Chapter 11- Managing Liquidity

Which of the following is not considered a cash asset?

Marketable securities

Which of the following is not a reason that banks hold cash assets?

To meet capital requirements

Which of the following is not considered a viable long term source of bank liquidity?

Cash

In which of the following ways can a bank acquire liquidity?

Selling Treasury secuities

Which of the following is not an advantage of larger cash balances for a bank?

Larger cash balances reduce a bank's interest expense

Which of the following is not considered a monetary policy tool of the federal reserve>

Changing float requirements

The Federal Reserve has reduced the use of reserve requirements as a monetary policy tool because:
The fed has focused on controlling short term interest rates
of the increased use of sweep accounts
reserve requirements are a tax on banks
all of the above

All of the above

Which of the following does not directly influence the amount of required reserve a bank must hold?

The dollar amount of money market deposit accounts outstanding

In determining reserves, the banks and the Federal Reserve currently use:

a lagging reserve accounting system

The two week period during which a bank must hold sufficient legal reserves is called the :

maintenance period

A bank is currently exactly meeting its reserve requirements of 10%. If the bank has a deposit inflow of $10,000,000 what is the impact on its required reserve position?

It is now deficient $1,000,000 in required reserves
10m * .1 = 1,000,000

The check clearing services of correspondent banks are often used because:

It often reduces float

Which of the following is a discretionary factor that will increase a bank's daily reserves held at the Federal Reserve?

Federal Funds purchased

Which of the following is a discretionary factor that will decrease a bank's daily reserves held at the Federal Reserve?

Currency received from the Federal Reserve

Which of the following is a non discretionary factor that will increase a bank's daily reserves held at the Federal Reserve?

Deposits from the US Treasury

Which of the following is a non discretionary factor that will decrease a bank's daily reserves held at the Federal Reserve?

Remittances charged

Which of the following indicates the potential demand for new loans?

Large, unused commercial credit lines outstanding

Which of the following indicates the potential for deposits leaving a bank?

Large deposits held by a single customer

Which of the following is not considered a highly liquid asset?

Repurchase agreement

Which of the following is not a measure of liability liquidity?

Total loans to total assets

When selling securities to meet liquidity needs, a bank should consider all of the following except:

A bank should consider all of the above when selling securities to meet liquidity needs

When increasing liabilities to meet liquidity needs, a bank should consider all of the following except:
Brokerage fees
required reserves
FDIC insurance premiums
loss interest income
a bank should consider all of the above when increasing liabilities to m

a bank should consider all of the above when increasing liabilities to meet liquidity needs

Volatile deposits:

equal the difference between actual current deposits and the base estimate of core deposits

The ease of converting as asset cash with a minimum of loss is known as:

asset liquidity

Correspondent banking services would include which of the following?

all of the above

There is a short-run trade-off between a bank's liquidity and ____.

profitability

Which of the following could be used to identify a potential increase in borrowing by customers that might deplete a bank's cash reserves?

Unused commercial credit lines outstanding

Collateral is required against each of the following liabilities except:

US Treasury securities

Which of the following is not a measure of liability liquidity?

Federal funds sold to total assets

The section of a contingency plan that assesses the impact of potential adverse events on the bank's balance sheet is known as the _____ section?

quantitative

Vault cash generally satisfies a bank's liquidity needs.

False

Respondent banks buy services from correspondent banks.

True

More liquid assets tend to earn lower returns, everything else the same.

True

Core deposits tend to be more interest elastic than volatile liabilities.

False

The best measure of bank asset liquidity is the core deposits to total asset ratio.

Falso