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Which of the following assets or liabilities fit the one-year rate or repricing sensitivity test?
What are the reasons for not including demand deposits as rate-sensitive liabilities in the repricing analysis for a commercial bank? What is the subtle but potentially strong reason for including dem
Calculate the repricing gap and the impact on net interest income of a 1percent increase in interest rates for each position.
If a bank manager was quite certain that interest rates were going to rise within the next six months, how should the bank manager adjust the bank"s six-month repricing gap to take advantage of this a
What is the CGAP effect? According to the CGAP effect, what is the relation between changes in interest rates and changes in net interest income when CGAP is positive? When CGAP is negative?
What is a maturity bucket in the repricing model? Why is the length of time selected for repricing assets and liabilities important in using the repricing model?
What is the repricing gap? In using this model to evaluate interest rate risk, what is meant by rate sensitivity? On what financial performance variable does the repricing model focus? Explain.
Fed funds versus the Discount Rate Compare and contrast the Fed funds rate and the discount rate. Which do you think is more volatile? Which market do you think is more active? Why?
Bond Equivalent Yields Suppose a T-bill has 75 days to maturity and an asked discount of 4 percent. What is the bond equivalent yield?
Money Market Prices The rate on a particular money market instrument, quoted on a discount basis, is 5 percent. The instrument has a face value of $100,000 and will mature in 40 days. What is its pric
Suppose that you are the chief economic advisor to the president of the United States. You are asked to propose a strategy to bring the economy out of recession. Unemployment is at 13 percent and infl
Draw the budget constraint showing the trade-off between dining hall meals and Cups O’ Soup. Assuming that he spends equal amounts on both goods, draw an indifference curve showing the optimum c
Karen runs a print shop that makes posters for large companies. It is a very competitive business. The market price is currently $1 per poster. She has fixed costs of $250.
Eastman Publishing Company is considering publishing a paperback textbook on spreadsheet application for business. The fixed cost of manuscript preparation
With regards to monopoly, is it possible for a monopolist to earn zero economic profit Is it possible for a monopoly to generate a loss How does average total cost figure into monopoly profits?
After a certain point, the more hours you spend studying economics per day, the less you will learn with each added hour. D. the more hours you spend studying economics per day, the more you will lear
While US GAAP requires assets to be valued at the lower of cost or market, there is a belief that assets with value fluctuations should be valued at market and adjusted on a regular basis. Create an a
Gruel is an inferior good. Hence, an increase in consumer income decreases the supply of gruel increases the supply of gruel decreases the demand for gruel increases the demand for gruel
A private closed economy includesA.households, businesses, and international trade, but not government. B.households, businesses, and government, but not international trade. C.households only. D.hous
Susan begins to examine shifts in demand for shoes. She discovers that as the population increases then it is likely that there will be a shift in demand to the right for shoes. She also discovers tha
Using your own words, define market imperfections. To support your definition, include at least two examples. Do not include the examples from the book create your own examples.
The GDP fails to capture changes in the availability of leisure time and often fails to reflect changes in the quality of products or in the availability of new products." Discuss this statement from
Mary wants to get more money from her house cleaning business. Why doesn t Mary try to increase her revenue by lowering her price below the prevailing market price?
The Law of Demand states that the demand for a product is inversely related to the price of such product. Therefore, the demand for a product is considered downward sloping. This implies that quantity
Which definition(s) of the money supply include(s) only items which are directly and immediately usable as a medium of exchange?