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)

Direction
 ' 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

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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.