Bank has loans and deposits ratio

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1. Bank A has a loans/deposits ratio of 10%. Bank B has a loans/deposits ratio of 90%. Which of the following statements are true?

a. Bank A is better because it has lower liquidity risk.

b. Bank A is lending out a lot of its funding.

c. If Bank A is near its borrowing limit, it could lead to future liquidity problems.

d. A loans/deposits ratio shouldn’t be too low because then the bank isn’t making money, however a high ratio means there could be liquidity risk in the future.

e. None of the above.

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2. Which of the following regarding loan commitments is false?

a. Loan commitments are an off balance sheet activity, however it gets recorded on balance sheet when a business draws down on it.

b. A large amount of loan commitments causes high liquidity risk for banks because during economic downturns businesses all require more cash.

c. When a business draws down on a loan commitment, this is reflected on the liabilities side of the balance sheet of banks. On the asset side, cash decreases.

d. During the recent financial crisis, banks that had a lot of loan commitments had high liquidity risk because they didn’t have enough cash.

e. All of the above are true.

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