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FE D E R A L R E SE R V E BANK O F N E W Y O R K
J" Circular N o. 4 5 8 3 1
L
M arch 21, 1958
J

Operating Ratios o f Member Banks in the Second Federal
Reserve District fo r the Y ear 1957
To all Member Banks in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict:

The average operating ratios of member banks in
the Second District for 1957 are presented in this
circular for your information. Each o f the ratios is
shown for both 1956 and 1957, and a number of key
ones are highlighted in the accompanying charts. All
of the ratios are expressed in percentages and are
arithmetical averages o f the ratios of the individual
banks in each group, rather than ratios based on
aggregate dollar figures. In order that you may com­
pare the performance o f your bank with that of others
of a similar size, a column has been left blank at the
end of each group for your entries.

with the exception of Group V I banks, on both Gov­
ernment and other types of securities as well. For
the average bank the rate of return on loans increased
from 5.56 to 5.78 per cent and that on United States
Government securities from 2.41 to 2.51 per cent.
Although the highest average loan rates in the District
SELECTED O P E R A T IN G R A T IO S O F S E C O N D D IST R IC T M EMBER B A N K S
1 9 5 6 A N D 1957

EZ2'9 5 6

"While the ratio o f aggregate net profits of all banks
in the District to aggregate capital accounts rose dur­
ing 1957, the average ratio for District member banks
was the same in 1957 as in 1956, or 6.6 per cent. The
stability of this average ratio (ratio number 3), as is
often the case, conceals a number o f diverse trends
which affected the earnings positions of District banks
during the year. Earnings and expenses relative to
total assets increased for all groups of banks shown
in the circular. However, the larger banks generally
experienced a somewhat better increase in the rate of
return on their loans and investments than the smaller
banks, and they were apparently able also to keep a
tighter rein on the increase in over-all operating ex­
penses. In addition, reductions during 1957 in nonre­
curring charges were somewhat greater for the larger
banks.
The actual ratios of net profits to capital accounts
in 1957 for the groups of banks outside New York City
ranged from 5.9 per cent for banks in Group II to
7.5 per cent for Group IV banks, while the rate of
return on capital for New York City banks ranged
from 5.3 to 9.6 per cent.
O p e r a t in g I n c o m e

The greater improvement during 1957 in operating
earnings of the larger banks reflected primarily two
factors: differences in the proportion o f the various
types o f assets held by the large and small banks and
a greater increase in the yields realized by the larger
banks on their earning assets. The ratios which show
the distribution of the banks’ assets (numbers 30-34)
suggest that the higher earnings of the larger banks
may be partly attributed to the higher concentration
of their assets in loans. For the average bank in the
District the percentage of its assets in loans rose from
40.3 per cent in 1956 to 41.7 per cent in 1957. For
Group Y II banks (the eight largest banks in the Dis­
trict) loans rose from 48.0 to 49.6 per cent o f their
assets, and for Group I banks (the sixty member insti­
tutions with deposits o f less than 2 million dollars) the
ratio declined from 38.7 per cent to 38.5 per cent.
All groups o f banks shown in the circular benefited
from higher average rates o f return on loans and,




R atio number
1. N e t c u r r e n t e a r n i n g s b e f o r e in c o m e
t o x e s t o to ta l c a p it a l a c c o u n ts
S'. P r o fits b e f o r o in c o m e t a x e s t o t o t a l
c a p it a l a cco u n ts

3 . N et p r o fits t o t o t a l c a p it a l a c c o u n ts
4 . C ash d i v i d e n d s d e c l a r e d t o t o t a l
c a p ita l a c c o u n ts

