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•TRANSFER 3V : - : LIBRARY O F T H E FEDERAL • BOARD OF GOVERNORS OP THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM " ' ' / T . . 1 ' v : ' " H.ll CLEVELAND October 8 , 1948 .DEPARTMENT STORE .SAIgSj,; BY.CITISS . .. , . r ... P e r c e n t ^ .Chttttg^^r^^borrespo^diii^'. period a Year Ago. F e d e r a l Reserve d i s t r i c t and o i ^ y . July" UNITED STATES + a Boston D i s t r i c t New Haven Boston Spriilgfield ' Providence Month of August i • : . +.9 + 3 New Y o r k - D i s t r i c t , Newark : Buffalo New York Rochester Syracuse' Conn. Mass. . • if R. I . ~ + . 2 + 8 + 3 + 6 + 5 +10 + 5. +11 + ,5. N. 3 . N. Y. +16 +4 - 1 i -io + 1 t,8- • - 2 — 3 +15 +19. + 4 +27 +20 ' . 2 + :9 m + 6 +25 +14 •- ,2 1 Week ending x , Sept .11* S e p t . 1 8 S e p t . 2 5 O c t . 2 SepiU* — '5 ZTQ + 1 ' - 6 + 7 ' + 5< >5 ' +15 + 3 . +H + 6 +12 + 1 +io +"T +15 +10 + 6 +12- " tiv '' - 6 rio + 2 - 8 + 5 + 5 :: r+- 3 r+ 6 - 7 - 7 + 3 +15 +24 m ' +15 - 2 +.9.. 0 + 9 +23 +20 r+4 +13 ' + 5 ' .+ 2 1 + 3 + 1 . + 4 + 5 +15 ill+ 8 ; | +12 +14 4 w + •15 -19 Cleveland D i s t r i c t Akron Cincinnati Cleveland .Columbus •Toledo . Pittsburgh Pa. + 9, + .8 + 7 + 9 +12 + 9 + 8 ' +13 • + ~7 . +15 +13 +19 +10 +15 +28 +20 +29 +29 +30 +20 +31 . + 1 T T + 2 + 4 •k 7 +11 -11 ' +:• 9 '+ 7 +20 +19 +21 + 9 + 3 - T .. •+17. . - : " 5.- r+ 3 D. C», w Md. ' + 6 + 5 . + 2 +27 +29 + 24 +37 +11 +36 + 6 + 9 : - + l - -2 + 6 +19 +31 +23" +37 +11 • +64 +22 r- 2 ^ 4 -13 + 2 + 9 -18 +11 +IT +14 + 8 + 1 + 3 T-T + 4 - 1 + 6 + 8 "+~6 + >. +10 + 7 - 2 TT + 1 + 3 - 3 Richmond D i s t r i c t ' Washington Baltimore Ohio Atlanta District Birmingham Miami Atlanta New Orleans Nashville Ala. , Fla. Ga. . La. Tenn. Chicago D i s t r i c t Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. + 9. +15 + 7 ..+ 7 +12 + 6 + 9 ~ + 4 >10 +14 +14 +IF . + 8 +14 +24 +18 + 9 +IT +10 + 7 +13 . r+31 r+33 . - 9 ^ 3 -10 - 5 - 8 r r r+ 5 0 + 7 - 5 Phi l a d e leM-a D i s t r i c t Pa. ..Philadelphia s 0 "..+12 . . . 0 . +43 ~ + 2 ' +12 +26 - 3 + 4 - 6 • + 9 - 2 + 1 + 8 6 ; : ; +11 'no ' ** +21 + 8 - 4 . 0 — + 3 0 +12 . 3ZZH.ll Page LIBHI^ V DEPARTMENT STORE S A L E S , BY C I T I E S (Continued) a.$e Change f r o m Corresponding P e r i o d a Year Ago . St,,i_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, If F e d e r a l Reserve d i s t r i c t ' and c i t y •L • • • Month' of August - +10 +10 •.... +12 + 9 + 6 + 8 • Minneapolis D i s t r i c t +T Minneapolis Minn, ii + 4 ' S t . Paul Duluth-Superior "&Wis . - ; +15 Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t Denver Wichita Kansas C i t y S t . J oseph Oklahoma C i t y Tulsa Dallas D i s t r i c t Dallas P o r t Worth Houston San Antonio Colo. Kans. Mo. Okla. Tex, . San . F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t Los Angeles Area Calif. Oakland San F r a n c i s c o Portland Ore . S a l t Lake C i t y Utah Seattle Wash. * . + 8 + 5 +10 +10 + 1 +12 +18 +14 +19 +16 +14 +13 8 +12 + 7 + 3 . + 8 + 2 +16 + 8 - 2 +12+32 " - +12' ' +12 + 6: + 8 • + 7 +11'"+26 : • +29 + 6 • +11 i + 9 + 2 +10 + 5 +10 + 4. + 4 :• ' + 6 + 2 +3 + 4 +15 - 1 + 9 ' Week ending " Sept ,4* Sept ,11* Sept ,18 S e p t , 2 5 O c t . 2 +19 ... ..+16 +20 +16 +29 +12 +28 - i + 8 +25 + 9 + 6 "+20 + 4 +14 +13 +16 •+ 9 +13 +13 . - 3 • 5 + 6 •• . - 4 —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 ) +23 - 3 +31 +22 +26 +25 +35 +10 0 - 5 -12 - 4 + 2 - 1 +10 + 7 - 4 - 2 - 3 r- 6 0 - 4 -13 -15 -13 - 7 +20 ' +16 - 5 +54 •• + 8 +32 +21 + 9 +74 +24 ,*• 1 • •15 -21 - 4 - 5 -10 -11 " -17 + 5 + 1 +11 +12 + 2 - 6 . +10 • +19 + 2 . +25 +48 +24 +15 +10 +11 +26 +11 +18 +30 ' r- 4 . +20 - 6 r+ 7 + + • + + 5 8 l 4 0 + 3 +10 : j i t p +13 — + 8 +35 +10 , 1 [• ' r + 2 ! ~ + 9 +n +20 +11 +18 . + 9 > 3 . . + 1 + 2 +13 In u s i n g y e a r ago comparisons f o r t h e weeks ending September 11 and September 4 a l l o w a n c e s h o u l d be made f o r jthe f a c t t h a t i n observance of t h e Labor Day h o l i d a y s t o r e s i n many c i t i e s ' were c l o s e d t h i s y e a r d u r i n g t h e week ending September 11 whereas l a s t y e a r t h e y were c l o s e d d u r i n g t h e p r e v i o u s w e e k . ** Data n o t a v a i l a b l e . * ! 'f ij »; 4
