Four Main Types of Financial Management for Commercial Banks
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What is the main aim of asset management for a commercial bank?

  • Minimizing the cost of funds
  • Increasing the required reserve ratio
  • Minimizing the deposit outflow
  • Maximizing the return on funds (correct)

What does liquidity management aim to ensure for a commercial bank?

  • Complete elimination of excess reserves
  • Zero reserves for maximum flexibility
  • Maximum profit generation
  • The ability to pay off liabilities in case of deposit outflow (correct)

What is the key factor in ensuring liquidity for a commercial bank?

  • Complete elimination of excess reserves
  • Zero reserves to maximize flexibility
  • Maximizing the required reserve ratio
  • Keeping part of deposits as liquid money (correct)

What is the purpose of liability management for a commercial bank?

<p>Deciding a diversified portfolio of sources of fund (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is determined by the required reserve ratio for a commercial bank?

<p>Required Reserves (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is further decided by the manager of a commercial bank in relation to liquidity management?

<p>Excess Reserves Ratio (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the formula for calculating excess reserves (ER)?

<p>ER = excess reserve ratio (rE) * Deposits (D) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concern of liquidity management in a bank?

<p>Optimizing the amount of liquidity to be kept in the bank (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens if a bank faces a liquidity shortage?

<p>The bank's actual reserves are lower than the required reserves (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the best solution for covering a liquidity shortage according to the text?

<p>Selling securities (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the required reserve ratio represent?

<p>The percentage of current prevailing deposits in the bank that must be kept as required reserves (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is excess reserve ratio different from required reserve ratio?

<p>Required reserve ratio is obligatory and is the same for all commercial banks, while excess reserve ratio is optional and could differ from one commercial bank to another (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does a deposit outflow affect a bank's balance sheet?

<p>It leads to a shortage in the required reserves (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens when a bank borrows from the central bank to cover a liquidity shortage?

<p>The bank would pay the discount rate (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is considered as a worst solution for covering a liquidity shortage according to the text?

<p>Borrowing from central Bank (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are considered as secondary reserves according to the text?

<p>Securities (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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