The Average Interest Earned on the Loans Is 6 Percent

question 26

Multiple Choice

$\begin{array}{l}\begin{array}{l}\text { Assets} & \text { Liabilities and Equity}\\\text { Cash Required Reserves}&\$ 2 \text { million Deposits } \\\text { Loans}&\$ 10 \text { million Longterm Debt } \\&\text { Equity } \\\text { Total}&\$ 12 \text { million Total }\end{array}\begin{array}{l}\\\$ 8 \text { million } \\\$ 2 \text { million } \\\$ 2 \text { million } \\\$ 12 \text { million }\end{array}\end{array}$ The average interest earned on the loans is 6 percent and the average cost of deposits is 5 percent.Rising interest rates are expected to reduce the deposits by $3 million.Borrowing more debt will cost the bank 5.5 percent in the short term.
What will be the cost of using a strategy of purchased liquidity management to meet the expected decline in deposits? Assume that the bank intends to keep $2 million in cash as liquidity precaution.

• A)$10,000.
• B)$15,000.
• C)$30,000.
• D)$40,000.

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