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The following is an FI's balance sheet ($millions) .
The following is an FI's balance sheet ($millions) .   Notes to Balance Sheet.    Munis are 2-year 6 percent annual coupon municipal notes selling at par. Loans are floating rates, repriced quarterly. Spot discount yields for 91-day Treasury bills are 3.75 percent. CDs are 1-year pure discount certificates of deposit paying 4.75 percent.  -What is this bank's interest rate risk exposure,if any? A) The bank is exposed to decreasing interest rates because it has a negative duration gap of -0.21 years. B) The bank is exposed to increasing interest rates because it has a negative duration gap of -0.21 years. C) The bank is exposed to increasing interest rates because it has a positive duration gap of +0.21 years. D) The bank is exposed to decreasing interest rates because it has a positive duration gap of +0.21 years.
Notes to Balance Sheet.

Munis are 2-year 6 percent annual coupon municipal notes selling at par. Loans are floating rates, repriced quarterly. Spot discount yields for 91-day Treasury bills are 3.75 percent. CDs are 1-year pure discount certificates of deposit paying 4.75 percent.

-What is this bank's interest rate risk exposure,if any?


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