ASSETS                                                    LIABILITIES/EQUITY ACCOUNT   Treasury Bills                          $90                   Time Deposits                                                   $1,100 Treasury Notes                       $55                 Short-term borrowings                $230 Treasury Bonds                       $176                Demand Deposits                   $2,500 Loans                                      $4,679             Equity                                     $1,170       Notes: All Treasury bills have three months until maturity (hint: what is the duration of a zero coupon instrument such as this three-month Treasury bill).  The Treasury notes portion of The Loop GAP Bank securities portfolio consists of 2-year bonds paying an annual coupon of 8 percent and selling at par (hint: don’t worry about semi-annual compounding). Treasury bond portion of the securities portfolio has a duration of 4.5 years and the loan portfolio has a duration of 7 years.  Time deposits have a one year duration, short-term borrowings have a 0.005 year duration, and demand deposits a zero year duration. What is the duration of the bank's Treasury notes? What is the duration of the bank's Treasury portfolio? What is the bank's duration gap?

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LOOP GAP Bank, Inc. ($000)

 

 ASSETS                                                    LIABILITIES/EQUITY ACCOUNT

 

Treasury Bills                          $90                   Time Deposits                                                   $1,100

Treasury Notes                       $55                 Short-term borrowings                $230

Treasury Bonds                       $176                Demand Deposits                   $2,500

Loans                                      $4,679             Equity                                     $1,170

 

 

 

Notes: All Treasury bills have three months until maturity (hint: what is the duration of a zero coupon instrument such as this three-month Treasury bill).  The Treasury notes portion of The Loop GAP Bank securities portfolio consists of 2-year bonds paying an annual coupon of 8 percent and selling at par (hint: don’t worry about semi-annual compounding). Treasury bond portion of the securities portfolio has a duration of 4.5 years and the loan portfolio has a duration of 7 years.  Time deposits have a one year duration, short-term borrowings have a 0.005 year duration, and demand deposits a zero year duration.

What is the duration of the bank's Treasury notes?

What is the duration of the bank's Treasury portfolio?

What is the bank's duration gap?

If all interest rates fall by 2 percent, calculate the impact on the bank's market value of equity using the duration approximation.  (For this part of the question assume that ΔR/(1+R) = -.02)

 

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