TABLE 136 
NUMBER OF DISTRICT-YEARS IN WHICH RATIOS oF ToTAL EXPENSE AND OF LOANS AND DisCouNTs TO EARNING 
ASSETS DIFFERED BY PERCENTAGE AMOUNTS FROM THE YEARLY AVERAGES FOR THE COUNTRY AS A 
WaoLE, CLASSIFIED BY THE CORRESPONDING PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCES IN RATIOS OF Gross 
EARNINGS TO EARNING ASSETS, 1919-1925% 
N 
NN 
i 
RATIOS: Gross Earnings to 
Earning Assets 
(Percentage Differences) 
Position 
Amount 
A —— A —————— 
t<.00 and over 
ihove 
2.20 to 18.00 i 
12.50 
and 
ver 
0 
» 
RATIOS: Total Expense to Earning Assets 
{Perceniare Differences) 
A have 
Below 
15.00 7.50 
to to 
22.50 15.00 
Under 
7.50 
Under 
7.50 
7.50 15.00 
to and 
15.00 over 
1 
L2 
© 
RATIOS: Loans and Discounts to Earning Assets 
(Percentage Di Ferences) 
Ahove 
Nala 
0.00 | 5.00 
and to 
aver 10.00 
Under 
5.co 
Under 
2.00 
5.00 
to 
10.00 
19.00 
and 
over 
0 
Under 7.50 
Under 7.c0 
Qelow 
7 zo and over 
"Boston district: 2 = 1919; b = 1920; ¢ = 1021; d = 1922; ¢ = 1023; f = 1924; € = 1025. 
The numbers in black face tvpe refer to the respective Federal Reserve districts for the vear 102%.