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TRANSFER BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ^°H.n 5 **7 C? Vi^Z $ October 18, 1946 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES,. BY CITIES Percentage Change from Corresponding Period a Year Ago Federal Reservd district atid city |i , New York District Newark Buffalo New York Roche ster Syracuse Month of Aug. Week ending Sept,14 Sept ,21 Sept.28 Oct . 5 Oct ^ 2 +27 UNITED STATES V Boston District New Haven V ^ Boston *» Springfield SProvidence July Mass.' R.I. N.J. N.Y. +46 +37 +27 +24 +22 +24 +17 +22 +49 T5? +48 +47 +51 +46 +51 +48 +33 +50 +23 +25 . +28 +1§ + 6 +34 +35 +29 +36 +28 ,+34 +58 +55 +57 +49 +62 . +23 +40 753 +44 +33 . +21 +40 + .9 ' . 735" **+ls +40 +20 +38 **+ 5 +49 +16 +80 +23 r+15 . +20 +25 +21 +12 +12 +12 r+ 1 **+25 „**rTT +21 r+22 **+ 6 **r- 6 +41 +31 +38 +26 Philadelphia District Philadelphia Pa. +28" +31. +42 +32 +44 732. +24 +21 +35 +25 +18 +n Cleveland District Akron Cincinnati . Cleveland Coljambus Toledo Pittsburgh +51 Pa. +27 TVS +31 +25 +28 +19 +34 +50 +53 +49 +49 +58 +34 +30 +32 +36 +24 +22 +36 +29 721 +30 +25 +25 +19 +36 0 735 +37 +27 +32 +26 #-71 rrl6 +21 +26 r+22 +13 +23 #-98 Richmond District Washington Baltimore D.C. Md. +22 +25. +22 +34 +26 +38 +24 +17 +30 Atlanta District Birmingham Miami Atlanta New Orleans Nashville Ala. Fla. Ga. La. ' Term. +26 +24 +28 +31 +25 +40 ' +37 733 +47 +40 +28 +53 +40 +28 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. +28 +25 +24 +24 +31 +51 75T +41 +50 +53 Chicago District Chicago • • Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee Ohio , +29 +25 +39 +45 ; +33 +37 +36 +26 +40 +47 - - +37" +39 +53 +40 +31 735 +25 +29 +40 1 +15 +11 7T7 +14. •0 + 2 r 4 6 +10 **- 9 +1& +40 **- +18 +17 +16 T§ +12 +13 + 5 +12 • +24 +19 7T7 +21 , r+18 0 +12 ' 7=~7. +25 + 7 +33 757 +40 +33 +33 +41 r+29 +T2 +28 +23 ; +21 +35 *38 * r+19 +35 * +24 72T +21 +25 +27 +17 +33 ' +20 +2.9 + 9 +19 +21 72o +14 +16 +36 Page 2 H.ll DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES (Continued) Percentage Change from Corresponding Period a Year Ago Federal Reserve district and city St. Louis District Little Rock Louisvil le St. Louis Memphi s Minneapolis District Minneapolis St. Paul Duluth-Superior Kansas City District Denver Wichita Kansas City St. .Josbph Oklahomk City Tulsa Dallas District Dallas Port Worth Houston. San Antonio July Month of Aug. +28 +23 +27 +29 +28 Minn. " "&Wis. +48 +35" +52 +50 +53 + 34 +3S" +32 +15 Ark. Ky. Mo. Term. +46 +23 . Tex. San Francisco District Los Angeles Area Calif. Oakland ~ i i S&n Francisco Portland Ore • Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash. • +40 +43 +30 +42 +36 . +33 . ' +43 . +29 " . Sept.14 Sept .21 Sept.28 Oct. 5 Oct.12 +45 +24 +33 +16 +23 +35 +17 +18 Colo. Kans. "&Mo. Mo. Okla. . e Week ending +40 +1£ +36 +47 +37 . +22 +34 +29 . +24 +28 +2Q +17 +24 +31 . +16 +40 +38 • +35 +44 +45 +33 +28 +33 +28 +30 +34 +3o +36 +27 +49 +32 +25 +41 +28 +42 +23 +5? +20 +20 +32 +17 +IF +22 +16 +16 (Not available for publication) +30 +33 +SF +20 +28 +19 +34 +39 +26 +35 +20 +25 + 4 +37 +35 +30 +41 +37 +47 +4? +24 +66 +50 +32 +32 +38 +36 +28 r+22 7ZZ • r+16 +20 +24 +18 +41 +49 +34 +20 +33 +41 +31 +30 +?5 +28 +25 +34 +48 +27 +26 +25 +33 +29 + 9 +30 +27 r+37 +41 +27 +23 +36 +33 +33 +27 +24 +24 +17 +34 +38 +31 +24 +32 + 6 +22 +24 +30 +16 +2F +15 +16 - 5 + 6 f +19 +24 +50 +22 +16 + 8 +13 +20 +20 +15 +21 r—Revi sed * _• * Data not available. , ** During these weeks sales in the cities of New York and Newark were reduced because of work stoppages in the trucking industry. $ During these weeks sales in Pittsburgh were reduced owing to a power shortage.