3 9 . t a l e p a i d o n t im e d e p o s it s

f c % ^ !9S 7

are at small banks, loan rates rose more rapidly during
1957 at the larger banks than at the small banks. Many
of the larger institutions benefited from an increase in
rates charged “ prime” borrowers (these were raised
to 414 per cent in August 1957). Most “ prime” bor­
rowers require lending facilities that can be provided
only by banks with large resources. Also, average rates
at the larger banks were farther below the legal maximums at the beginning of the year and hence had more
room in which to move up.
The average rate o f return on United States Govern­
ment securities rose from 2.41 to 2.57 per cent during
1957, but the average amount of Government securi­
ties held by the District banks declined, although not
so much as in 1956. Consequently, the proportion of
operating earnings derived from these investments de­
clined for most banks. Member bank holdings of other
securities rose to 10.8 per cent of total assets, the high­
est since World War II, and most banks showed an
increase in the rate o f return on these securities.
The proportion o f total current earnings derived
from service charges on deposit accounts and from
trust department earnings remained unchanged for
the average District bank during 1957. However, trust
department earnings are a more important source of
income for the large institutions, and deposit service
charges are more important to small banks. Because
of the concentration of trust departments in larger
banks, the decline in the ratio of trust department
earnings to total earnings, from 3.0 to 1.4 per cent,
holds little significance for many banks in Groups
I-III (those with deposits of less than 20 million
dollars). Few banks in the smaller deposit size groups
have an active trust department. Out of every eight
banks in Groups I-II, only one bank provides trust
services to its customers, compared with approxi­
mately 86 per cent of the banks in Groups IV-VII.
O p e r a t in g E x p e n s e s

The higher operating expenses incurred by the
banks in 1957 are highlighted in the ratio of total
expenses to total assets, which increased from 2.61 to
2.87 per cent. While salaries and wages, the largest
expense items, were higher in 1957, the ratio o f sala­
ries and wages to total earnings was slightly lower for
each group of member banks. The decline in this ratio
from 29.9 to 28.9 per cent reflects a continuation of
a trend started in 1952.
Interest on time deposits increased proportionately
more than any other expense item. After Regulation Q
was revised in December 1956, to permit an increase
in rates of interest on time deposits, the banks began
to solicit savings accounts and other time accounts
more actively. As a result, the average ratio of inter­
est paid on time deposits to current operating earn­
ings moved up from 18.8 to 22.6 per cent, and the
average rate of interest paid on total time deposits
increased from 1.67 to 2.08 per cent. Since most o f the
banks in Group Y (banks in Manhattan with deposits
of less than 100 million dollars) raised their rates con­
siderably earlier in the year than most other banks,
the effective rate paid on time deposits by this group
of banks in 1957 increased even more sharply, rising
from 1.77 to 2.62 per cent, and the proportion o f their
earnings paid out in the form o f interest on time




deposits increased from 11.0 per cent in 1956 to 16.6
per cent in 1957.
The effectiveness of the higher rates of interest in
attracting time deposits is in part demonstrated by
the rise in the ratio of time deposits to total deposits.
On the average, time deposits accounted for 45.8 per
cent o f total deposits in 1957, compared with 44.4 per
cent in 1956. Although this average ratio of time
deposits to total deposits is more representative of
the smaller District banks (the average ratio is an
average of the ratios for individual banks, and there
are more small banks than large), the larger institu­
tions also showed a considerable increase in the pro­
portion of their deposits in time accounts.
New York City banks generally succeeded in in­
creasing their earnings faster than their expenses
during 1957, and the average ratio of their net cur­
rent operating earnings to total earnings (number 20),
rose slightly for the year. For the average District
bank, however, this ratio declined from 29.2 to 26.7
per cent. All the bank groups outside Manhattan
(Groups I-IV) showed a decline in the ratio of their
net current income before taxes to their total capital
accounts during 1957.
N o n r e c u r r in g I t e m s

Another factor responsible for the higher return on
invested capital both before and after taxes which
was secured by the larger banks in the District in 1957
was a proportionately smaller addition to valuation
reserves by the larger than by the smaller banks in
the District. Although net additions to valuation re­
serves as a percentage of total earnings declined only
from 2.8 to 2.2 per cent for the average bank, Group
V I banks, for example, showed a decline from 4.0 to
0.4 per cent and banks in Group II an increase from
1.6 to 1.8 per cent. Generally, the percentage of earn­
ings allocated to valuation reserves remained higher
for banks in Groups IV through V II than for the
small banks. In addition, the net losses on securities
rose for most larger banks, with the exception of
Group VI, and moved slightly down on the average
for all other banks. The net losses on securities reflect
primarily a considerable amount o f switching for tax
purposes, a transfer of funds into higher yielding
securities, and, to a lesser degree, the liquidation of
investments in order to provide loanable funds. The
smaller additions to valuation reserves was one of the
items responsible for the higher net profit on total
earnings (ratio 24) of banks in Group IV and New
York City banks. The ratio was off from 15.1 to 14.2
per cent on the average for the District.
D iv id e n d s a n d R e t a in e d E a r n in g s

Cash dividends declared, as a percentage of invested
capital, rose slightly during 1957 from 2.8 to 2.9 per
cent for the average District member bank. For many
small banks the ratio of cash dividends declared to
total capital accounts remained constant, while for
Group IV banks and all groups of New York City
banks except Group V it increased. Furthermore, the
capital account of the average banks rose somewhat
more in 1957 than in 1956.
A lfred H ayes,

President.

