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FED ERAL RE SE R V E BANK O F N EW YO RK

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Circular N o. 4 2 0 8 1
M arch IS, 19SS
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Operating Ratios of Member Banks in the Second Federal
Reserve District for the Year 1954
To all Member Banks in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict:

Net profits o f all member banks in the Second
Federal Reserve District, after all charges but before
dividend payments, averaged 8.3 per cent o f capital
funds (item 3) in 1954. This compares with 7.3 per
cent in both 1953 and 1952, and was the highest rate
of return since 1946 when 11.2 per cent was earned.
As reflected in items 21 and 27, the past year’s im­
provement in net profits resulted largely from the
replacement o f losses on security transactions in 1953
by net profits and recoveries on securities in 1954.
Net current operating earnings before income taxes
generally decreased in 1954 among the District’s
member banks, both as a percentage of total earn­
ings (item 2 0 ) and as a percentage o f capital funds
(item 1 ).
A ll but one of the seven size-groups into which the
banks are divided for purposes o f operating ratio
analysis had higher ratios o f net profits before divi­
dends to capital funds in 1954 than in 1953. This
ratio declined slightly for the smallest banks (with
total deposits of less than 2 million dollars), however,
falling from 7.1 in 1953 to 6 . 6 in 1954.
The year-to-year increases in the ratio of net profits
to capital funds were most pronounced in the largest
(group V I I ) banks in New York City and in the two
largest size-groups (III and IV ) outside the City;
for these three groups of banks, the shift from
security losses in 1953 to security profits last year was
especially marked. The shift from security losses to
profits was also substantial in the smallest-sized
(group V ) banks in New York City, but its effect
on this group’s net profits was largely offset by lower
net current operating earnings, by enlargement of
valuation reserves, and by larger provision for income
taxes.
OPERATING INCOME

Total operating income increased moderately fu r­
ther in most banks in the Second Federal Reserve
District in 1954. The ratio o f total earnings to total
assets (item 5) increased from a Second District aver­
age of 3.25 per cent in 1953 to 3.33 per cent in 1954,
the highest level reached since 1939 (when it was
3.50 per cent). Total earnings as a percentage of
total assets decreased in two o f the three New York
City groups o f banks (V and V I I ), however, as the
increase in gross earnings was less than the growth
in total assets. In all the other groups o f banks, the
ratio of income to assets was higher than in 1953.
The rise in total operating income o f banks outside
New York City was mainly based on a further rise
in income from loans. The rate o f return on loans
(item 28) showed a slight decrease in most groups of
banks, but net losses and charge-offs on loans (item 29)
remained quite small, and the volume o f loans in­
creased. Loans as a percentage o f total assets (item 32)
declined in two o f the New York City groups o f banks
(V and V I I ), but rose in the other New York City



group (V I) and in each of the four groups of banks
outside the City.
Average holdings o f United States Government
securities increased in all but the two smallest sizegroups of banks outside New York City. The increases
in Government security holdings were greatest, in both
absolute and relative terms, in the group V and V II
banks in New York City. The average Government
security holdings o f the group V banks were enlarged
by the investment o f funds derived from the sale or
maturity of “ other securities” (item 31), while in the
group V II banks the growth in Government security
portfolios reflected the influence o f a reduction in loans
(item 32). As a percentage of total earnings, there­
fore, income from Government securities (item 9) in­
creased in these two groups of banks, though the rise
was tempered by the lower average yields received
(item 25). In the other five groups of Second District
banks, income from Government securities either de­
clined or did not grow as much as total earnings, and
the ratio of Government security income to total earn­
ings (item 9) decreased moderately.
Member banks’ average holdings of “ other securi­
ties” , which are mostly municipal obligations, in­
creased in 1954 throughout the District, both abso­
lutely and in relation to total assets, except in the
group V banks mentioned above. Rates of return on
“ other securities” (item 26) showed mixed year-toyear changes, however; for the District as a whole,
the average rate was down slightly to 2.28 per cent,
from 2.35 per cent in 1953.
O PERATING EXPEN SES

