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LIBRARY 6/6 H.ll 0 1 ® FEDERAL RESERVE SYS' M BOARD V. OF THE RDfiRi M E E M W CLEi'CUM September 13, 1946 FED5 - .. • DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, BY CITIES ' P e r c e n t a g e Change f r o m Correspondi-ng--Period ,a .Year Ago F e d e r a l Reserve, d i s t r i c t and c i t y Week e n d i n g June "July A u g . 1 0 Aug . 1 7 * Aug.24 A u g . 3 1 S e p t . 7 UNITED STATES '• ' +27 +30 +9.2 Boston D i s t r i c t New Haven Boston S p r i n g f - i e Id ' • • Providence • +23 T2T +23 • +16 • " • +21 • +29 ' +27 +26 +27 +32 +19 +19 +19 +24 +24 +121 +108 +134 +100 +120 +34 .... m +28 • +35 +27 + 33 +39 +45" +30 +40 +32 +41 *36 +^3 +28 +37 +28 + 34 ' +T56 ' +194 + 131 +166 +90 +108 +19 +13 ' +104. +107 +29 +25 +27 +29 ; +22. + 37 + 19 +TS" +20 New York D i s t r i c t Newark Buffalo. New York Rochester Syracuse R.I. N.J. N.Y. * +32 '. •• • Philadelphia District Philadelphia Pa. +27 +24 Cleveland D i s t r i c t -Akron- : Cincinnati Cleveland '-Columbus "'Toledo: Pittsburgh . Pa. +27 +17 +31 + 25 +27 + 18 + 33 ' Richmond- D i s t r i c t • Washington. - Baltimore . , D.C. Md. . +22" •' +Zo' +21 At l'arit a" D i s t r i c t • Birmingham . Miami Atlanta New O r l e a n s Nashville Ala . Fla. Ga. La. Tenn. Chicago D i s t r i c t Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. +27 +25 +23 . +23 +31 + 52 , 72$ +31 +21 +33 + cS . +30 + 25 +38 +25 +15 +24 + &1 . +3T + 31 ' +36 + 35 . • m +50 +40 +42. +37 +50 +49 +48 +6T+A6. +47 +50 +50 +27 . .+25 +26 +74, +23 ' r m +55 • • +82• +27 + 35 . . +32 . +61 + 29 ; +31 +26 +85 +24 ':• ; +26 +26 +67 +45 + 39 +29 +120 Ohio • +40 ' ' +45 ' +41 +36 . +43 +42.- ' +40 ' +50 + EI: +54 +45 +46 +5i:. +# +38 +53 +31 • +65 +52 +H3 +47 +51 . +58 +71 r+30 r+25 r+36 r+29 +52 •; +50 +98 ' +82 +95 +105 +92.. +91 , +108-: +43 +25 +41 +44 + 33 +41 +49 +49 +46 r+52 r+45 +43 +54 +55 +35 +59 +53 +39 +45 +69 >+55 +48* +66 +20 +22 +20 r+33 +S . +52 +85 +75 +19 +119 +33 V +89 +28 + 77 +38 + 30 >46 ' +37 r+41 + 71 . +.3&._ +42 • +36 +40 +34 + 34 ? +34 +48 • ' * * . +33 ' + 38 "+43 "-+39 . +38 . +38 +46 +48 ' +50 + ^ •• +EE +38 +32 +44 +51 . +54 +56 +58~ +60 +41 +56 +72 Page 2 H. 11DEPARTMENT 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 Y e a r Ago Minneapolis D i s t r i c t r'.xrneapolis S t . f&ul Duluth-Superior Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t Dc-nver Vv'.chita Kansas C i t y S t . Joseph Oklahoma C i t y Tulsa Dalifes D i s t r i c t ' Dallas F o r t Worth Houston San A n t o n i o Month of July Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. +28 +?z +26 +28 +27 +32 775 + 32 + 33 +31 "&v:is. + 32 +35 + 30 ^ +14/ +42 +%T +45 +24 - ' +24 Week e n d i n g Aug.10 |Aug.17* Aug. 24 1 S t . Lonis D i s t r i c t L i t t l e Rock Louisville . S t . Louis Memphis .June * +31 +n +24 +32 +35 73? "&Mo. Mo. Okie. +16 +23 +32 +16 +17 +28 + 33 +22 + 33 +28 + 33 + 39" +26 +41 +31 +30 To2 +30 +32 +35 +22 +57 +19 +17 +22 + 30 +15 +30"+34 +24 +18 +34 + 36 ' +17 +33 +36 +30 +20 +35 +28 +20 Ran F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t Lot A n g e l e s 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. +40 +J.4 +43 +43 +33 +50 +51 +5F +64 +54 +46 + 3$ r+38 +55 +49 - Colo. " + 73 +77 +84 +62 +101 (Not a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n ) +30 • +37 +21 +25 +51 +20 +31 Tex. 53 | Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t and c i t y . +20 +30 +11 +21 +29 +?8 +21 ' + 33 +31 +25 +26 ' r+48 +11 + 9 +69 + 78 +46 +58 +37 +71 +75" +54 +52 +48 +51 +48 +40 +45 +34 +37 +36 +33 +50 +60 +6$ +44 + 71 . + 78 +35 735 +26 + 39 +50 r+43 •+52" r+39 +61 +43 r+41 +4T +49 +42 +51 + 35 +m +31 +38' +27 +36 +13 r+33 +56 + 34 +39 +35 +28 +24 r+44 +60 +29 +37 +31 +25 +33 +82 + 77 + 70 ,+69 +104 +106 +82 T & r--Revised. * 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 week a l l o w a n c e should be made f o r t h e f a c t t h a t l a s t y e a r s t o r e s were c l o s e d f o r one o r two d a y s d u r i n g t h e c e l e b r a t i o n o f t h e J a p a n e s e a c c e p t a n c e of t h e Potsdam D e c l a r a t i o n . . ** D a t a n o t a v a i l a b l e .