The difference between a bank's assets that will be re-priced in less than one year and the bank's liabilities that will be re-priced in less than one year expressed as a percent of total assets is
A) a measure of liquidity risk.
B) called the GAP ratio.
C) earnings at risk ratio.
D) a measure of credit risk.
B
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Within the circular flow model, which of the following is not represented as a flow of funds into firms?
A) Foreign purchases of goods and services. B) Income payments. C) Consumption spending. D) Government purchases.
In the monopolistic competition model
a. firms are price takers b. barriers to entry maintain some monopoly "rents" in the long run. c. one dominant firm acts as the monopolist that is followed by the fringe of competitors. d. none of these.
Which statement is false?
A. The minimum wage has NOT kept up with the rate of inflation. B. The average real hourly earnings fell steadily from 1973 to 1993. C. Workers with some high school education make about the same average annual earnings as those with high school diplomas. D. It is harder for a middle class student to get a college degree because since 1979, the cost of going to college has gone up twice as fast as the rate of inflation.
Tools a government might use to pursue industrial policy might be all of the following except:
A. directly manipulate markets in order to control prices. B. incentives for foreign direct investment. C. investment in research to create more growth. D. offer tax breaks to firms.