1957 Average Operating Ratios of Member Banks in the Second District, Grouped According to Size of Deposits and Proportion of Loans to Total Assets
(All ratios are expressed in percentages and are arithmetical averages of the ratios of individual banks in each group, rather than ratios based on aggregate dollar figures.)

N o te :

SUMMARY RATIOS

G R O U P I— Deposits under S2 million

A L L BA N K S
Second District

Balance-sheet figures used as a basis for the 1957 ratios are
averages o f am ounts reported fo r D ecem ber 31, 1956,
M arch 14, 1957, June 6, 1957, O ctober 11, 1957, and
D ecem ber 31, 1957.

N u m b er o f b a n k s ..

G roup average

30-39.9 40 and up
D

Under 2C 20-29.9
A
B

1957

1956

1957

586

559

70

60

13.1

12.7

9 .7

9 .2

9 .7

9 .8

8 .3

8 .2

6 .6

6 .6

6 .3

6 .0

5 .6

2 .8

2 .9

2 .0

2.1

1.8

2*

c

14

M AN H ATTAN ,

G rou p average
YOU R
BANK

1956

1957

Loans t o total assets, per cent— 1957
Under 20 20-29.9
B
A

30-39.9 4 0 and up
D

c

NEW

YO RK

YOUR
BAN K

2

G roup average

£©

1956

1957

a
3

226

220

E
3

G R O U P IV — D eposits over $20 million
G rou p average

Loans t o total assets, per cent— 1957
U nder 20 20-29.9
A
B

'

4

Y O U R NOTES
B A N K S IN M A N H A T T A N , N E W Y O R K C I T Y

CITY

G R O U P I I I — D eposits o f $5 m illion t o $20 million

G R O U P II— D eposits o f $2 m illion to $5 million

Loans t o total assets, per cent— 1957

1956

ODTSIDE

13

31

154

140

6

12

40

82

7 .6

9 .3

10.0

11.2

10.7

10.7

10.6

9 .8

11.1

l

13.5

12.7

7 .3

7 .7

8 .9

9 .1

8 .5

9 .4

8 .6

7 .9

8 .7

2

10.0

9 .7

5 .3

6 .4

6 .5

5 .9

7 .0

6 .4

5 .4

6 .0

3

6 .7

6 .7

4 .8

7 .7

1.9

2 .3

2 .4

2 .4

2 .4

2 .1

2 .8

2 .3

4

2 .7

2 .7

2 .3

2 .5

30-39.9 4 0 andup
D

c

YOU R
BANK

110

1956

1957

112

115

GROUP V
D eposits
under $100 million

Loans t o total assets, per cent— 1957
Under 20 20-29.9
A
B
1*

30-39.9
C

40 and up
D

4

29

81

YOUR
BANK

G R O U P V II
D eposits
over $1 billion

G R O U P VI
D eposits $100 million
to $1 billion

1956

1957

1956

1957

1956

1957

9

9

7

7

8

8

YOUR
BANK

Line Num ber

BANKS

25

81

9 .3

11.5

12.0

13.7

16.4

16.2

14.8

1 5 .1

16.7

11.4

12.8

2 0 .0

2 1 .2

17.0

18.3

1

5 .3

10.5

9 .1

10.2

10.3

11.6

10.5

11.2

11.8

8 .2

8 .0

15.5

19.7

12.7

1 4 .4

2

6 .5

6 .7

6 .7

7 .5

7 .4

7 .8

7 .3

4 .4

5 .3

7 .8

9 .6

7 .0

7 .8

3

2 .7

2 .8

3 .6

3 .8

3 .2

3 .4

4 .0

2 .9

2 .6

3 .8

4 .5

4 .9

5 .1

4

5

Percentage of Total Capital Account*

1.
2.
3.
4.

