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The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets 4th Edition by Frederic Mishkin

Edition 4ISBN: 978-0133859997
book The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets 4th Edition by Frederic Mishkin cover

The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets 4th Edition by Frederic Mishkin

Edition 4ISBN: 978-0133859997
Exercise 19
Problems Relate to a sequence of transactions at Oldhat Financial.
Early the next day, the bank invests $50 million of its excess reserves in commercial loans. Later that day, terrible news hits the mortgage markets, and morLgage rates jump to 13%, implying a present value of Oldhat's current mortgage holdings of $124,798 per mortgage. Bank regulators force Oldhat to sell its mortgages to recognize the fair market value. What does Oldhat's balance sheet look like? How do these events affect its capital position?
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