BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM : ^ • •

For immediate release November 2]+y I946I&S mrt - 23

DEPARTMENT STORE SALES IN OCTOBER 1942

Report by Federal Reserve Districts

No. 1 (Boston)No. 2 (New York)No. 3 (Philadelphia)No. 4- (Cleveland)No. 5 (Richmond)No. 6 (Atlanta)No. 7 (Chicago) .

No. 8 (St. Louis) .No. 9 (Minneapolis)No. 10 (Kansas City)No. 11 (Dallas)No. 12 (San Francisco)

United States total

Percentage change

October 1942

+20+16+1S+23+25+27+24+19+14+37+31+36

+24

from corresponding;..September 1942

+5-5+5+3+13+9+3+3+5

+.17+14

r+19

+6

period a year agoTen months 1942

+11 ... .+7+12+11+18+11+10+11+7+14+11 —+19

+12 . •:

C Department store sales index (1923-25 average = 100) October 1942 adjusted 128,

unadjusted 137; September. 1942 adjusted 123, unadjusted 133. »

Report by Cities "'

Percentage Change from Corresponding Period a Year Ago'

c

BOSTON DISTRICNew Haven.PortlandBostonSpringfieldProvidence

mJ.

Conn.MaineMass.n

R.I.

NEW YORK DISTRICTBridgeportNewark

AlbanyBinghamtonBuffaloElmiraNiagara Falls

New York CityPoughkeepsieRochesterSyracuse

r—Revised.

Conn.

N.J,N.Y.•

it

u

tl

u'it

Oct.1942'

•+19+36+20+34+15

+21+9

+15+21-+10--+41-+18'+17"+13+17

Sept.1942

+2+220

+21+12

+13r -5-16+4+3+8+38-8+1

^+4

Tenmonths1942

+11+23+10+20+13

+14+6-8+6+13+12+35

. +6+7•9

PHILADELPHIA DISTRICTTrentonLancasterPhiladelphiaReadingWilkes-BarreYork

N.J.Pa.ntt

tt

CLEVELAND DISTRICTAkron.CincinnatiClevelandColumbusToledoYoungstownEriePittsburgh^eeling^.

Ohiott

tt

tt

tt

tt

Pa.tt

Oct.19^2

+19+23+20•+21+12+30

'+51+21+25+29

+20+34+17+4

Sept.1942

+2+14+6+15+6+14

+21+1+1+10

0+16-2-11

Tenmonths1942

+9+18+15+15+10+19

+22+10+12

: +14-

+3+20+8+1

Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

r- 2 -

RICHMOND DISTRICTWashingtonBaltimoreWinston-SalemCharleston

LynchSuFg* "NorfolkRichmondCharlestonHuntington

D.C.Md.N.C.

s.c.

W.Va.11

ATLANTA DISTRICTBirminghamMontgomeryJacksonvilleMiamiTampaAtlantaMac onBaton RougeNew OrleansJacksonChattanoogaKnoxvilleNashville

Ala.it

Fla.it

II

Ga.it

La.ti

Kiss.Tenn.I!

It

CHICAGO DISTRICTChicagoPeoriaFort WayneIndianapolisDes MoinesSioux CityDetroitFlintGrand RapidsLansingMilwaukee

111.11

Ind.it

Iowait

Mich.it

nu

Wis.

ST.. LOUIS DISTRIFort SmithLittle RockQuincyEvansvilleLouisvilleSt. LouisSpringfieldMemphis

r—Revised.

Ark.it

111.Ind.

Ky.Mo.it

Tenn.

-

* Date, not available

Aug.1942

+25+21+24+56

+39+34-1+23

+30+17+46+16+45+22+43+34+37+25+24+13+24

+16+20+31+27+23+31+41+25+20+33+23

.+56+41+25+49+15+12+18+28••

Sept.1942

+9+15-3+42

•* • +4

+36+17-6+13

+5+12+28-5+22+5+27+9+10+11+17+4

4-16

-5-5

r +26+12

r +101-71

+6+8

r +4+10

r +11

+22

+30+8+40+4-6-4+21

Tenmonths1942

+21+19+2

+39- • + 9 ••

+31+17-5+9

+20+13+18-4+16+5+26+9+17+12+17+11+10

+5+3+23+16+7+5+17-4+4+5+15

+38+25+7

+19 '+2+10-7+18

MINNEAPOLIS DISTRICT

Aug.1942

Sept.1942

Tenmonths1942

(Figures by cities not available forpublication)

KANSAS CITTDISTRICDenverHutchinsonTopekaWichitaKansas CityJoplinSt. JosephOmahaOklahoma CityTulsa

DALLAS DISTRICTShreveport

DallasFort WorthHoustonSan Antonio

Colo.Kans.it

it

"&Mo.Mo.it

Nebr.Okla.it

La.Tex.it

it

it

SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICTPhoenixTucsonBakersfieldFresnoLong BeachLos AngelesOakland andBerkeley

SacramentoSan DiegoSan FranciscoSan JoseSanta RosaStockton

Ariz.n

Calif.

it

n

it

ti

nntt

ii

it

Vallejo and Nap? '*Boise and NampaPortlandSalt Lake CityBelllnghamEverettSeattleSpokaneTacomaWalla WallaYakima

IdahoOre.UtahWash.it

ti

ti

it

it

it

-+35+53#+50+37*+27+21+47+33

+16+29+28 •

+28+48

+42+17+8+42+18

+39+28+56+43+29

• +43+45+66+54+50+46+30+36+50+33+41+59*

+16+4+15+30+19+9+9+13+16+16

+19+1

. +19+21+25

+35

+16

+38+6

+30+25+36+15+19+28+39+71+27+26+30+8+7+21+28+21+19+6

+13+5*+31+16

+4+13+12+22

+13+4+12+11+20

0+23+5+2+33+7

+29+19+32+16+15+21+34+53+27+29+30+16+10+32+16+2L+22

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