Net current earnings before income taxes...................
Profits before income taxes.........................................
Net profits...................................................................
Cash dividends declared .............................................

Percentage of Total Assets

5.
6.
7.
8.

Total earnings .............................................................
Total expenses ............................................................
Net current earnings before income taxes .................
Net profits ..................................................................

3.69

3.9 2

3.71

3.83

3.34

3 .6 2

4.1 9

3 .6 6

3.87

2 .9 4

3.3 7

3 .6 3

4 .1 3

5

3 .6 8

3 .9 2

2.9 5

3 .4 2

3 .6 8

4.24

3 .7 9

4 .0 5

3 .1 7

3 .6 2

4 .2 7

3 .4 8

3 .8 0

3 .6 5

4 .0 2

3 .0 9

3 .4 2

2.61

2.87

2 .6 5

2.83

2.4 5

2.7 6

3.0 9

2.61

2.86

2 .0 0

2.42

2 .7 0

3 .0 7

6

2.64

2.9 2

2.1 3

2 .6 0

2.76

3.14

2 .6 6

2 .9 3

2 .1 9

2 .6 2

3 .0 9

2 .6 8

2 .8 9

1.85

2 .0 3

1.62

1 .7 6

6

1.08

1.05

1.05

1.00

0.88

0 .8 6

1.10

1.05

1.01

0 .9 4

0 .9 5

0 .9 4

1.05

7

1.05

1.00

0.8 2

0 .8 2

0 .9 2

1.10

1.13

1 .1 2

0 .9 8

1.00

1.17

0 .8 0

0 .9 1

1.80

1.99

1.47

1.65

7

0.55

0 .5 5

0 .6 6

0 .6 6

0 .6 6

0 .5 0

0.71

0.6 1

0 .5 6

0 .6 2

0 .5 9

0 .5 3

0 .5 7

8

0 .5 2

0 .5 2

0.3 9

0 .5 5

0 .5 0

0.54

0 .4 6

0 .5 2

0 .4 6

0 .5 2

0 .5 1

0 .3 2

0.3 9

0 .7 0

0 .9 2

0 .5 9

0.71

8

SOURCES A N D DISPOSITION O F EARNINGS
Percentage o f Total Earnings

9. Interest on United States Government securities.......

2 1 .5

2 0 .4

23.7

23.1

32.3

2 3 .8

17.4

10. Interest and dividends on other securities .................

6 .6

6 .9

6 .5

7 .6

13.1

7 .3

4 .8

Earnings on loans1 ......................................................
12. Service charges on deposit accounts ..........................
13. Other current earnings ...............................................
14.
Total earnings .........................................................
15. Trust department earnings2 (part o f item 13)...............
16. Salaries and wages...................................................... .
17. Interest on time deposits...............................................
18. Other current expenses ................................................
19.
Total expenses ...........................................................
20. Net current earnings before income taxes ...................
21. Net profits and recoveries or losses(-)3.......................
22. Net increase( - ) or decrease( + ) in valuation reserves4.
23. Taxes on net income ....................................................
24.
Net profits ................................................................

5 9 .8

6 0 .8

6 1 .6

60.9

4 3 .9

6 0 .6

7 0 .5

7 .3

7 .3

5 .6

5 .8

7 .8

5 .4

5 .1

6 .5

11 .

