Continental Bank holds assets and liabilities as follows: Assets Amount (million) Duration   Liabilities Amount (million) Duration Commercial loans 170 3.7   Deposits 280 0.80 Consumer loans 166 2.9   Certificates of deposit 180 1.60 Mortgage loans 270 9.2         Original interest rate = 3.75%       Original interest rate = 1.25%     1.The bank expects interest rates on assets and liabilities to rise to 4.25% and 1.75% respectively. What is the net change in net worth if the bank’s expectation on the interest rate change is correct? Show your calculations.

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Continental Bank holds assets and liabilities as follows:

Assets

Amount

(million)

Duration  

Liabilities

Amount

(million)

Duration

Commercial loans

170

3.7

 

Deposits

280

0.80

Consumer loans

166

2.9

 

Certificates of deposit

180

1.60

Mortgage loans

270

9.2

       
Original interest rate = 3.75%       Original interest rate = 1.25%    

1.The bank expects interest rates on assets and liabilities to rise to 4.25% and 1.75% respectively. What is the net change in net worth if the bank’s expectation on the interest rate change is correct? Show your calculations.

2.The bank would like to be immune from interest rate change, and it would like to maintain the duration of the liabilities. What is the target duration of the assets the bank should try to achieve?

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