Summit Record Company is negotiating with two banks for a $122,000 loan. Fidelity Bank requires a compensating balance of 20 percent, discounts the loan, and wants to be paid back four quarterly payments. Southwest Bank requires a compensating balance of 10 percent, does not discount the loan, but wants to be paid back in 12 monthly installments. The stated ra for both banks is 9 percent. Compensating balances will be subtracted from the $122,000 in determining the available funds in part a. a-1. Calculate the effective interest rate for Fidelity Bank and Southwest Bank. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Fidelity Bank Southwest Bank a-2. Which loan should Summit accept? Southwest Bank O Fidelity Bank Effective Rate of Interest b. Recompute the effective cost of interest, assuming that Summit ordinarily maintains $24,400 at each bank in deposits that will serve as compensating balances. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Fidelity Bank Southwest Bank Effective Rate of Interest %

Summit Record Company is negotiating with two banks for a $122,000 loan. Fidelity Bank requires a compensating balance of 20 percent, discounts the loan, and wants to be paid back four quarterly payments. Southwest Bank requires a compensating balance of 10 percent, does not discount the loan, but wants to be paid back in 12 monthly installments. The stated ra for both banks is 9 percent. Compensating balances will be subtracted from the $122,000 in determining the available funds in part a. a-1. Calculate the effective interest rate for Fidelity Bank and Southwest Bank. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Fidelity Bank Southwest Bank a-2. Which loan should Summit accept? Southwest Bank O Fidelity Bank Effective Rate of Interest b. Recompute the effective cost of interest, assuming that Summit ordinarily maintains $24,400 at each bank in deposits that will serve as compensating balances. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Fidelity Bank Southwest Bank Effective Rate of Interest %

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Chapter16: Working Capital Policy And Short-term Financing

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