Total operating expenses moved higher in 1954, and
averaged 70.3 per cent of total earnings for all mem­
ber banks in the District (as compared with 68.3 per
cent in 1953). This was the highest expense ratio
since 1943, when expenses averaged 73.5 per cent of
earnings. Outlays for salaries and wages continued
to increase both in dollar amount and in relation to
total earnings; the most important factor in 1954’s
higher total expense ratio, however, was increased
interest payments on time deposits.
Interest payments on time deposits averaged 16.1
per cent o f total earnings for the Second District
member banks in 1954, compared with 14.9 per cent
in 1953. The 1954 ratio was the largest since 1945,
when the average was 16.4 per cent. The rise in inter­
est payments on time deposits reflected both a larger
volume of such deposits (item 38) and moderately
higher interest rates (item 39). In the New York City
groups o f banks, the increase in the ratio of interest
payments on time deposits to total earnings was espe­
cially large, as the result o f large increases in the
volume of time deposits held by these banks for the
account of foreign banks. (The comparatively favor­

process in 1954 and used a considerable part of their
1954 security profits to build up their reserves.
Many member banks throughout the District took
advantage of a 1954 revision in the Internal Revenue
Service formula, in effect since 1947, for the calcula­
tion of reserves for bad debt losses on loans. The effect
of this revision was to permit banks to accumulate
additional tax-free reserves for such losses. Under the
1947 formula, a bank’s reserve for bad debt losses on
loans could not exceed three times the bank’s average
yearly loss experience over the most recent twenty
years. The 1954 revision of the formula provided that
a bank could accumulate a bad debt loss reserve equal
to three times its average loan losses over any twenty
consecutive years after 1927. In many banks, therefore,
the revision of the formula increased the maximum
reserve permitted for tax purposes because under the
revised formula banks could include the years of their
worst loss experience—the early thirties— in comput­
ing their twenty-year average loan loss. However,
charges against earnings to bring the reserve to the
new, higher, permissible maximum must be spread over
a three-year period. Thus, in 1954, an amount equal
to one third of the difference between the actual bal­
ance in the reserve for bad debt loan losses and the
new “ ceiling” could be transferred to the reserve.

able rates available in 1954 on time balances led foreign
banks to favor them over bankers’ acceptances and
Treasury bills as an investment medium for short-term
dollar balances.)
NONRECURRING ITEMS

Higher prices of Government and municipal securi­
ties in 1954 permitted all size-groups of banks except
the smallest (group I) banks to record net profits and
recoveries on securities in place of the net losses and
charge-offs they showed in 1953. And the group I
banks halved their 1953 losses in 1954. In fact, the
year-to-year change from net losses and charge-offs to
net profits and recoveries (item 2 1 ) was the principal
factor accounting for the higher 1954 net profits of
the Second District member banks.
As a percentage of total earnings, the changes gen­
erally varied directly with the size of the banks. Thus
the year-to-year changes ranged from 0.7 per cent of
total earnings in the smallest size-group of banks in
the District to a substantial 13.6 per cent of total earn­
ings in the largest New York City banks. In the larger
banks of the District, security profits (the main com­
ponent of item 2 1 ) were enlarged as a result of the
“ switching operations” conducted in 1953 for tax pur­
poses ; these operations involved the sale of some issues
of securities for the purpose of taking losses and the
simultaneous purchase of other issues at correspond­
ingly low prices. In relation to total security holdings
(item 27), net profits and recoveries in 1954 averaged
0.28 per cent for all banks in the District, compared
with a net loss o f 0.14 per cent in 1953.
Because a large number of the smaller banks in the
Second District do not maintain valuation reserves for
losses on loans or securities, the average increases in
reserves of the smaller groups of banks were relatively
small (item 2 2 ), and their indicated net profits are
somewhat higher than they would have been if larger
transfers to reserves had been made. To permit the

TAXES, DIVIDENDS, AND RETAINED EARNINGS

Income tax liabilities of member banks were gener­
ally higher throughout the District in 1954, reflecting
the larger incomes subject to tax. The elimination of
the excess profits tax lowered the taxes of compara­
tively few banks, and had little effect on the average
ratio of taxes to total earnings (item 23) of the various
groups of banks. Dividend payments continued to
rise in 1954, the District average equaling 2.7 per cent
of capital funds, compared with 2.5 per cent in 1953.
But most of the year’s increase in net profits was
retained and added to capital funds, along with the
In per cent of total earnings

