TABLE 143
NuMBER OF DisTrICT-YEARS IN WHICH RATIOS OF INVESTMENTS AND OF GROsS EARNINGS TO EARNING
AssETs DIFFERED BY PERCENTAGE AMOUNTS FROM THE YEARLY AVERAGES FOR THE COUNTRY AS
A WHOLE, CLASSIFIED BY THE CORRESPONDING PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCES IN RATIOS OF
Total EXPENSE To EARNING ASSETS, 1919-1925%

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Ratios: Total Expense to
Earning Assets
(Percentage Differences)

Position

Amount

30.00
and
over

22.50 and over
15.00 to 22.50 | oo
7.50 to 15.00 |
Under 7.50

Above

Under 7.50

Below

7.50 to 15.00

RATIOS: Investments to Earning Assets
(Percentage Differences)

Ahoy 2»

Below

20.00
to
20.00

10.00
to
20.00

Under
10.00

Under
[0.00

IC.00
to
20.00

20.00
to
30.00

10

-

112

7
8 o

d

1

30.co
and
over

£00
and
Over

10

RATIOS: Gross Earnings to
Earning Assets
(Percentage Differences)
_— rrr
Above Below

7.50 Under
to 7.50
cE AO

Under 7.5%
7-50 15.00

2

9

s

6

4
5x:
2

v7 |
I 3

je a
2

1"

3a be
8 i
2

——

1.00 to 22.0

*Boston district: a=1919; b=1920; c=1021; d=1922; e=1923; f =1024; g=1025.
The numbers in black face tvpe refer to the respective Federal Reserve districts for the vear 103¢.