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1. If the gap on a bank\'s balance sheet is $10,000 and interest rates rise by 5

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Question

1. If the gap on a bank's balance sheet is $10,000 and interest rates rise by 5%, then bank profits

fall by $50,000.

rise by $50,000.

fall by $500.

rise by $500.

2.

Banks establish long-term commitments as a way of managing credit risk.

True

False

3.

Which of the following affects both the supply and demand for bonds?

Real return

Liquidity

Inflation

Federal budget deficit

4.

When the Treasury Department recapitalized some banks, it was:

engaged in a bailout.

operating as a lender of last resort.

decreasing the money supply.

all of the above.

5.

Which of the following types of money are not self-equilibrating?

commodity

all are self-equilibrating

fiat

representative

6.

The opportunity cost of money is

growth rate of prices.

real GDP.

interest rate.

none of the above.

7.

An advantage of commodity money is that deflation is impossible.

True

False

8.

Risk structure models the yields of bonds

with the same times to maturity.

with different times to maturity.

both of the above.

neither of the above.

9.

The housing bubble leading up to the financial crisis of 20072009 was exacerbated by

rising mortgage rates.

Treasury Department purchase of CDOs.

NINJA loans.

all of the above.

10.

If a company gets concessions from labor in union negotiations, one would expect a(n) _____ in yields on its bonds due to an increase in _____.

decrease; default risk

increase; liquidity

decrease; liquidity

increase; default risk

A.

fall by $50,000.

B.

rise by $50,000.

C.

fall by $500.

D.

rise by $500.

Explanation / Answer

1.c
2.false
3.a
4.b
5.b
6.a
7.false

8.a

9.b

10.d