Size-group

B AN KS W IT H V A L U A T IO N RESERVES*

Outside New York City with deposits:
Under $2 million.....................................................
$2 million to $5 million..........................................
$5 million to $20 million........................................
Over $20 million......................................................

of banks

195S

Net current
earnings before
income taxes

Net profits and
recoveries ( + ) or
losses ( —)

1954

195S

1954

41
131
219
88

41
119
212
101

32.1
31.4
30.6
31.2

31.9
29.9
28.7
29.1

- 2 .3
-3 .1
-3 .9
- 4 .7

- 1 .6
+ 0 .9
+ 3 .6
+ 3 .7

80
42
4

79
42
4

32.2
31.9
33.7

30.0
29.7
31.2

-3 .1
- 4 .0
+ 3 .4

+ 1 .2
+ 1 .6
+ 4 .7

195S

1954

Net increase ( —)
or decrease ( + ) in
valuation reserves
195S

Taxes
on net
income

Net
profits

1954

1953

1954

195S

1954

- 1 .9
- 1 .5
-1 .1
-1 .4

-0 .8
-1 .6
-2 .2
-4 .4

8.1
8.6
9.1
10.0

8.8
8.4
10.0
10.9

19.8
18.2
16.5
15.1

20.7
20.8
20.1
17.5

_
—

+ 0 .2

7.7
8.0
8.9
12.2

8.1
10.2
11.8

23.1
21.1
19.0
24.9

19.8
23.3
21.1
24.1

B A N K S W IT H O U T V A L U A T IO N RESERVES*

Outside New York City with deposits:
$2 million to $5 million..........................................
$5 million to $20 million........................................
Over $20 million......................................................

-

—

—
—

* As of the end of the year.

banks to make a more accurate comparison of their
results with the group averages, we have again pro­
vided a supplementary table of selected ratios for the
member banks outside New York City; the table shows
separate sets of ratios for banks with valuation re­
serves and for banks without them.
The table indicates that all but the smallest-sized
group of banks outside New York City added larger
amounts to their reserves in 1954 than they did a year
earlier. And the three New York City groups, which
in 1953 drew on their valuation reserves to cushion
the impact o f their losses (item 2 2 ), reversed the




proceeds of a number of new stock issues. The rate
of growth in capital funds barely exceeded that in
total deposits, however, and the ratio of capital funds
to deposits averaged 9.5 per cent in 1954, compared
with 9.4 per cent in 1953. As a percentage of “ risk”
assets (total assets less United States Government
securities and cash assets—item 36), capital funds de­
clined from a District average of 19.8 per cent in
1953 to a new postwar low of 19.1 per cent in 1954.
A

llan

S

proul,

President.

1 9 5 4 Average Operating Ratios of Memb

iks in the Second District, Grouped According to Size of Deposits and Proportion of Loans to Total Assets

(All ratios are expressed in percentages and ar

netical averages of the ratios of individual banks in each group, rather than ratios based on aggregate dollar figures)
YOUR NOTES
BANKS

N o te :

Balance sheet figures used as a basis for the 1954 ratios are
averages o f amounts reported for Decem ber 31, 1953, June
30, 1954, O ctober 7, 1954, and Decem ber 31, 1954.

