Suppose that the First National Bank has the following balance sheet position and that the required reserve ratio is 20 percent. 1. If the bank suffers the deposit outflow of $6 million, what will its balance now look like? Show this by filling in the amounts in the following balance sheet: 2. Suppose now the bank is hit with another $4 million deposit outflow. What will its balance sheet position look like now? - Must the bank make an adjustment in its balance sheet? Yes - Why or why not? They need to adjust the balance sheet so they are disclosing the correct level of reserves they have available. The balance sheet must balance out 3. After selling off the securities to meet its reserve requirements, what will its balance sheet look like? 4. If, after selling off securities, the bank is not hit by another $10 in withdrawals of deposits and it sells off all its securities to obtain reserves, what will the balance sheet look like? 5. If the bank is now unable to call in or sell any of its loans and no one is willing to lend money to this bank, what will happen to the bank and why? The bank will be unable to continue to operate. They will be unable to get more funds to keep their reserves at the minimum level. 6. Using the beginning balance sheet for First National Bank and assuming that First National bank has a net profit after tax of $1,650,000 - Calculate First National Bank's Return on Assets (ROA) 1650000/110000000=.015=1.5% - Calculate First National Bank's Equity Multiplier (EM) 110000000/10000000=11 - Using the info in a and b, calculate First National Bank's Return on Equity (ROE). .01511=.165=16.5%