Exam 8: Interest Rate Risk I

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Face Value Runoff < year Face Value Runoff < year 3-mo. T-Bills \ 60 Demand Dep. \ 180 10 percent 2-yr Bonds \ 60 5 percent Equity \ 20 5-yr Bonds \ 80 10 percent -What is the repricing gap if a 3-year maturity gap is used? Ignore runoffs.

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The repricing model is based on an accounting world that reports asset and liability values at

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The net worth of a bank is the difference between the

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The market value of a fixed-rate liability will decrease as interest rates rise, just as the market value of a fixed-rate asset will decrease as interest rates rise.

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Which theory of term structure states that long-term rates are equal to the geometric average of current and expected short-term rates plus a risk premium that increases with the maturity of the security?

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The following information details the current rate sensitivity report for Gotbucks Bank, Inc. ($million). The following information details the current rate sensitivity report for Gotbucks Bank, Inc. ($million).   -What does Gotbucks Bank's 91-day gap positions reveal about the bank management's interest rate forecasts and the bank's interest rate risk exposure? -What does Gotbucks Bank's 91-day gap positions reveal about the bank management's interest rate forecasts and the bank's interest rate risk exposure?

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Runoff in demand deposits in a repricing model is typically lower during periods of falling interest rates.

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The liquidity premium theory of the term structure of interest rates

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Because of its complexity, small depository institutions rarely use the repricing, or funding gap, model.

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The repricing gap model is a book value accounting based model.

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Assets Amount (\ millions) Annual Rate Liabilities Amount (\ millions) Annual Rate 1-year bonds \ 60 7\% 1-year CD \ 50 5\% 10-year loan \ 40 12\% 2-year CD \ 40 6\% Equity \ 10 Total \ 100 Total \ 100 -What is the weighted average maturity of liabilities?

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The term structure of interest rates assumes that

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The balance sheet of XYZ Bank appears below. All figures in millions of US Dollars. The balance sheet of XYZ Bank appears below. All figures in millions of US Dollars.   -The gap ratio is -The gap ratio is

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A bank with a negative repricing (or funding) gap faces refinancing risk.

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Because of its simplicity, smaller depository institutions still use this model as their primary measure of interest rate risk.

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When repricing all interest sensitive assets and all interest sensitive liabilities in a balance sheet, the cumulative gap will be

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Assets Amount Rate Liabilities Amount Rate Rate Sensitive \ 35,000,000 10\% Rate Sensitive \ 40,000,000 8\% Fixed Rate \ 21,000,000 9\% Fixed Rate \ 12,000,000 7\% Non-earning \ 4,000,000 Equity \ 8,000,000 -What is the repricing gap for the FI?

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The balance sheet of XYZ Bank appears below. All figures in millions of US Dollars. The balance sheet of XYZ Bank appears below. All figures in millions of US Dollars.   -The cumulative one-year repricing gap (CGAP) for the bank is -The cumulative one-year repricing gap (CGAP) for the bank is

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Assets Amount (\ millions) Annual Rate Liabilities Amount (\ millions) Annual Rate 2-year loans \ 40 8\% 3-year CD \ 60 7\% 3-year loans \ 60 8\% 5-year term deposit \ 30 6\% Equity \ 10 Total \ 100 Total \ 100 -What is the weighted average maturity of the liabilities of the FI?

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For a given change in interest rates, fixed-rate assets with long-term maturities will have smaller changes in price than assets with shorter maturities.

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