1953

SUM M AR Y R A TIO S

G

G R O U P I— Deposits under 52 million

all banks

Second District

Group average

1954

1953

1954

Under 20 20-29.9
B
A

30-39.9

C

40 and up
D

YOUR
BANK

Under 21 20-29.9
B
A

1953

18

40 and up
D

30-39.9
C

NEW

YORK

BAN KS IN M A N H A T T A N , N E W Y O R K C IT Y

CITY

GR OU P n r — Deposits of $5 million to $20 million

YOUR
BANK

Under 26 20-29.9
B
A

1

1953

1954

•
S
>J

261

254

16

Group average
1953

1954

Under 2( 20-29.9
A
B

30-39.9
C
89

68

40 and up
D
81

92

105

YOUR
BANK

GR OU P V
Deposits
under $100 million

Loans to total assets, per cent— 1954
30-39.9
C

40 and up
D

16

43

44

YOUR
BAN K

G R O U P VI
Deposits S100 million
to SI billion

GR OU P V II
Deposits
over SI billion

1953

1954

1953

1954

1953

1954

9

9

10

9

9

tr,
E
YOUR
BANK

5
5
a

9

3

44

67

9 .3

9 .9

11.2

11.9

1

13.7

12.7

10.1

11.5

12.8

14.0

15.6

15.0

13.2

13.8

17.0

10.6

8 .9

14.0

13.6

14.6

13.8

l

9 .7

211

10.2

11.3

11.5

2

11.5

13.3

11.0

12.9

13.6

13.8

12.7

14.7

12.7

14.0

16.4

9 .8

10.9

13.4

14.2

12.8

14.6

2

7 .4

8 .4

8 .0

3

7 .4

8.9

8.6

8 .9

9 .5

8 .2

7 .6

9.1

7 .8

9 .3

9.3

6 .1

6 .5

7 .3

7 .5

6.7

8 .1

3

2 .5

2 .3

2 .6

4

2 .5

2.8

2 .0

3 .4

2.6

2 .6

3 .2

3.4

3 .1

3 .2

3.7

2 .3

2 .6

3 .7

3 .7

4.1

4 .3

4

S

678

105

94

9

18

22

45

6 .0

8 .6

9 .6

11.4

11.8

9 .9

10.2

6 .5

7.1

7 .5
1.7

69

GROU P IV— Deposits over $20 million

Loans to total assets, per cent— 1954

Group average

Loan* to total assets, per cent — 1954

697

N um ber o f B a n k s.. .

MANHATTAN,

-Deposits of $2 million to $5 million

Grou

Loans to total assets, per cent— 1954

OUTSIDE

2*

P erce nta ge o f Total C apital Accounts

1. Net current earnings before income taxes........................

12.9

12.1

10.5

9 .9

2. Profits before income taxes ...............................................

11.0

12.3

9 .6

9 .3

6 .8

8 .6

9 .9

3. Net profits ...............................................................................

7 .3

8 .3

7 .1

6 .6

5 .6

6 .2

7 .5

4. Cash dividends declared .......................................................

2 .5

2 .7

2 .1

2 .1

1 .5

1 .8

2 .1

2 .3

2.4

S. Total earnings .........................................................................

3.25

3.33

3.41

3.54

2 .5 5

3 .0 3

3 .34

4 .04

3.2

2.55

2.98

3 .3 2

3.69

5

3.21

3.30

2.52

2.87

3.39

3.73

3.34

3.38

2.84

3 .23

3.76

3.28

3.01

2.79

2.80

2.50

2 .4 5

Total expenses .......................................................................

2.22

2.35

2 .3 0

2.48

1.94

2.11

2 .37

2.79

2.2

1.80

2 .08

2 .3 4

2.58

6

2.22

2 .3 5

1.82

2 .04

2 .41

2.67

2.30

2.39

1.98

2.32

2.63

2.51

2.43

1.48

1.47

1.33

1.35

6

7. Net current earnings before income t a x e s ........................

1.03

0 .9 8

1.11

1.06

0 .61

0 .9 2

0 .97

1.25

l.C

0.75

0 .90

0 .9 8

1.11

7

0.99

0 .9 5

0.70

0 .83

0 .9 8

1.06

1.04

0.99

0 .86

0.91

1.13

0 .77

0.58

1.31

1.33

1.17

1.10

7

Net profits ...............................................................................

0 .5 9

0 .6 7

0.76

0 .7 0

0 .5 8

0 .6 6

0 .7 6

0.72

0-fi

0.61

0.67

0 .7 3

0 .7 5

8

0.53

0 .6 8

0.59

0.63

0 .72

0.62

0.51

0.60

0 .52

0.60

0.62

0 .4 5

0.43

0 .68

0 .73

0.54

0 .6 5

8

P erce nta ge o f To ta l Assets

6.

8.