-

4 .8

4 .6

2 .6

2 .6

2 .9

2 .9

2 .2

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100 .0

100.0

3 .0

3 .0

*

*

•

0

2 3 .3

1 00 .0

0

2 1 .0

5 2 .2

2 9 .7

24 .1

15.6

18.0

17.1

2 4 .1

2 1 .3

15.1

19.0

19.2

13.1

13.4

13.6

12.3

9

6 .9

7 .1

6 .7

10.7

8 .4

5.4

6 .6

7 .1

17.7

9 .6

5 .4

3 .8

5 .3

3 .9

2 .9

4 .3

4 .0

10

5 7 .9

5 9 .4

29.3

4 5 .2

5 4 .7

6 7 .1

6 0 .7

6 1 .4

4 4 .0

5 4 .2

6 5 .3

6 1 .5

6 0 .3

5 6 .7

5 7 .8

6 3 .8

65 3

11

8 .1

8 .0

9 .9

8 .6

7 .5

8 .1

8 .0

10.3

8 .0

7 .8

8 .1

7 .9

1 .6

1 .7

2 .6

2 .4

12

2 1 .9

49.4

32.9

25 .1

16.8

6 .8

6 .5

11.1

10.6

7 .9

4 .9

2 2 .1

10

6 0 .7

6 2 .4

30.1

4 3 .8

5 7 .2

7 0 .0

11

6 .5

5.4

9 .9

6 .9

5 .9

12

8 .3

9

13

4 .8

4 .4

3 .8

4 .5

4 .2

4 .4

14

100.0

1 00 .0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0 .8

15

2 .0

•

1 .5

1.7

2 8 .5

16

2 9 .2

3 4 .1

2 8 .7

2 8 .3

2 .7

2 .7

4 .0

2 .8

2 .9

2 .4

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100 .0

100.0

1.2

1 .2

2 .8

*

1 .5

2 9 .9

2 9 .0

26.0

3 0 .0

3 0 .2

100.0

1.8

6 .6

6 .4

3 .9

6 .9

6 .4

100 .0

1 00 .0

100.0

100.0

100.0

1.9

3 .1

3 .1

1 .0

3 .7

2 7 .9

3 0 .3

2 9 .0

2 8 .1

100 .0

13

7 .6

7 .3

2 4 .7

2 4 .2

15.7

16.0

100 .0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100 .0

100.0

3 .0

4 .7

5 .1

19.3

18.9

8 .8

8 .6

2 9 .6

2 9 .0

3 5 .0

33.6

29.1

2 8 .4

2 7 .4

2 6 .2

16

19.6

2 1 .1

11.0

16.6

2 .6

3 .3

5 .7

6 .7

17

100.0

100.0

14
15

29.9

2 8 .9

3 1 .5

30.6

18.8

2 2 .6

19.1

22.6

2 5 .9

2 4 .9

2 0 .9

2 0 .1

2 3 .6

26.7

20.2

2 2 .7

2 4 .3

17

2 0 .2

2 4 .4

14.6

27 2

2 5 .3

23.7

16.8

2 0 .8

2 1 .8

22.1

2 1 .8

2 1 .3

2 0 .8

18.0

2 0 .3

2 2 .7

2 1 .2

2 1 .3

15.2

2 1 .6

2 1 .5

2 1 .6

18

2 2 .2

2 1 .9

2 3 .3

2 0 .3

2 1 .4

2 2 .4

2 3 .2

2 2 .6

19.0

2 3 .3

2 2 .5

3 1 .1

2 5 .5

18.9

18.8

19.3

1 8 .8

18

7 0 .8

7 3 .3

7 1 .9

7 4 .0

73.4

7 6 .3

7 3 .7

7 1 .2

73.9

67.9

7 1 .8

7 4 .4

7 4 .4

19

7 1 .6

7 4 .6

7 2 .0

7 6 .2

7 5 .0

7 4 .0

7 0 .3

7 2 .4

6 8 .9

7 2 .5

7 2 .6

7 7 .1

7 5 .7

5 0 .6

5 0 .5

5 2 .4

5 1 .7

19

2 9 .2

26.7

28.1

26.0

26.6

2 3 .7

2 6 .3

2 8 .8

26.1

32.1

2 8 .2

2 5 .6

2 5 .6

20

2 8 .4

2 5 .4

2 8 .0

2 3 .8

2 5 .0

2 6 .0

2 9 .7

2 7 .6

3 1 .1

2 7 .5

27.4

2 2 .9

2 4 .3

49.4

4 9 .5

47.6

4 8 .3

20

3 .2

21

-

6 .9

21

-

4 .3

-

2 .8

-

3 .7

-

2 .2

-

3 .6

-

0 .2

-

2 9 .5

1.2

-

1.2

-

3 1 .1

3 0 .1

0 .5

-

1 .7

-

0 .2

-

2 .2

-

1 .3

-

1.4

-

3 .5

-

1.6

-

3 .2

-

1.8

-

1.9

-

1.9

-

3 .8

-

1.4

-

3 .0

-

1 .6

-

28.3

4 .8

-

4 .0

-

8 .6

-

2 .4

-

2 .0

-

5 .2

-

1 .2

-

1.2

-

4 .3

-

2 .0

-

4 .4

-

4 .7

