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LIBRARY OF THE FE0E3.U RESERVE BMW OF CLEVELAND TfiAriSFER BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM O c t o b e r 3 , 1947 H.11 BY'CITIES**; \ P e r c e n t a g e Change f r c j n C o r r e s p o n d i n g , P e r i o d ; a Year Ago Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t : and c i t y : imiTUD s t a t e s - Boston D i s t r i c t New Haven Boston . S p r i n g f i e l d '• Providence N6w York D i s t r i c t Newark Buffalo New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Philadelphia «Cleveland D i s t r i c t ~~~ —.von— i Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo : " Pibtsburgh • •Richnond D i s t r i c t •Washington :' Baltimore < • J a n * - '. Month'"of J u ^ y ; A u g u s t Aug#30 S e p t . 6 S e p t #13 p- 6 •> 9 J.. - i N..Y. Pa# TIT. + 8 +11 *13 si +T; + 9+ 9' + 7 +10 " + 4:- D* C. tiidie + 5 ; -15 Ala. Fla. Ga. La. , Tenn. Chicago D i s t r i c t . . . Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. " Ind. Mich. Wis. f.r+12 TI3T + 6 +12 + 6 1 ... - .8- . =13\ " -13 r- 3 -11 +12 + 3 + 9 y * a "— 2 • - 3 + 4 . +62 + 1 , - 1 - 4 T!6 ... .. -+ 7 > 6 - -12 . +,1. -10 . - 3 r-e - 3 + 6 0 : ST-: 0 +18 + 7 • 7 8 1 5 5 , +25 +26 .,*16 *22 *+442 r- 3 ~+T - 9 +24 731 +20 - 6 ,.r- 9 - 8 - 5 - 4-19 ' +10 0 + 5 -13 . rt + .+ + - l - 8 .0 + .8 , --14 •=I4 1 — +24 v+23 FTT. :. - 1 8 v;v + 5 • '7 : + 5 ,. + 6 +12+ 2 ,->7 +10 . . ... V - 3 • + 2 ,. , - 1 7 . , ^ ' + - ' I ' T " : >13 ; +21 . * 1 4 : : i+32 - 2 — ~ ' +17 •.v:t. & •IT • r f 2 1 . +35 • "S4*15 . , +27 - 2 0 irr+23 . # 4 1 r + 1 6 ...+14 - 7 +. 6 +18 -19- •12 . . -11 Atlanta District BiridLngham iriitxmi Ati-.anta New O r l e a n s , Nashville -13 - l +10' + 4 - 8 0 Til, •-10 - 2 - 9 - 5 0 - 9 - 2 , - 2 +12 Ohio " " '' " Pa# - 8 =27 . 0 - 4 + 3 : -13 .* 9 » +24 - 1 - 4 =10 -13 8 .- 7 -16 +10. - 9 7 • -11 . - 6 .« 6 p .- 9 ' =13 R. I . -11 -10 +10 + 4: +11: + 5' • 4: Conn* iidass • .+ 1 " + 2 - 5 t 7 **-18 • r+ 2 **-25 + 2 ".'- 2 ' r + i -.4 . T T + 8 - 4 +17 + 7 + 1 - 4 + 6 +14 +16 +17 t H +16 +26 +22 K<*> Page 2 DEPaRLuENT STORE' SaLES, BY CITIES ( C o n t i n u e d ) P e r c e n t a g e Change f r o m C o r r e s p o n d i n g P e r i o d a Year Ago ' Y/eek e n d i n g J a n . - . month of August , Aug *30 S e p t 4 6 Sept% 13 6 e p t v 2 0 S e p t ^27 July Federal Reserve.district and' c i t y ' .St. Louis - D i s t r i c t L i t t l e Rock . .. L o u i s v i l l e S t . Louis Memphis \ mnneapolis District Minneapolis ' / S t . Paul Duluth-Superior Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t J DenveV •; Wichita Kansas C i t y ' S t . Joseph Oklahoma C i t y Tul§ft' ' Dallas D i s t r i c t Dallas F o r t . Worth " Houston San A n t o n i o San 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 Oakland San F r a n c i s c o Portland S a l t Lake C i t y Seattle Ark, Ky. Tenn. • 9; -13 - 2* ' -10 - 9 24; ..rid - . w '1 -14 +11 - p * '8 • + b' >11 . + 4 • -18 +12 + 8 . +15 ' . r ,"&7i/is._ t l 3 ainn. + + 1 2 1 1. 0 - 6 + 2 + 2 -10 + 1 — 6 • ' +10 + 1 - 9 " Okla. Tex. Calif . ' Ore. Utah Wash. E l ± 1 2 . +11 . • + l . "ii - 3 +.9 ^ 9 + 9 . - 6 + 3 •' - 6 + 6 - 8 - 3 + 6 -11 - 6 - 9 - 7 -15 - 1 . + 4 . - -6 - 3 - 7 -11 + 3 - 6 - 8 =13 + 7 + 8 ' + .6 ' - 4 6 - 4 + 5 + 1 - 1 + 1 +34 -11 - 1 - 5 0 — 3 0 + 1 - 3 + 9 +14 + 4 - 2 + 3 +24 + 3 + 2 - 3 +. 5 0 +18 +17 - 1 + 6 + 2 + 1 + 6 +13 . +13 + 8 + 7 +..8 + 4 +- 4 til > 8 p+ 1 r h + ;t . p+ p+ p+ 2 2 4 1 +20 +14 +26 +20 +14 (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 Colo. Kans . tio . r+ 9 + 2 r+16 • +11 - 4 +10 - 7 • •2 - 2 + 6 0 -• .T+ 7 + 5 + 4 + 9 - 4 + 6+15 ; + 6 + 4 +23 +14 +21 +23 r- 9 ""-"IT r+10 - 9 - 6 +11 + 9 +11 + 9 +21 + 4 . + 6 + 8 - 4 + 4 +13 + 1 + + * + 1 5 7 5 2 1 1 --Revised, T I n u s i n g y e a r ago c o m p a r i s o n s ' f o r t h e c i t i e s of New York and Newark i n t h e s e P weeks 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 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 . * I n u s i n g y e a r ago c o m p a r i s o n s f o r t h i s - w e e k 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 . ** I n t h i s week s a l e s i n t h e c i t i e s of a i a m i and A'ew 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 , ' ,m, & NV s'E g Ativnen 9 log