SOURCES A N D D IS P O S ITIO N O F EA R N IN G S
P erce nta g e o f To ta l Earnings

9. Interest on United States Government securities ..........
10. Interest and dividends on other securities ........................

25.0

2 3.4

2 4.3

22.4

41.6

29.9

2 4 .5

14.4

6 .9

6 .8

7 .1

14.9

1 2.2

6 .4

3 .9

56.4

5 7.4

6 0.7

62.1

34.2

48.9

6 0 .0

74.1

6 .9

7 .2

5 .2

5 .5

6 .0

5 .9

5 .7

5 .2

5 .0

5 .1

3 .0

2 .9

3 .3

3.1

3 .4

2 .4

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Total earnings .....................................................................

IS. Trust department earnings2 (part of item 1 3 )..................

2 .9

3 .0

1 .0

1 .3

—

1.3

16. Salaries and wages .................................................................

30.8

3 1.2

3 1.5

32.0

41.3

31.7

3 3.5

29.6

17. Interest on time deposits .....................................................

14.9

16.1

14.5

16.1

13.0

16.8

14.1

17.4

Other current expenses .........................................................

22.6

23.0

22.2

22.3

2 1.1

21.3

2 3.3

22.4

Total expenses ...................................................................

6 8.3

20. Net current earnings before income t a x e s ........................
21. Net profits and recoveries or losses ( - ) 3..........................
22. Net increase ( - ) or decrease ( + ) in valuation reserves4

