The store nearly topped its daily sales record on Dec. 23, and will surpass its one-month sales mark. Nationwide, the number of gun checks last week increased by more than 30,000 over the same period in 1998, FBI officials said. But then a lot of people are finding themselves with more cash in their pockets this month, according to the Federal Reserve Bank's Cincinnati office. Individual banks say they have not been handing out that much more money in recent weeks, but the Federal Reserve has been posting record outlays throughout the fourth quarter. Federal Reserve currency outlays have been up about 10 to 12 percent throughout the year, said Barbara Henshaw, the bank's vice president in charge of Cincinnati.
Banks are very well prepared.
Pharmacies, meanwhile, are finding that customers generally want increased prescriptions, even though most insurance companies will not pay for stockpiling extra medicine. CinciNow does not endorse the content of external sites. All Rights Reserved.