The discount rate is the: multiple choice 1 interest rate at which banks can borrow reserves from other banks. lowest interest rate that banks can charge for loans to their most creditworthy customers. lowest interest rate that banks can charge for lending reserves to other banks or financial institutions. interest rate at which banks can borrow reserves from the Federal Reserve. b. If the Fed were to decrease the discount rate, banks will borrow: multiple choice 2 fewer reserves, causing an increase in lending and the money supply. more reserves, causing an increase in lending and the money supply. more reserves, causing a decrease in lending and the money supply. fewer reserves, causing a decrease in lending and the money supply.

Variable rate cd’s = $90 treasury bills = $150 discount loans = $20 treasury notes = $100 fixed rate cds = $160 money market deposit accts. = $140 savings deposits = $90 fed funds borrowing = $40 variable rate mortgage loans $140 demand deposits = $40 primary reserves = $50 fixed rate loans = $210 fed funds lending = $50 equity capital = $120 a. develop a balance sheet from the above data. be sure to divide your balance sheet into rate-sensitive assets and liabilities as we did in class and in the examples. b. perform a standard gap analysis and a duration analysis using the above data if you have a 1.15% decrease in interest rates and an average duration of assets of 5.4 years and an average duration of liabilities of 3.8 years. c. indicate if this bank will remain solvent after the valuation changes. if so, indicate the new level of equity capital after the valuation changes. if not, indicate the amount of the shortage in equity capital.