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BANKING STANDARDS

TABLE 183

CORRELATION OF PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCES OF RATIOS IN PAIRED
SERIES—ToTAL EXPENSE TO EARNING ASSETS AND NET EARN-INGS
 TO EARNING ASSETS—MEMBER Banks, Boston
FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT, 1924 AND 1925
(Percentage Differences from Respective Yearly Averages for the
Respective Volume-Groups. See page 27%9.)

RATIOS:
Total Expense to
Earning Assets
(Percentage
Differences)

Ratios: Net Earnings to Earning Assets
(Percentage Differences)
Number of Bank-Years

TOTAL

Average
Percentage
Differences
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Bank-| Total E Net
Years Expense ating
' to y
40 20 30! 40 Earning Earning
and | tc to and Assets = Assets
aver! +> 40 lover (Net)
40 and over’ 1 6 +58.2 + —18.2
30 to 40 2 113 425.0 ' —390.3
20 to 30 Fa. 2 81 71 4°12 39 425.01 —22.7
otozo 1s] rl 31 6lisbi6] 7117] 20) 22 112 | +15.0 —18.3
Underio | 20} 5s | 8111 22 203127] 21128 202 + 5.0! — 8.2
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totozo ‘21 c -2° 150 re —vc.0 | 415.6
20togzo | 16 I nl ~~~ o | 428.0
30 to 40 "og! ol +36.7
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