Question: 1. Suppose that a bank has a return on equity capital of 12 percent and that its retention ratio is 35 per-cent. How fast canthis bank's assets grow with-out reducing its current ratio of capital to assets?
2. Suppose that the bank's earnings (measured by ROE) drop unexpectedly to only two-thirds of the expected 12 percent figure. What would happen to the bank's ICGR?