Minneapolis D i s t r i c t .Minneapolis S t . Paul Duluth-Su.;;e r i o r Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t ,Denver Wichita .Kansas.City S t . Joseph Oklahoma.City " T u l s a - "/ Dallas D i s t r i c t Dallas Fort j o r t h \..ouston . • 5au ,-mtcrio " Ark. ; '0. , Tens. • -10 • + 1 +11 . + 9+ I4. -11 V "13 +10 + 1 - 9 +12 ' +15 "dY/is,• . . + 1 3 " " Okl a . Tex-. San F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t Los iuigeles :,rea Calif. uaklazia Sa.i F r a n c i s c o Portland oa.lt Lake C i t y ttali wash. Seattle ' , +TT 3 +9 + 9 + ? f ' - 1 ,+ 1 . + 2 +10 - 7 - 2 - 2 + 5 - 8 • .... 0 '+ 7 ~5 + k + 9 - U + 6 +13 0 • - 3 0 + 1 3 - 9 -11 9 - 6 - 6 + 7 + 7 rz *k + h +11 + G + k +16 +11 - 4. - +20 . •• tin '• +23 +20 +14-'. . S + 7 r c + u + 5+10 ..;. o . +7 +10 (Not a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n ) •- 5 + 5 9/ . ..+ 0 + 1 — + Oct. 11 Sept.13 Sept.20 Sept.27 +• S :.inrx. Colo Lans. .0. Week ending it! : .0Rth- of J u l y f .August ' F e d e r a l " Reserve d i s t r i c t and. c i t y c - 6 " - h + 1 + 2 - — 2 + 2 • +h + Lv + + + + 6 2 1 5 +1 . 3 +13 + u +11 +16 — . ,. ? I 2 + 6 +14 +23 +11; +21 +10 +21 + 1 ,.+23 +10' - 9 6 +10 t 9 +10 + 9 +21 + - 1 k + "0 + J - + k h +13 + 1 + + + 7 5 2 1 1 . • +5 -=~I + 5 +8 - 3 +11 +16 r+ 2 - 7 r+ 1; - 1 + 1 + 1 -13 - 7 0 + 2 0 - 2 + - 1 - 7 r+ h k ~1) +6 - 2 + 9 +12 + r—-revised. £ -In u s i n g year ago comparisons f o r t h e c i t i e s of ijetv York and Newark i n t h e s e weeks allowance should be uade f o r t h e f a c t t h a t lasif 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 . * In u s i n g y e a r ago comparisons f o r t h e week ending Sept'enber 27, 1?L7 allowance should be nade f o r t h e f a c t t h a t s t o r e s ir. t h e C i t y of i i t t c b u r g h were open only one ic.y l a s t yev.r owing t o a ^oxver s h o r t a g e . Ko f i . ; u r e i s shcvr. for. t h e week ending October J;., 19^7 because s t o r e s were c l o s e d during t h e e n t i r e week l u s t y e a r , .. . ** I n t h i s week s a l e s i n t h e c i t i e s of ; iar.i and 'Tew Orleans r e f l e c t s t o r e c l o s i n g s because of a h u r r i c a n e . « b