ECN 506 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Opportunity Cost, Adverse Selection, Municipal Bond

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Week 9 (chapter 12) banking and the management of financial institutions: a bank"s balance sheet lists its assets and liabilities, as the name implies, it balances: Liabilities: banks acquire funds by issuing (selling) liabilities, the funds are used to purchase income-earning assets, demand and notice deposits, typically the lowest-cost source of funds, demand deposits are payable on demand, fixed-term deposits (or cds) If jane had opened her account with a cheque written on an account at another bank, then: net result: bank of canada transfers from one bank to the other. Concerns: bank makes sure there is enough cash and capital, reduces risks and costs. Liquidity management: the acquisition of assets that are liquid enough to meet the bank"s obligations to depositors because of the (cid:498)deposits outflows(cid:499) Management: the acquisition of assets that have a low rate of defaults and diversification of asset holdings. Liability management: the acquisition of funds at low cost.

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