money and banking

FINA3313-Money and Banking Spring Semester 2018

Instructor: Riham K. Hassan

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Deadline: March 12, 2018 – in class

Instructions:

 Students must use and fill this form for all their assignments.

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 Answers must be hand written and pages must be stapled.

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the student was absent).

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1. Rank the following bank assets from most to least liquid:

a. Commercial loans

b. Securities

c. Reserves

d. Physical capital

2. NewBank started its first day of operations with $155 million in capital. A total of $92 million in checkable deposits is received. The bank makes a $28 million commercial

loan and lends another $23 million in mortgage loans. If required reserves are 5.4%,

what does the bank balance sheet look like?

3. The bank you own has the following balance sheet:

Assets Liabilities

Reserves $75 million Deposits $500 million

Loans $525 million Bank capital $100 million

If the bank suffers a deposit outflow of $50 million with a required reserve ratio on

deposits of 10%, what actions should you take?

4. Suppose you are the manager of a bank that has $15 million of fixed-rate assets, $30 million of rate-sensitive assets, $25 million of fixed-rate liabilities, and $20 million of

rate-sensitive liabilities. Conduct a gap analysis for the bank, and show what will

happen to bank profits if interest rates rise by 5 percentage points. What actions

could you take to reduce the bank’s interest-rate risk?

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