The First National Bank (FNB) balance sheet is as follows (numbers in millions of $): Assets...

 

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The First National Bank (FNB) balance sheet is as follows (numbers in millions of $): Assets Liabilities Cash 50 T-bills 185 Loans 265 500 | Deposits 270 140 a) (6 points) Suppose a 20% reserve requirement is imposed by the Central Bank. Are the reserves of FNB enough to meet the Central Bank's requirement? If yes, show why. If not, suggest a possible trade. b) (4 points) Compute the financing gap of FNB. Euro CDs Capital Assets c) (5 points) Suppose that FNB receives deposits from clients for $100 million. After receiving them, it invests $70 million in T-bills. Show the resulting balance sheet. Cash 50 T-bills 185 Loans 265 90 500 d) (7 points) Ignore point c), i.e. FNB's balance sheet is still the initial one: T Liabilities 500 | Deposits 270 Euro CDs 140 Capital 90 500 Due to a sudden deterioration in economic conditions, you realize that $150million loans are indeed worth only $90 million. You decide to get rid of these non-performing loans by- forming a Bad Bank, and retain the proceeds of the sale as cash. Show the Good Bank balance sheet after the loan sale. The First National Bank (FNB) balance sheet is as follows (numbers in millions of $): Assets Liabilities Cash 50 T-bills 185 Loans 265 500 | Deposits 270 140 a) (6 points) Suppose a 20% reserve requirement is imposed by the Central Bank. Are the reserves of FNB enough to meet the Central Bank's requirement? If yes, show why. If not, suggest a possible trade. b) (4 points) Compute the financing gap of FNB. Euro CDs Capital Assets c) (5 points) Suppose that FNB receives deposits from clients for $100 million. After receiving them, it invests $70 million in T-bills. Show the resulting balance sheet. Cash 50 T-bills 185 Loans 265 90 500 d) (7 points) Ignore point c), i.e. FNB's balance sheet is still the initial one: T Liabilities 500 | Deposits 270 Euro CDs 140 Capital 90 500 Due to a sudden deterioration in economic conditions, you realize that $150million loans are indeed worth only $90 million. You decide to get rid of these non-performing loans by- forming a Bad Bank, and retain the proceeds of the sale as cash. Show the Good Bank balance sheet after the loan sale.

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SOLUTION 1 Central bank imposed reserve requirement ratio to be 20 Here the reserve requirement agai... View the full answer