A bank has an interest rate spread of 150 basis points on $3…
A bank has an interest rate spread of 150 basis points on $30 million in earning assets funded by interest-bearing liabilities. However, the interest rate on its assets is fixed and the interest rate on its liabilities is variable. If all interest rates go up 50 basis points, the bank’s new pretax net interest income will be__________.
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Suppose that the current one-year Treasury bill rate is 3.15 percent and the expected one-year rate 12 months from now is 4.25 percent. According to the unbiased expectations theory, what should be the current rate for a two-year Treasury security?
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A bank has total assets of $510 million and $54.4 million in equity. The managers of the bank realize that $17.2 million of its $290 million loan portfolio will not be repaid. After the bank charges off these unexpected bad loans, the bank’s equity-to-asset ratio will be
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