31.7
-

23. Taxes on net income .............................................................
24.

68.2

7 0.3

2 .3

31.8

29.7

3 .4
0 .9

-

1 .8

70.4

-

1.4
0 .7

7 5.4

6 9.8

7 0.9

29.6
-

2 4.6

3 0.2

29.1

0 .7

3 .3

1 .0

1.7

6 9.4

0 .3

—

-

0 .6

-

0 .5

-

3 .4
0 .2

-

9 .8

7 .9

8 .4

5 .0

8 .6

7 .6

9 .4

2 1.8

20.2

22.9

22.0

22.7

17.6

100.0

100.0

1 .3

1.3

30.9

5 4 .2

5 5.4

29.0

4 4 .8

57.0

7 .9

8 .3

9 .1

8 .4

8 .7

13

5 .1

5 .2

4 .4

5 .5

14

100.0

100.0

100.0

0 .7

15

2 .0

2 .0

1 .5

30.8

29.6

16

3 0 .3

3 0.7

16.8

17.5

18.1

17

16.1

21.7

22.2

22.2

18

69.4

70.5

69.9

30.6

29.5

30.1

1.5

1.4

0 .2

21

1 .0

22

-

0 .9

-

1.1

15.1

-

2 1.2

2 0.2

29.8

2 0 .8

15.7

19.1

22.8

2 0.7

18.0

17.8

20.8

6 .6

6 .5

8 .5

7 .6

3.8

6 .0

4 .3

5.7

6 .4

4 .5

5 .0

67.8

57.6

5 8.0

4 5.4

5 5 .5

66.3

56.6

54.8

51.1

5 1.3

60.1

55.1

7 .4

7 .1

7 .8

8 .1

8 .2

7.4

8 .9

9 .3

3 .7

2.6

2.3

2 .8

12

5 .2

5 .1

7 .5

7.5

8 .2

7 .9

6.8

9 .4

8 .8

18.8

21.7

15.3

16.3

13

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

2 .3

1.9

2 .1

3 .5

3.5

3 .9

4 .0

2.8

6 .4

6 .3

13.3

15.6

8.2

8 .6

15

31.3

3 0 .4

3 1.3

30.3

3 2.0

32.5

3 2.8

33.3

31.6

38.6

38.8

3 1.8

3 1.2

30.2

30.3

16

16.8

16.8

17.6

15.6

17.4

12.7

14.0

14.1

13.9

14.0

7 .9

12.5

1.6

2 .1

3.7

5 .3

17

2 2 .8

23.7

24.1

23.1

23.6

24.0

24.0

24.3

2 3.3

24.7

24.3

29.2

28.9

19.4

18.5

19.2

19.6

18

19

69.2

71.2

7 2.2

7 1 .1

7 0.5

71.7

68.7

7 0.8

7 0.2

71.9

69.9

75.7

80.2

52.8

5 1.8

53.1

55.2

19

20

3 0 .8

28.8

2 7.8

2 8 .9

29.5

28.3

31.3

29.2

2 9.8

28.1

30.1

46.9

44.8

20

-

3 .9

3 .3

3 .5

4 .5

3 .5

2 .0

-

4 .3

3 .7

2 .9

3 .0

4.9

5 .8

7 .8

21

-

1 .0

2 .3

-

1.4

26.1

9

100.0

-

1.8

-

0 .8

-

1.6

-

1.8

16.3

-

100.0

-

4 .2

-

3 .9

7 .2

19.:

8 .4

7 .9

8 .8

23

9 .0

10.0

7 .1

9 .9

9 .5

11.3

10.1

10.9

10.8

23.9

8 .'

20.4

100.0

6 .5

0.1

0.J

9 .1

2 .9

22.6

9 .3

1.4

3.3

18.3

Net profits ...........................................................................

3 .8

3 2 .0

14.1

29.6

3 i.;
-

3 .4

43.4

6 .7

70.4

6 8 .f

3 0.6
-

12

2 4.4

20.6

22.6

19.

5 .6

18.4

16.t

18.

11

7 .1

3 1.4

1.2

—

71.3

1.5

30. <

—

5 7.8

6 .7

100.0

100.6

100.0

4 7 .9

4 .2

3.6

14.

7 .0

7 .5

6.6

13. Other current earnings .........................................................

24.3

10.6

30.1

5 6 .E

12. Service charges on deposit accounts .................................

31.4

9 .3

7.C

11. Earnings on loans1 ...............................................................

48.9

2 6 .c

6 .7

2 2.8

2 1.9

2 0.5

24

16.9

20.3

23.4

21.9

21.7

16.7

15.5

17.8

18.0

-

2 .8

-

100.0

24.3
-

5.9

19.8

3.1

7 .6

1.0

-

4 7.2

9 .5

8 .0

16.5

14.2

-

11

100.0

14

3 .8

0 .3

4 .6

22

2 0.5

23.6

19.8

21.4

23

24.6

10.2

18.8

5 .8

26.6

21.6

26.6

24

0 .6

2 .5

12.6

4 8.2

2.7

-

9

14.7

-

-

RATES O F RETURN O N SECURITIES A N D L O A N S
Return on Securities

25. Interest on United States Government securities............

2 .10
2 .3 5

26. Interest and dividends on other securities ......................
27. Net profits and recoveries or losses( - ) on total securities5

-

2.09
2 .2 8

0.14

0 .2 8

5.41

2 .17

2 .25

2 .06

2.24

2.26

2.30

2.98

2.90

2.51

2.48

2.:

2 .5 7

5.38

2.61

0 .0 3

0 .1 0

5.97

-

5 .9 0

0 .0 0

0 .1 4

0.17

0.07

5.70

5 .6 3

-

6.14

2 .2 0

2.15

2.1

2.19

2.10

25

2.42

2 .32

2.41

26

0 .1 5

0.21

0 .2 0

27

5 .50

0.

2 .4 0

0 .04

5 .4 3

5 .45

5.56

28

0 .12

29

2 .08

2.06

2 .10

2.07

2.10

2 .00

2 .27

2 .1 3

2 .78

2 .08

2.08

2.11

0 .17

0 .3 2

0.14

0 .23

0 .3 2

0.42

5.28

-

5 .35

5.14

5.04

5.49

2.03

5.49

1.97

1.97

1.95

1.97

2.11

1.82

2.21

2.11

1.80

1.97

2 .33

3.29

2.81

0.21

0.43

0.27

0 .30

0 .63

0 .03

0.58

5.17

-

5.18

4.89

5 .04

5 .43

4.87

4.67

0.04

0.01

-0 .0 6

-0 .0 5

1.94

1.76

25

2.33

2.26

26

0.55

0 .59

27

3.41

3.58

3.51

28

0 .02

0.03

0.03

29

2.35

2 .37

0.21

0.61

3 .59

-

1.77

1.89

-

Return on Loans

28. Earnings on loans1 ...............................................................
29. Net losses ( - ) or recoveries on loans^ ............................