-

4 .2

-

7 .4

-

4 .1

-

2 .0

-

6 .1

-

3 .6

-

2 .9

-

2 .7

-

4 .1

-

4 .0

-

0 .4

-

6 .6

-

7 .7

-

1.2

-

6 .9

-

4 .0

-

3 .0

-

0 .4

-

6 .6

-

5 .2

-

2 .0

22

3 .7

22

FO O TN O TES

7 .0

6 .6

6 .1

6 .4

6 .0

6 .2

6 .6

6 .9

6 .4

7 .3

5 .6

6 .5

6 .4

23

6 .9

5 .9

1 .2

5 .1

5 .2

6 .6

6 .5

6 .9

6 .2

6 .3

7 .3

6 .9

5 .1

19.2

2 3 .5

16.6

17.2

23

15.1

14.2

18.2

17.2

19.9

13.6

17.0

16.8

14.7

2 1 .0

17.4

14.5

14.0

24

14.3

13.5

13.0

16.3

13.5

13.0

12.4

1 2 .9

14.6

14.4

1 2 .0

9 .0

10.3

19.3

2 2 .6

19.2

2 0 .5

24

1 Includes service charges and other fees on loans.
2 Banks not reporting this item or reporting negli­
gible amounts were excluded in computing this average.
3 Includes recoveries, charge-offs, profits, or losses
charged or credited to either undivided profits or valua­
tion reserves.
4 Represents the net increase or decrease for the
year in valuation reserves against loans and invest­
ments. Calculated by deducting the balances in
Schedule D of the earnings and dividends report at
the end of the preceding year from the balance on
hand at the end of the current year.
5 Transfers to and from valuation reserves for
losses on securities excluded.
6 Transfers to and from valuation reserves for
losses on loans excluded.
* Averages are not shown when fewer than three
banks are in a group.

RATES OP RETURN O N SECURITIES A ND LOANS
Return on Securities

25. Interest on United States Government securities___
26. Interest and dividends on other securities................
27. Net profits and recoveries or losses (-) on total securities-'

2 .4 1

2 .5 7

2 .5 2

2 .5 9

2 .5 2

2 .4 3

2 .6 7

2 .5 1

2.63

2 .5 8

2.60

2 .5 8

2 .6 7

25

2 .3 8

2 .5 7

2.57

2 .5 4

2 .6 1

2.54

2 .3 2

2 .5 1

2 .4 8

2 .4 9

2 .5 1

2 .0 7

2 43

2 . OS

2 .3 7

2 .1 7

2 .3 5

25

2 .3 1

2 .4 4

2.46

2 .6 8

3 .2 6

2 .4 8

2 .4 5

2 .3 9

2 .4 5

3.24

2 .4 4

2 .3 9

2 .4 3

26

2 .1 9

2 .3 0

3 .5 1

2 .1 7

2 .2 9

2 .3 0

2 .2 1

2 .4 1

2 .3 9

2 .3 2

2 .4 5

3 .0 6

3 .5 8

3 .3 5

2 .9 1

2 .4 5

2 .7 3

26

-

0 .0 5

0 .0 3

0 .2 0

27

-

0 .9 3

27

5 .8 4

5 .9 6

28

4 .5 0

28

-

0 .0 1

0 .0 8

0.11

-

0 .0 5

29

-

0 .2 8

-

0 .0 8

-

0 .2 5

-

0 .1 3

-

0 .1 7

-

0 .0 4

-

0 .0 8

-

0 .0 6

-

0 .0 7

-

0 .1 6

-

0 .1 8

-

0 .1 3

-

0 .2 3

-

0 .1 4

-

-

0 .3 3

-

0 .2 5

-

0 .3 6

-

0 .0 6

-

0 .0 2

-

0 .2 2

-

0.06

-

0 .3 0

-

0 .1 2

-

0 .3 5

-

0 .0 7

-

0 .3 8

-

0 .0 8

-

0.11

-

0 .0 6

-

0 .2 9

-

0 .4 3

-

0 .4 1

-

0 .1 4

-

0 .5 2

-

0 .1 5

-

0 .7 5

-

0 .2 4

-

0 .0 9

-

0 .6 8

Return on Loans

28. Earnings on loans1 .................................................... .
29. Net losses (-) or recoveries on loans6 ........................

