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What is the duration GAP of a bank whose assets and liabilities are as follows? Assets: Cash $48 million Short-term Investments (D=0.8) $149 million Short-term Loans (D=0.6) $201 million Long-term Investments (D=4.2) $254 million Long-term Loans (D=6.2) $398 million Liabilities: Demand Deposits $46 million Short-term Interest-bearing Deposits (D=0.3) $595 million CDs (D=2.5) $148 million Borrowed funds (D=0.1) $153 million Round to three decimals.
Computation of Duration Gap: | ||||||||
Assets | Liabilities | |||||||
Particulars | Asset ( in million) | Duration | A*D | Particulars | Liabilites (in millions) | Duration | L*D | |
Cash | $48 | 0 | $0 | Demand Deposits | $46 | 0 | $0 | |
Short term Investment | $149 | 0.8 | $119 | Short term interest bearing deposits | $595 | 0.3 | $179 | |
Short term Loans | $201 | 0.6 | $121 | CDs | $148 | 2.5 | $370 | |
Long term Investment | $254 | 4.2 | $1,067 | Borrowed funds | $153 | 0.1 | $15 | |
Long term loan | $398 | 6.2 | $2,468 | |||||
Total Asset | $1,050 | $3,774 | Total Liabilites | $942 | $564 | |||
Duration of Asset | 3.59447619 | |||||||
Duration of Liabilites | 0.5985138 | |||||||
Duration Gap | 2.99596239 |
Duration of asset = D*A/total asset
Duration of liabilites = D*L/total liabilites
Duration gap = duration of asset - duration of liabilites
= 2.996