CB Chapter 13 Answer
CB Chapter 13 Answer
CB Chapter 13 Answer
2. DIMB Bank borrows $125 million overnight through a repurchase agreement (RP)
collateralized by Treasury bills. The current RP rate is 2.50 percent. How much will the bank pay
in interest cost due to this borrowing?
3. Sime Bank of New Warisan expects new deposit inflows next month of $265
million and deposit withdrawals of $425 million The bank's economics department has projected
that new loan demand will reach $400 million and customers with approved credit lines will
need $175 million in cash. The bank will sell $450 million in securities, but plans to add $60
million in new securities to its portfolio. What is its projected available funds gap?
4. Xiamen Bank of New Sepang issues a three-month (90-day) negotiable CD in the amount
of $20 million to ABC Insurance Company at a negotiated annual interest rate of 2.75 percent
(360 day basis). Calculate the value of this CD account on the day it matures and the amount of
interest income ABC will earn. What interest return will ABC Insurance earn in a 365 day year?
Interest return:
APY = [1 + 137,500/20,000,000]365/90 – 1
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APY = 0.0282 / 2.82%
5. Banks and other lending affiliates within the holding company of Times Square Financial
are reporting heavy loan demand this week from companies in the southeastern United States
that are planning a significant expansion of inventories and facilities before the beginning of the
fall season. The holding company plans to raise $775 million in short-term funds this week, of
which about $700 million will be used to meet these new loan requests. Fed funds are currently
trading at 2.25 percent, negotiable CDs are trading in New York at 2.40 percent, and Eurodollar
borrowings are available in London at all maturities under one year at 2.30 percent. One-month
maturities of directly placed commercial paper carry market rates of 2.35 percent, while the
primary credit discount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond is currently set at 2.75
percent — a source that Best-of-Times has used in each of the past two weeks. Noninterest costs
are estimated at 0.25 percent for Fed funds, discount window borrowings, and CDs; 0.35 percent
for Eurodollar borrowings; and 0.50 percent for commercial paper. Calculate the effective cost
rate of each of these sources of funds for Times Square and make a management decision on
what sources to use. Be prepared to defend your decision.
The management decision would be borrowing from the Fed Funds Market. This is because it is
the cheapest source.
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