5.56

5 .7 8
-

0 .0 8

5 .9 9

6 .1 5

5 .7 4

6 .2 2
-

0 .1 9

6 .2 8

5.68
-

0 .0 7

5 .8 8
-

0 .0 7

5.54
0 .0 7

5 .6 5
0 .1 6

-

-

29

5 .5 4
-

0 .0 6

-

0 .0 8

-

0 .0 2

5.64

5 .6 1

5 .2 6

5 .7 8

5.94

5 .3 3

5 .6 4

5 .3 6

5 .3 7
-

0 .0 6

5 .1 3

5 .7 6
-

0 .0 9

5.46

4 .2 1
-

0 .0 3

4.11

4 .6 6
-

0 .1 6

DISTRIBUTION O F ASSETS
Percentage of Total Assets

30.
31.
32.
33.
34.

United States Government securities
Other securities ...............................
Loans ...............................................
Cash assets ......................................
Real estate assets ...............

3 1 .5

2 9 .9

3 3 .3

3 3 .0

4 2 .2

3 5 .0

27.0

3 2 .5

3 1 .2

5 5 .8

4 2 .7

3 4 .9

2 5 .9

30

3 2 .6

3 0 .7

5 8 .9

3 9 .7

3 3 .9

2 5 .2

2 8 .5

2 6 .9

3 0 .7

3 0 .8

25.1

3 0 .5

2 9 .1

2 2 .5

2 2 .1

19.1

17.7

30

10.4

10.8

9 .4

1 0 .4

14.9

1 0 .6

8 .0

10.1

10.0

11.0

14.2

12.2

8 .3

31

1 1 .2

11.7

7 .8

15.1

13.4

9 .8

10.9

1 1 .5

2 3 .7

1 4 .5

9 .5

4 .9

6 .0

4 .5

4 .3

5 .6

5 .1

31

4 0 .3

4 1 .7

3 8 .7

3 8 .5

2 5 .6

3 5 .2

4 7 .2

3 9 .9

4 1 .6

16.1

2 6 .0

3 5 .6

4 8 .7

32

3 9 .0

4 0 .7

16.4

2 7 .5

3 5 .6

4 8 .2

4 3 .2

4 4 .3

2 6 .3

3 6 .6

4 8 .4

4 2 .4

4 2 .4

4 6 .7

4 7 .4

4 8 .0

4 9 .6

32

16.5

16.1

1 7 .6

17.2

16.6

18.3

16.5

16.2

15.8

16.6

16.1

16.1

15.5

33

1 5 .9

15.5

16.2

16.4

15.6

15.2

15.9

1 5 .7

17.9

16.6

1 5 .2

2 0 .8

2 0 .8

2 4 .4

2 3 .8

2 4 .9

2 4 .4

33

1.1

1 .2

0 .9

0 .9

0 .6

0 .7

1 .2

1 .1

1 .2

0 .5

0 .8

1 .0

1 .4

34

1 .2

1 .3

0 .6

1 .1

1 .3

1.4

1 .2

1 .3

1 .2

1 .2

1 .3

0 .9

1.1

0 .5

0 .6

0 .6

0 .6

34

8 .7

8 .7

11.0

11.1

12.0

9 .8

11.1

9 .8

9 .9

9 .1

9 .4

9 .8

10.1

35

8 .0

8 .1

9 .8

7 .6

7 .9

8 .2

7 .0

7 .0

6 .8

6 .7

7 .2

7 .3

7 .3

9 .4

9 .9

8 .8

9 .1

35

17.5

1 6 .8

2 3 .7

2 3 .2

2 9 .8

2 1 .3

19.7

2 0 .5

19.8

4 0 .3

2 3 .5

2 0 .3

17.5

36

16.1

1 5 .5

4 2 .3

17.7

15.8

13.9

12.8

1 2 .3

1 3 .4

1 2 .9

12.1

16.9

16.5

17.5

18.1

15.7

1 5 .7

36

9 .6

9 .7

1 2 .5

12.6

13.8

1 0 .9

12.6

11.0

11.2

10.1

10.4

11.1

11.4

37

8 .8

8 .9

11.3

8 .4

8 .6

9 .1

7 .7

7 .7

7 .4

7 .3

7 .9

8 .1

8 .1

10.9

11.6

10.1

10.7

37

4 4 .4

4 5 .8

4 6 .5

4 7 .1

4 9 .1

4 7 .9

4 7 .3

4 7 .0

4 7 .9

4 2 .5

3 9 .8

4 4 .8

5 0 .9

38

4 6 .9

4 9 .0

3 4 .8

4 7 .6

4 8 .3

5 0 .4

4 0 .3

4 2 .0

4 2 .9

3 8 .1

4 3 .5

2 4 .5

2 5 .9

1 4 .3

1 4 .9

11.5

1 2 .2

38

Prepared by

39

F i n a n c i a l a n d T r a d e St a t is t ic s

CAPITAL AN D DEPOSIT RATIOS

