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Fluffy Cloud Savings Bank  currently has the following interest-sensitive assets and liabi...

Fluffy Cloud Savings Bank  currently has the following interest-sensitive assets and liabilities on its balance sheet with the interest-rate sensitivity weights noted.

Interest-Sensitive Assets

Index

Interest-Sensitive Liabilities

Index

Federal fund loans $50

   1.00

 

 

Security holdings $50

   1.20

Interest-bearing deposits $250

.75

Loans and leases $310.8

   1.45

Money-market borrowings $85

.95

What is the bank’s current interest-sensitive gap? Adjusting for these various interest-rate sensitivity weights what is the bank’s weighted interest-sensitive gap? Suppose the federal funds interest rate increases or decreases one percentage point. How will the bank’s net interest income be affected (a) given its current balance sheet makeup and (b) reflecting its weighted balance sheet adjusted for the foregoing rate-sensitive indexes?

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