Suppose you are the manager of a bank whose $100 billion of assets have an average duration

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Suppose you are the manager of a bank whose $100 billion of assets have an average duration of four years and whose $90 billion of liabilities have an average duration of six years. Conduct a duration analysis for the bank, and show what will happen to the net worth of the bank if interest rates rise by 2 percentage points. What actions could you take to reduce the bank’s interest-rate risk?

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The Economics Of Money Banking And Financial Markets

ISBN: 978-0134376936

6th Canadian Edition

Authors: Frederic S Mishkin ,Apostolos Serletis

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