Assignment:
Question: 1 The Trading Desk at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York elects to sell $100 million in U.S. government securities to its list of primary dealers. If other factors are held constant, what is likely to happen to the supply of legal reserves available? To deposits and loans? To interest rate? In at least 100 words.
Question: 2 Information about new charters for national banks can be found at www.occ.treas.gov. Find the Comptroller's Licensing Manual for Charters, and summarize the organizing group's role in seeking a charter for a new bank. In at least 100 words.
Question: 3 Bank trading in futures and options by financial firms is often subject to strict regula- tions. For example, you can find out about the rules and regulatory supervision of banks (BHCs) in the Federal Reserve's Trading and Capital-Markets Activity Manual, found at www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/supmanual/trading/trading.pdf. Using the index locate "Regulation, Compliance with." After reading this page, discuss which regulations and regulators are involved with futures, options, and swap activities. In at least 100 words.
Question: 4 With reference to the BHCs mentioned in exercise 1, what was their ratio of cash and due from depository institutions to total assets at last year's year-end? Do you notice any significant trends in their liquidity position that you think have also affected the banking industry as a whole? Examine the ratios for all FDIC-insured banks. This can also be accomplished at www2.fdic.gov/sdi. In at least 100 words.
Question: 5 This chapter has multiple goals. One of the most important is to learn about the different types of deposits financial institutions offer and, from the perspective of a manager, to discover which types of deposits are among the most profitable to offer their customers. We also want to explore how an institution's cost of funding can be determined and examine the different methods open to institutions to price the depoWhich depository institutions currently quote the highest interest rates on checking accounts? Savings accounts? Money market deposits? Three- and six-months CDs? Visit www.fisn.com, bankcd.com and www.banx.com for thesits and deposit-related services they sell to the public. In at least 100 words.