-

0 .0 8

-

0 .0 9

-

0 .0 9

-

0.19

5.71
-

0.01

-

0 .2 0

-

0 .0 2

-

0 .3 0

5..
-

0.1

-

0.01

-

0 .1 2

-

0.07

-

-

0 .06

-

0 .0 8

-

0.03

-

0 .07

-

0.06

-

0.11

-

0.13

-

-

0.23

-

0.08

-

0 .02

-

-

D ISTR IB U TIO N O F ASSETS
P erce nta ge of To ta l Assets

30. United States Government securities ...............................

36.6

3 5 .3

35.3

3 2.9

50.6

4 0.3

3 6 .0

24.9

38.'

5 8 .0

4 2.0

36.6

2 6 .3

30

38.1

3 8.7

51.3

4 4.1

34.9

29.6

33.5

3 3.5

43.3

3 3.9

29.4

29.2

3 5.4

2 8.6

28.0

23.5

28.7

30

31. Other securities .......................................................................

9 .7

9 .9

8 .7

9 .1

13.4

14.2

8 .6

6 .5

9 .'

9 .6

13.0

10.2

8 .1

31

10.1

10.4

16.1

1 2.7

11.0

6 .5

10.5

10.5

12.9

1 2.5

6.8

6 .7

5 .5

6 .0

6 .5

5.2

5.9

31

32. Loans .........................................................................................

34.7

3 6.2

35.7

3 8 .2

15.3

2 6 .0

3 5 .6

48.9

33.'

14.0

26.3

35.2

4 7 .4

32

3 3.6

34.9

14.3

2 5 .5

35.4

46.2

37.5

3 8.2

26.3

3 5 .5

46.1

38.3

36.4

3 8 .4

40.1

42.1

38.8

32

33. Cash assets ...............................................................................

17.8

17.4

19.3

18.9

2 0 .2

18.8

18.8

18.7

17.

17.6

17.6

17.0

16.9

33

1 7.0

16.8

17.5

16.6

17.3

1 6.3

17.0

16.3

15.9

16.5

16.2

24.3

2 1.3

2 5 .6

23.9

27.3

24.4

33

34. Real estate assets ...................................................................

1.0

1.0

0 .9

0 .9

0 .5

0 .6

0 .9

1 .0

0 .7

1.0

1.0

1.2

34

1.0

1.1

0 .6

0 .9

1 .2

1.3

1.2

1.2

1 .3

1.2

1.1

0 .9

0 .8

0 .5

0 .4

0 .6

0.6

34

c a p it a l

and

1.'

2 Banks not reporting this item or
reporting negligible amounts were ex­
cluded in computing this average, and
averages are not shown where there
were fewer than three banks in a
group.
3 Includes recoveries, charge-offs,
profits, or losses charged or credited
to either undivided profits or valuation
reserves.
4 Represents the net increase or de­
crease for the year in valuation re­
serves against loans and investments.
Calculated by deducting the balances in
Schedule D o f the earnings and divi­
dends report at the end o f the preced­
ing year from the balance on hand at
the end o f the current year.
5 Transfers to and from valuation
reserves for losses on securities ex­
cluded.
6 Transfers to and from valuation
reserves for losses on loans excluded.

d e p o s it r a t io s

35. Capital accounts to total assets ...........................................

8 .4

8 .5

10.9

11.2

11.5

11.6

10.9

1 1.2

9.

8 .4

9 .6

8 .9

36. Capital accounts to total assets, less United States
Government securities and cash assets ..........................

19.8

19.1

25.8

2 4.9

4 1.6

29.3

2 4 .5

19.9

21.

3 8 .2

24.2

19.5

37. Capital accounts to total deposits .....................................

9 .4

9 .5

12.4

12.8

13.1

13.4

1 2.4

12.8

10. <

9 .3

10.7

9 .9

38. Time to total deposits ...........................................................

4 4 .2

4 4 .3

4 4 .0

4 5 .2

3 3.1

46.1

4 3 .2

4 8.3

46.

