Question: 19. Consider the simple FI balance sheet below (in millions of dollars). ______________________________________________________________________________ Before the Withdrawal Assets Liabilities/Equity Cash assets $ 20 Deposit $150 Nonliquid
19.Consider the simple FI balance sheet below (in millions of dollars).
______________________________________________________________________________
Before the Withdrawal
Assets Liabilities/Equity
Cash assets $ 20 Deposit $150
Nonliquid assets155Equity25
$175 $175
Suppose that depositors unexpectedly withdraw $50 million in deposits and the FI receives no new deposits to replace them. Assume that the FI cannot borrow any more funds in the short-term money markets, and because it cannot wait to get better prices for its assets in the future (as it needs the cash now to meet immediate depositor withdrawals), the FI has to sell any non-liquid assets at 75 cents on the dollar.
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