1. A group of college friends decide to start their own bank, LSU Community Bank, in rural Pennsylvania. In order to get started they put in a total of $10 million of their own money and borrow $40 million from a venture debt lender. (This is known as venture debt lending.) They accept $ 160 million in deposits from households and businesses in the community, and, in turn, make $ 90 million in loans. They also purchase $ 95 million of mortgage-backed securities and keep the remainder of their assets as reserves at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve District Bank.

1. A group of college friends decide to start their own bank, LSU Community Bank, in rural Pennsylvania. In order to get started they put in a total of $10 million of their own money and borrow $40 million from a venture debt lender. (This is known as venture debt lending.) They accept $ 160 million in deposits from households and businesses in the community, and, in turn, make $ 90 million in loans. They also purchase $ 95 million of mortgage-backed securities and keep the remainder of their assets as reserves at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve District Bank.

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Chapter17: Financial Markets

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