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The Go Broncos Bank has the following questions it would like to ask you about its bank. The bank's balance sheet is as follows:
 Assets:  Ave. Duration  Securities 3% rate $150 million  1 year  Long-term Loans  6% rate $850 million  6 years  Total Assets $1000 million  Liabilities & Equity  Short-term Deposits 1% rate $600 million 1 year  Certificates of Deposit 3% rate $300 million 3 year  Total Liabilities $900 million  Equity $100 million  Total Liab. & Equity $1000 million \begin{array}{llrl}\text { Assets: } & & & \text { Ave. Duration } \\\text { Securities } & 3 \% \text { rate } & \$ 150 \text { million } & \text { 1 year } \\\text { Long-term Loans } & \text { 6\% rate } & \underline{\$ 850 \text { million }} &\text { 6 years } \\\quad \text { Total Assets } & & \$ 1000 \text { million } & \\\text { Liabilities \& Equity } & & &\\\text { Short-term Deposits } & 1 \% \text { rate } & \$ 600 \text { million } &1 \text { year } \\\text { Certificates of Deposit } & 3 \% \text { rate } & \underline{\$ 300 \text { million }} & 3 \text { year } \\\text { Total Liabilities } & & \$ 900 \text { million }\\\text { Equity } && \underline{\$ 100 \text { million }} \\\text { Total Liab. \& Equity } && \$ 1000 \text { million }\end{array}
a. What is the Bank's Duration of Assets and Duration of Liabilities and its Duration gap (D-Gap)? What does the duration gap tell you about the bank's interest rate risk?
b. What is the expected % change in the value of equity with a rise in rates of 1%? Use an average loan rate of 5.5%.

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