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BANKING STANDARDS 
CHART 16 
RATIOS OF GROSS EARNINGS TO EARNING ASSETS — ALL MEMBER BANKS 
Comparison of Federal Reserve District Ratios with those for the 
- Country as a Whole, 1919-1925 
(The slopes of these lines, not their vertical positions, are significant. See page 21.) 
COUNTRY AS A WHOLE cocccases DISTRICTS commmmanese 
1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 192% 1919 1920 1928 1922 1923 1924 1928 
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192% 1922 192% 1928 1925 919 1920 1920 1922 1923 1924 WO