46.1

44.0

4 8 .0

4 8 .9

39. Interest on time deposits .....................................................

F O O TN O TE S

1 Includes service charges and other
fees on loans.

1.18

1.29

1.19

1.36

0.93

1.25

1.19

1.57

1.

1.05

1.25

1.32

9 .5

35

7 .5

7 .8

7 .4

7 .5

7 .9

7 .9

6 .8

6.7

6 .5

6 .6

6.9

7 .4

6 .8

10.0

10.3

8.2

8.1

35

16.9

36

17.8

17.6

28.5

19.6

18.8

14.6

14.1

13.7

16.5

13.4

12.7

18.5

19.1

2 2.1

21.6

16.6

17.4

36

10.6

37

8 .2

8 .5

8 .2

8 .2

8 .7

8 .7

7 .4

7 .3

7 .1

7 .2

7.5

8 .1

7 .4

11.8

12.1

9 .3

9 .2

37

38

47.6

4 6.7

42.8

4 6 .5

46.1

4 8.3

3 8.3

38.6

3 8 .0

41.0

17.1

24.9

10.3

12.1

8 .6

11.9

38

1.49

39

1.15

1 .25

1.06

1.15

1.19

1.44

1.20

1.28

1.10

1.25

1.40

1.61

1.49

0.76

0.84

1 .13

1.16

* Averages are not shown when
fewer than three banks are in a group.

Prepared by

39

Fi n a n c i a l

A V E R A G E B A N K i n G R O U P — In thousands of dollars

40. Total deposits .........................................................................

1.348

1,332

1,277

1,286

1,465

1,297

3 ,3

3,161

3,357

3,402

3 ,315

40

10,005

9,894

9,244

9,509

10,102

10,117

72,525

71,954

54,038

63,960

86,125

39,967

47,299

436,001

419,811

2,416,170

2.621,287

40

41.
 Capital accounts .....................................................................


165

167

160

167

185

160

3

282

352

333

347

41

806

832

729

773

857

874

5,226

5,153

3,665

4,4 7 0

6,315

3,199

3,432

50.140

51,488

222,501

240,802

41

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D iv is io n

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R A T IO O F T O T A L CURRENT E A R N IN G S T O T O T A L ASSETS

2 .5 0

3 .0 0

3 .5 0

4 .0 0 4 .5 0

2 .5 0

4 .5 0

N o . of banka

N o . o f ban ka

N o . of bank*

No.

3.'0 0 . 3 . 5 0

4 . 0 0 4 .5 0

2 .5 0

4 .5 0

3 '0 0 3 . 5 0

4 . 0 0 4 .5 0

4 .5 0

2 .5 0

3 .'0 0 3.'5 0

4.‘ 00 4.'5 0

4 .5 0

2 .0 0 2 .5 0

3 . 0 0 3 .5 0

3 .5 0

1.'7 0 2.' 10

2 . 10

R A TIO OF T O T A L EXPENSES T O T O T A L ASSETS

120

I8O1------------------j-----------------

80

120

4 0 -

&

IZZL
1 . 5 1 ( 2 .0 1
IS O

2 .5 1 3 .0 1

Over

2^0

3 :0 0 3.'5 0

3 .5 0

2."50

0
I? 5 0

1 .5 1 2 .0 1

2 .5 1 3 .0 1

O ver

2.'0 0 2 .'5 0

3 . 00 3 /5 0

3 .5 0

0

1 .5 1

LS0

2 .0 1

2 .5 1 3 .0 1

Over

2."00

1 50

3 .'0 0 37 50

3 .5 0

17S0

R A TIO O F N E T C UR R EN T EARNINGS BEFORE IN C O M E TA X E S T O T O T A L ASSETS
180

120

0
0 .5 0

0*9 0

l.*30

l."70 2* 10

2 .1 0

0 .5 0

0. 9 0

l.~30

1.'70 2 .' 10

2 .1 0

0 .5 0

0 ; 51 0; 9 1

1 .3 1 1 .1 1

Over

0 .9 0

1 70 2 . 10

2 . 10

1 .3 0

0 .5 0

0.*90

1.'3 0

R A T IO O F NET P R O FITS T O T O T A L ASSETS

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