Consider the following information of a bank's balance sheet: Reserves = $200 Reserve ratio = 0.25 Loans = $600 Debt = $340 Securities = $400 a) Write down the balance sheet and find the leverage ratio. b) If the bank's value of assets rises by 2%, what happens to the value of the owner's equity in the bank? c) How large would the decline in the value of stocks held in the bank need to be for the bank to go insolvent?

Consider the following information of a bank's balance sheet: Reserves = $200 Reserve ratio = 0.25 Loans = $600 Debt = $340 Securities = $400 a) Write down the balance sheet and find the leverage ratio. b) If the bank's value of assets rises by 2%, what happens to the value of the owner's equity in the bank? c) How large would the decline in the value of stocks held in the bank need to be for the bank to go insolvent?

Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN:9781285165912

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter16: The Monetary System

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