CHAPTER 7 ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS Question 1: Suppose the National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) reports interest-sensitive assets of BD 460 million and interest-sensitive liabilities of BD 610 million. Calculate the following. a) What is the bank's dollar interest-sensitive gap? b) Its relative interest-sensitive gap? (use interest sensitive assets for calculation) c) Interest-sensitivity ratio? d) How would the Net Interest Margin (NIM) be affected based on the dollar interest-sensitive gap calculated above? Question 2: Suppose that a savings institution has an average asset duration of 4.5 years and an average liability duration of 5.0 years. If the savings institution holds total assets of BD 630 million and total liabilities of BD 537 million. Answer the following questions. a) does it have a significant leverage-adjusted duration gap? b) If interest rates falls, what will happen to the value of its net worth