Consider the following balance sheet for WatchoverU Savings Inc. (in millions): Assets Liabilities and Equity Floating-rate mortgages
Question:
Consider the following balance sheet for WatchoverU Savings Inc. (in millions):
Assets Liabilities and Equity Floating-rate mortgages
(currently 10% annually) $ 50 1-year time deposits
(currently 6% annually) $ 70 30-year fixed-rate loans
(currently 7% annually) 50 3-year time deposits
(currently 7% annually) 20 Equity 10 Total assets $100 Total liabilities and equity $100
a. What is WatchoverU’s expected net interest income at year-end?
b. What will net interest income be at year-end if interest rates rise 2 percent?
c. Using the cumulative repricing gap model, what is the expected net interest income for a 2 percent increase in interest rates?
d. What will net interest income be at year-end if interest rates on RSAs increase by 2 percent but interest rates on RSLs increase by 1 percent? Is it reasonable for changes in interest rates on RSAs and RSLs to differ? Why?
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Financial Institutions Management
ISBN: 9780078034800
8th Edition
Authors: Anthony Saunders, Marcia Cornett