35. Capital accounts to total assets...................................
36. Capital accounts to total assets, less United States
Government securities and cash assets.........................
37. Capital accounts to total deposits...................................
38. Time to total deposits .................................................
39. Interest on time deposits .................................

1.67

2 .0 8

1.63

1.96

68,406

7 2 ,3 9 7

1,391

1,452

1,456

1 ,5 2 2

1,411

3,283

3 ,3 0 3

3,406

3 ,2 3 5

3 ,2 9 6

3 ,3 0 9

40

10,165

10,301

7 ,4 3 9

9 ,1 1 3

9,999

10,904

79,590

8 2 ,2 1 4

28,344

73,262

88,813

5 1 ,2 6 8

5 4 ,9 1 3

412 ,945

401 ,463

3 ,1 1 4 ,9 2 1

3 ,1 1 1 ,7 9 6

40

6 ,4 0 4

7 ,0 9 8

173

,8 !

193

171

177

355

361

332

334

356

370

41

8S1

903

772

761

854

975

6 ,0 7 8

6 ,3 5 0

2 ,0 8 0

5 ,4 3 9

6 ,9 4 3

4 ,0 8 3

4 ,3 4 0

4 2 ,4 1 0

4 4 ,2 2 9

309 ,043

328 ,586

41

1.87

2 .0 4

2 .0 3

1.69

2 .0 4

2.03

1.66

1.95

2 .1 5

39

1.67

2 .0 9

1.31

2 .1 2

2 .0 7

2 .1 4

1 .6 9

2 .1 7

1.66

2 .0 5

2 .2 4

1.77

2 .6 2

1 .1 3

1 .4 3

1 .6 5

2 .0 4

AVERAGE BAN K IN GR OUP— In thousands of dollars

40. Total deposits .................................................
41. Capital accounts ...................................



Note: Year-to-year comparisons by size-groups may
be affected by mergers and shifts of banks from one
size-group to another.

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GROUP I

G R O U P II

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G R O U P III

G R O U P IV

*

R A T I O OF T O T A L C U R R E N T E A R N I N G S T O T O T A L ASSETS
P e r c e n t of a l l b a n k s i n g r o u p

Per cent

Percent

Per cent

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

2.00

2 .SO

3.00

3 .5 0

4 .0 0

4.00

2 .0 0

2.50

3 .0 0

3 .5 0

4 .0 0

4.00

2 .0 0

2 .5 0

3 .0 0

3 .5 0

4 .0 0

2 .0 0

4.00

2.50

3.00

3 .5 0

4.00

4.00

1.70

2.10

2 .1 0

R ATIO OF NET CURRENT E A R N IN G S 8EFORE IN CO M E TAXES T O T O T A L ASSETS

0 30

0 .9 0

1.30

1.70

2.10

0 50

2.19

0 .9 0

1 .3 0

1.70

2.1S

2 . !0

0.50

0 .9 0

1 .3 0

1.70

2 .1 0

0 50

2.10

0 .9 0

1 .3 0

R A T I O OF NET PROFITS T O T O T A L ASSETS
A V. 0.52

0

0.30

0.C0

0 .9 0

u n d e r $2 m i l l i o n




0

1.20 J . 2 0

♦ Banks w ith total deposits

*

0.3#

0 .6 *

0 .9 0

1.20

1.20

Banks with total deposits
$2 m i l l i o n t o $5 m i l l i o n

*

B a n k s with total d ep os it s
$5 m i l l i o n to $20 m i l l i o n

*

B a n k s with total d ep os it s
o v e r $20 m i l l i o n