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The Tidewater State Bank has $1,000 in total assets (all of
which are earning assets), $700 of which will be repriced within
the next 90 days. This bank also has $800 in total liabilities,
$400 of which will be repriced within the next 90 days. Currently,
the bank is earning 8 percent on its assets and is paying 5 percent
on its liabilities.
  
If interest rates on both assets and liabilities decrease by 2
percent in the next 90 days, what would be this bank's net interest
margin?
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 3.4 percent  | 
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 4 percent  | 
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 0.4 percent  | 
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 5.6 percent  | 
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 2 percent  |