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TRANSFER " UBRARYETW* RESERVE BANK OF CLEVEIAHO , - BOARD OF, . GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM October 31, 1947 DEPARTMENT STORE; SAIjES* BY CITIES, !• % i i F e d e r a l Reserve d i s t r i c t u., and c i t y Jan.Aug. Month"# Sept. .Week ending S e p t . 2 7 O c t . 4 O c t . 1 1 Opt.18 UNITED STATES + 7 p+12 +23f +18 + 8 * 1 + 7 Boston D i s t r i c t New Haven Boston SpriOgfield Providence + 7 ~ + 8 *3 + 2 p+14 /IT? + 8 + 6 +10 +17 + 7 + 9 +13 +21 +32 + 7 + 3 + 3 + 7 +14 ' +14 . -14 ^20 -12 - 3 -IT - 4 -20 - 4 + 6 +T . + 7 + 6 + 9 ; + 9 +19 +37 +17 +22 +12 + 5 +36 #+29 +27 iM42' +14 +18 +10 +9 P+14 +12 +24 723 +14 +13" +21 +61 +T + 3 +10 +25 +11 +27 + 7 +16 , • +1? . +22 +48 : *>442 +64 +%0 • 5 +13 .+ 8 -. +13 - New York D i s t r i c t , Newark :v Buffalo New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia D i s t r i c t Philadelphia Cleveland D i s t r i c t Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus ?9i#w : / Pittsburgh Conn. Mass. < r- R. i . ; .» N.J. N. Y. " " ? °- Ohio 1 m . j t i xWashlagfcon Baltimore ; b. c. + . + + + + - Ala . Fla.. Ga. La. Tenn. Chicago. D i s t r i c t Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich, Wis. t 6 + ' <; > Aid, Atlanta District' Birmingham Miami Atlanta . New Orleans •Nashville " ' ' . 7 5 7 6 4 \ +32 +26 r+24 IS", # 2 3 : '#+25 +13 + 9 + 5 #+43 #+34 #r+33 + 9 + 4 . - 7 +11 - 1 -11 * >•6 j 2 . > 4 . +204 + 3 •+14 + 7 +23. + 2 + 6 , ' + 4 . +15 ., ., + 3 _ +16 o " 1 > 1 7 , ... + 4 +11 + 1 +8' - 1 • +9 + T + 4 +10 + 4 . +16 +TF + 9 . +20 +10 ; +22 ' +22 +16 +25 +22 +30 #*4T +16 #+34 • + 9 - 3 > 1 TT + 3 + 3 + 6 - 1 +~9 TT + 5 +1 + 4 - 2 + 5 r+ 2 .+. 6 . . - 8 + 4 -•4 0 TT + 3 0 + 8 ; - 5 -6 +15 +13 + 6 +T + 4 + 7 TT+ 3 r- 5 " t t - 4 + 2 TT - 2 + 9 +22" - 3 +15 + 6 +10 ' + + + + - 2 T 6 2 2 1 - 5 " 7 - 7 r- 7 - 2 -12 0 =TT - 4 - 1 • + 4 - 2 + 6 + T + 2 +14 - 3 r- 2 + 6 + 1 + 3 - 5 + 2 + 8 + 6 +13 . +16 + 5 +19 +14 z.zi H.ll Page 2 DEPARTIDENT STORE S A L E S , BY C I T I E S (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 • - Federal—Reserve di-st-riot and,, c i t y > .. ^Minneapolis District • Minneapolis S t . Paul Duluth-Superior Kansas C i t y 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 F o r t Worth Houston San Antonio San F r a n c i s c o d i s t r i c t Los Angeles Area Oakland. r . San F r a n c i s c p — Portland S a l t Lake C i t y Seattle i - S t . Lduis- D i s t r i c t ,• L i t t l e Rock Louisville S.t. Louis \ .liiemphis ' * *. | ' • — >„* 5 —Ark. Ky. Mo . Tenn. v . : +'8 ; t e ' +• i i 111 Winn. \ +13 ! +ii "&V/is, 1 Colo. Kans. Mo. ^ " Tex. , Ore. Utah Wash . f p t ! 2 ... +20 +14 t 5 +18 , +23 +14 +20 +14 pt i *lk +T +12 +.18 Oct.. 4 O c t . 1 1 Oct.18 Oct .25 - -* .J7 -- + 6 . r-2 r ? + 5 + 4 + 7 +10 +10 0 + 6 +Io -.4 + 7 + 7 + 2 +12 +12 + 4 +11 +11 +11 +13 +16 + 6 + 4 +23 +14 +21 +23 +11 +12 + 6 +14 +21 +10 + 1 i t | ! ^ — +,6 + 6 + 5 u . + 7 .+ 5 0 +10 + 9 +10 + 9 +21 + 2 0 + 4 - 1 + 1 p+ 4 p+ 5 + 7 + 6 p+12 . + 6 p+ 6 + + + ' + ;r+ + : + ! + » + i + 7 8 4 3 9 7 4 — + + 0 5 6 1 1 .0 - 4 +15 - 3 - 4 (Not a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n ) . ! • • | ' r4 Okla. Calif. Week e n d i n g ••Jaiif*'— •Month of S6pt. 1 1 5 7 5 2 1 1 0 + 2 0 - 2 4 + 4 " ' - 1 - 7 r+ 4 r- 2 ™TT -TT + 5 -13 . + 8 . o + 5 - 3 +11 -11 +16 •- . - • 4 ,z± - e 0 -13 - 7 - 4 r+ 2 -11 - 3 +12 +17 + 7 +11 +10 + 7 + 7 : +12 0 +12 +41 + 3 + 4 + 3 r r —5" + 6 +12 . + 6 zJ.i + 9 +18' +17 + 8" +12 +22 + 4 0 * 3;v- —tie v i s e d , p—Preliminary • I n u s i n g y e a r ago comparisons f o r t h e c i t i e s of New York and Newark i n t h e s e 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 vrere 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 comparisons f o r t h e 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 o n e - d a y l a s t y e a r o w i n g , t o a power s h o r t a g e . No f i g u r e is 1 shown f o r t h e week ending October 4 , 1947 b e c a u s e storegiwfere'o>losed d u r i n g t h e e n t i r e week l a s t ; y e a r . V|IVB 1VTI3 °3 ""I
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