FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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ISBN: 9781259964947
Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
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The following shows the balance sheet for a bank. The manager wants to get an idea
about the interest rate risk faced by her bank. She asks the research staff to conduct a
basic gap analysis. She is a bit worried about the interest rate risk (because her job
depends on how successfully she manages this risk). As a member of the research
staff, which of the following actions would you recommend to be taken to reduce the
interest rate risk?
Assets (Smillion)
Liabilities & NW (Smillion)
Rate Sensitive Assets
$40 Rate Sensitive Liabilities
$100
Variable-rate loans
Variable-rate CDs
Money market deposit
Jaccounts
Short-term loans
Short-term securities
Fixed-Rate Assets
$110 Fixed-Rate Liabilities
$50
Reserves
Checkable deposits
Long-term loans
Savings deposits
Long-term securities
Long-term CDs
Equity capital
There is more than one correct answer.
Sell some of your lone-term securities and use the proceeds to buy short-term
securities.
Sell some of your short-term securities and use the proceeds to buy long-term
securities
Try to reduce your long-term loans and increase your short-term loans.
O Try to reduce your short-tem loans and increase your long-term loans.
Try to reduce your variable-rate CDs and issue more saving accounts.
Try to reduce the amount of savings deposits and issue additional variable-rate CDs.
Reduce the amounts in money market deposit accounts and issue more long-tem CDs
Reduce the amounts of long-tem CDs and issue more money market deposit accounts.
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Transcribed Image Text:Incorrect Question 7 The following shows the balance sheet for a bank. The manager wants to get an idea about the interest rate risk faced by her bank. She asks the research staff to conduct a basic gap analysis. She is a bit worried about the interest rate risk (because her job depends on how successfully she manages this risk). As a member of the research staff, which of the following actions would you recommend to be taken to reduce the interest rate risk? Assets (Smillion) Liabilities & NW (Smillion) Rate Sensitive Assets $40 Rate Sensitive Liabilities $100 Variable-rate loans Variable-rate CDs Money market deposit Jaccounts Short-term loans Short-term securities Fixed-Rate Assets $110 Fixed-Rate Liabilities $50 Reserves Checkable deposits Long-term loans Savings deposits Long-term securities Long-term CDs Equity capital There is more than one correct answer. Sell some of your lone-term securities and use the proceeds to buy short-term securities. Sell some of your short-term securities and use the proceeds to buy long-term securities Try to reduce your long-term loans and increase your short-term loans. O Try to reduce your short-tem loans and increase your long-term loans. Try to reduce your variable-rate CDs and issue more saving accounts. Try to reduce the amount of savings deposits and issue additional variable-rate CDs. Reduce the amounts in money market deposit accounts and issue more long-tem CDs Reduce the amounts of long-tem CDs and issue more money market deposit accounts.
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