Immunizing the Balance Sheet of an FI Against Interest Rate

question 92

True/False

Immunizing the balance sheet of an FI against interest rate risk requires that the leverage adjusted duration gap (D_A-kD_L) should be set to zero.

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Chi-Squared Value

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