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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