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1 t}4 H.ii BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM . K n September 25, 19-53 DEPARTMENT STORE SAISS IN SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS • (Eased on Dollar Amounts) Federal Reserve'District, Area, and City- Percentage change from corresponding . period a year ago Week ending Jan.July Aug e 29 |Sept. 5-x | Sept .12* | Sept .19 + 1" United States Bos con D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Area Lowell-Lawrence. Cities Downtown Boston Springfield Providence New'York D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas • Buffalo Rochester Syracuse "Cities New York Newark Philadelphia D i s t r i c t CityPhiladelphia Cleveland D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas • Akron Cincinnati Columbus Toledo Erie Cities Cleveland Pittsburgh + 2 Chicago D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee - 6 • +lh +16 '+10 Mass. +10 - .8 -12 Mass. ti R. I . + 1 > 3 + 1 -10 -10 -12 -22 - 9 • . + u •• + 9. * +30 o: +17 -28 ... + 7 + 1 -12 -17 : r-12 +10 rlU -10 -13 +10 . r-10 +15 -13 - u . ' r-17 +17 +16 +33 N. Y. " •_ ; • + 5 + 7 + 8 . + 6 +1U N. Y. N. J . - 2 + 2 -13 . -11 - -21 -2U -1U: - 9 ±_k ' + U -11 -22 +17 Pa. + 2 + 5 -25 +20 +16 t i t A - 7 r-19 - 6 + h +13 + 9 +19 3 7 8 U 6 - 9 -10 - 8 + 6 + k +10 Pa. + + + + + + 3 - 3 - 9 + 8 Ohio Pa. + 3 + 3 -12 -3 - 3 +10 -7 : - "13 +1U +12 + 2 i =17 zJL r-13 + 9 1 : u 1 1 -18 -22 -23 - 9 - 8 -Ik -10 - 3 - 6 -13 -23 -11 + 9 + 9 +12 + 6 +_7 r-11 + 2 - 6 -11 -19 -20 -1 -31 -1U -13 Ohio Richmond D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas D. C. Washington Downtown Washington Md. Baltimore Va. Richmond Atlanta D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas . Birmingham Jacksonville Miami Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Nashville -11 + + . t l Ala. Fla. + h - l Qa « ii La, Tenn. + + + 111. Ind. . Mich. Wis. 3 b 6 7 t i -16 t 7 + 3 - 2 -20 - 3 - 9 . . + 2 +25 + 3 -11 +1.6 - 2 - 2 - 7 + 7. + 5. -17 + 7 , - 3- ,+_6 - 9 - ,2 : ' r - 6 •'•+. 6 + 2 •+ 6 +11 + 2 -13 - 6 - - 6 - U -13 0 + 5 + 8 + 8 +12 - -17 6 U 2 6 *3? I H,ll DEPARTMENT S IRE SALES IN SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) (Based on Dollar Amounts). Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago lAeek ending Aug 29 |Sept. ^ | S e p t . 12^[Sept.19 Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t . Area, and City St. Louis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas L i t t l e Rock Louisville St e Louis Memphis Minneapolis District-. Metropolitan Areas .Minneapolis-St. Paul Minneapolis City S t . Paul City Cities ' . ' Dulutli-Superior : Kansas City D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka TJichita S t . Joseph Oklahoma City ' . Tulsa City Kansas City Dallas D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort worth Houston San Antonio Jan.July -11 + 1 3 2 3 8 - 3 -12 •- 9 -27 -28 0 + U + 6 -12 + _5 - 2 +10 -12 -10 -15 + 2 - 3 +1U +18 - 3 + k ±1 - 9 - I Ark. Ky. Mo. Term. + + + + -Ik - 9, -10 - U + + + 1 Minn. + 2 + 2 + 3 + 3 -19 " " Minn.&VJis . 1 3 5 3 J_£ -12 + 9 r- 9 Colo. Kans. + 2 + h Mo. Okla. + l 0 -11 -16 - 9 -111 - 5 -11 +15 + h +lh + l + l -11 - 3 -11 - 3 -19 , - 7 Mo. + 3 -13 + 7 - 8 - 3 + U -_5 +10 -13 - 3 h + 6 - 2 + 7 ! 0 j - 2 - h - 9 - 3 -13 - 1 +31 +11 +12 +19 -10 -10 -25 -15 -18 0 -27 - 8 + 3 - 2 + 5 + Tex. + " " " San Francisco D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas ~~ Los Angeles Calif. Dovmtown Los Angeles " Vv est side Los Angeles " San Diego " San Franciscc-Oakland " San Francisco City Oakland City Portland Ore. Salt Lake City Utah Seattle wash. 11 Spokane 5 + 5 %_5 - 8 8 2 1 7 5 + h ! - 9 +22 -18 - 3 + 5 | + 1 i - 6 - 7 + - +32 + 8 +62 + 28 +12 +14 + 7 +23 + 8 + 21 +10 -17 - 1 -25 -25 -15 -lh -15 -2h -23 -22 -26 + - 3 2 u k + 5 5 "3 k i + 1 + + + ^ + + 3 3 5 ? h 6 | : ;• i i ; 5 -12 -13 -13 -13 - 7 -llj. -11 - 1 +11 - 8 - 9 -23 - 1 - 3 r—Revised. —Data not a v a i l a b l e . *—Labor day in 1952 f e l l in the week ending Sept. 6, whereas t h i s year i t f e l l one we-=k l a o e r . Therefore, the week ending Sept. 5> 1953 -had one more trading day than the corresponding week l a s t year, while the week ending September 12, 1953 had one l e s s trading day than the v;eek ending September 13 l a s t year.-
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