First National Bank Balance sheet                               Assets            Liabilities Rate-sensitive    $20 million         $50 million Fixed-rate           $80 million         $50 million 4) Given the above table and...

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First National Bank Balance sheet

                            Assets           Liabilities

Rate-sensitive    $20million         $50million

Fixed-rate          $80 million         $50million

4) Given the above table and assuming that the average durationof its assets is four years, while the average duration of itsliabilities is three years, then a 5 percentage point increase ininterest rates will cause the net worth of First National to________ (increase/decline) by ________ (5% /10%/ 15%/ 20%) of thetotal original asset value (use duration analysis).

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We use duration analysis to estimate the change in net worthFor that we make use of following formula Duration Gap Average duration of Assets Market value    See Answer
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