Use the information for ABC Bank presented in the table to answer the following questions: Assets Market Rate Duration Liabilities Market Rate Duration Value (K'M) (Years) and Equity Value (Years) (K'M) Cash 250 Time 600 4% 1.25 Deposits Loans 775 10% 2.50 CDs 500 6% 3.00 T- 275 5% 5.00 Equity 200 Bonds Total 1,300 1,300

If ABC Bank’s ALCO targets the market value of shareholders’ equity in its interest rate risk management, is the bank positioned to gain or lose if interest rates fall?

b. If interest rates rise by 1% for all assets and liabilities, what is the approximate expected change in the bank’s economic value of equity?

c. Provide a specific transaction that the bank could implement in order to immunize its interest rate risk exposure.