NORMS AND TRENDS IN DEPOSITS 49 their ratios most markedly varying are Philadelphia, Cleveland, Dallas, and San Francisco. The districts with the ratios most distinctly below those for the country are Cleveland, Richmond, Chicago, Minneapolis, and San Francisco; those with ratios most noticeably above those for the country are New York, and Dallas. In spite of the differences in rates of change for the various districts, when compared with each other, a high degree of simi- larity obtains. District percentages are more like each other (1) in the time at which they are above or below their own seven-year averages, and (2) in the direction and rates of change from year to year, than are the several district ratios like those for the country as a whole. The immediately foregoing discussion relates to the ratios of demand deposits to earning assets, and to the nature and per- centage amounts of change characterizing them during the years 1919 to 1925. But demand deposits may be studied in relation to the total deposits of the banks in question. Such an analysis is given in the following section, at the close of which the norms and trends typical of such deposits are briefly summarized. (2) Ratios of Demand Deposits to Total Deposits For the period 1919-1925 taken as a unit, the demand deposits of all member banks in the Federal Reserve system constitute TABLE 34 Ratios oF DEMAND DEposiTs To TotrarL Deposits IN ALL MEMBER BANKS, FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, BY YEARS AND BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS FEDERAL RESERVE DIsTRICTS — Average (All Districts) Boston. . .. New York. . Philadelphia Cleveland. . Richmond. . Atlanta... .. Chicago. ... St. Louis. . .. Minneapolis. . Kansas City. . . Dallas.......... oe. San Francisco. .............. Average (1919- rose) £. 1 Summ - 82.10 §5.33 RATIOS OF DFraNy Dr-nsrre 7 Total DEPOSITS 1019 ' 1020 I 1021 1922 1923 1024 nb a2 ma ar NER <1 66 Rv 1 64 Re £- aL 82.44 89.00 12 32 © 74 FPN 30.20 86 06 72 40 6 9 6: ~ 62 6c "T-: 52 9° 76.88 87.90 50.0I 74.22 83.14 68.42 59.72 50.14 £; “7 .60 Io 22 65 i ef 68.96 76.47 63.88 LT 46 66.26 75 o7 fo. 3s 53 23 .C "0 fi8 56.95 77.54 87.40 73.80 19.39 73.30 2.4 os 8g 72.40 80.566 $3.03 .1.51 80.04 54.08 7 v3 (2.4¢ -— a— 1028 62.40 64.46 74.29 58.04 51.37 53.31 60.901 55.58 59.77 49.28 "1.47 18.83 20.067