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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,~ 
J 
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¢.