TABLE 141 
NUMBER OF DISTRICT-VEARS IN WHICH RATIOS OF INVESTMENTS AND OF GROSS EARNINGS TO EARNING ASSETS 
CHANGED FROM YEAR TO YEAR BY PERCENTAGE AMOUNTS CLASSIFIED BY CORRESPONDING PERCENTAGE 
CHANGES IN RATios oF ToralL EXPENSE To EARNING ASSETS, 1919-1925* 
nN 
AN 
[@,Y 
Ratios: Total 
Expense to 
Earning Assets 
(Percentage 
Changes) 
Direc- 
tion ' Amount 
15.00 | 
and 
over 
15.00 
and 
over 
[0.00 
to 
1R.00 
Increase 
—l—— 
RATIOS: Investments to Earning Assets 
(Percentage Changes) 
Increase 
T 
— ME 
Decrease 
10.00 
to 
1.0 
5.00 
to 
10.00 
Under 
£.00 
| 5.00 
Under to 
5.00 10.00 
| 10.00 
to 
15.00 
b 
15.00 
and 
over 
15.00 1 
and 
over 
D - 
RaTI0S: Gross Earnings to Earning Assets 
(Percentage Changes) 
Increase 
ro —— 
1 
Decrease 
10.00 
to 
12.00 
5.00 
to 
10.00 
Under 
2.00 
Under 
5.00 
5.00 
to 
10.00 
10.00 
to 
15.00 
5.00 
to 
10.00 
Decreas: 
Under 
5.00 
Under 
PF an 
iC 
5.00 
and 
Over 
i 9 
€ 
’ 
1 
a! 
e 
12) 
0 il 
6 1- 
”y oO 
iz 
9 
«© 
20 
 d 
— 
*Boston district: a=1919; b=1920; c=1921; d =1022; e=1923; f =1024; g=1025. 
The numbers in black face tvpe refer to the respective Federal Reserve districts for the vears 1024-1025.