Economics Quiz Chapter 10 – Flashcards

Which of the following statements are true? A) A bank's assets are its sources of funds. B) A bank's liabilities are its uses of funds. C) A bank's balance sheet shows that total assets equal total liabilities plus equity capital. D) A bank's balance sheet indicates whether or not the bank is profitable.

Bank capital is listed on the ________ side of the bank's balance sheet because it represents a ________ of funds. A) liability; use B) liability; source C) asset; use D) asset; source

The amount of checkable deposits that banks are required by regulation to hold are the A) excess reserves. B) required reserves. C) vault cash. D) total reserves.

Bank's make their profits primarily by issuing A) equity. B) negotiable CDs. C) loans. D) NOW accounts.

Banks may borrow from or lend to another bank in the Federal Funds market. A loan of excess reserves from one bank to another bank is recorded as a(n) ________ for the borrowing bank and a(n) ________ for the lending bank. A) asset; asset B) asset; liability C) liability; liability D) liability; asset

Banks earn profits by selling ________ with attractive combinations of liquidity, risk, and return, and using the proceeds to buy ________ with a different set of characteristics. A) loans; deposits B) securities; deposits C) liabilities; assets D) assets; liabilities

When you deposit a $50 bill in the Security Pacific National Bank, A) its liabilities decrease by $50. B) its assets increase by $50. C) its reserves decrease by $50. D) its cash items in the process of collection increase by $50.

When a $10 check written on the First National Bank of Chicago is deposited in an account at Citibank, then A) the liabilities of the First National Bank decrease by $10. B) the reserves of the First National Bank increase by $10. C) the liabilities of Citibank decrease by $10. D) the assets of Citibank decrease by $10.

A deposit outflow results in equal reductions in A) loans and reserves. B) assets and liabilities. C) reserves and capital. D) assets and capital.

A $5 million deposit outflow from a bank has the immediate effect of A) reducing deposits and reserves by $5 million. B) reducing deposits and loans by $5 million. C) reducing deposits and securities by $5 million. D) reducing deposits and capital by $5 million.

If, after a deposit outflow, a bank needs an additional $3 million to meet its reserve requirements, the bank can A) reduce deposits by $3 million. B) increase loans by $3 million. C) sell $3 million of securities. D) repay its discount loans from the Fed.

________ may antagonize customers and thus can be a very costly way of acquiring funds to meet an unexpected deposit outflow. A) Selling securities B) Selling loans C) Calling in loans D) Selling negotiable CDs

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the task of bank asset management? A) Banks seek the highest returns possible subject to minimizing risk and making adequate provisions for liquidity. B) Banks seek to have the highest liquidity possible subject to earning a positive rate of return on their operations. C) Banks seek to prevent bank failure at all cost; since a failed bank earns no profit, liquidity needs supersede the desire for profits. D) Banks seek to acquire funds in the least costly way.

A bank will want to hold more excess reserves (everything else equal) when A) it expects to have deposit inflows in the near future. B) brokerage commissions on selling bonds increase. C) the cost of selling loans falls. D) the discount rate decreases.

Which of the following would a bank not hold as insurance against the highest cost of deposit outflow-bank failure? A) Excess reserves B) Secondary reserves C) Bank capital D) Mortgages

Holding large amounts of bank capital helps prevent bank failures because A) it means that the bank has a higher income. B) it makes loans easier to sell. C) it can be used to absorb the losses resulting from bad loans. D) it makes it easier to call in loans.

For a given return on assets, the lower is bank capital, A) the lower is the return for the owners of the bank. B) the higher is the return for the owners of the bank. C) the lower is the credit risk for the owners of the bank. D) the lower the possibility of bank failure.

Banks hold capital because A) they are required to by regulatory authorities. B) higher capital increases the returns to the owners. C) it increases the likelihood of bankruptcy. D) higher capital increases the return on equity.

In one sense ________ appears surprising since it means that the bank is not ________ its portfolio of loans and thus is exposing itself to more risk. A) specialization in lending; diversifying B) specialization in lending; rationing C) credit rationing; diversifying D) screening; rationing

Long-term customer relationships ________ the cost of information collection and make it easier to ________ credit risks. A) reduce; screen B) increase; screen C) reduce; increase D) increase; increase

A bank that wants to monitor the check payment practices of its commercial borrowers, so that moral hazard can be prevented, will require borrowers to A) place a bank officer on their board of directors. B) place a corporate officer on the bank's board of directors. C) keep compensating balances in a checking account at the bank. D) purchase the bank's CDs.

When a lender refuses to make a loan, although borrowers are willing to pay the stated interest rate or even a higher rate, the bank is said to engage in A) coercive bargaining. B) strategic holding out. C) credit rationing. D) collusive behavior.

All else the same, if a bank's liabilities are more sensitive to interest rate fluctuations than are its assets, then ________ in interest rates will ________ bank profits. A) an increase; increase B) an increase; reduce C) a decline; reduce D) a decline; not affect

The difference of rate-sensitive liabilities and rate-sensitive assets is known as the A) duration. B) interest-sensitivity index. C) rate-risk index. D) gap.

If the First National Bank has a gap equal to a negative $30 million, then a 5 percentage point increase in interest rates will cause profits to A) increase by $15 million. B) increase by $1.5 million. C) decline by $15 million. D) decline by $1.5 million.