ECO 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Federal Funds Rate, Excess Reserves, Cash Cash

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Chapter 9: banking and the management of financial institutions. If you have to pay in order to have it (such as payment of interest to lenders), it is a liability. Discount loans, federal funds, borrowings from corporations, etc. ) Raised by selling new equity or from retained earnings. If it generates income flows for you (such as interest paid to you by borrowers), it is an asset. Reserves deposits at the fed plus vault cash. Cash items in process of collection (checks) Primary source of profits, but also the most risky and not liquid. Capital ba(cid:374)k"s (cid:374)ew worth: raised by selling new equity or from retained earnings. Total assets = total liabilities + capital. Banks manage assets and liabilities by doing asset transformation. Asset transformation is accomplished by borrowing short and lending long. These changes in assets and liabilities can be traced with t-accounts: a change in an asset should always have an equal change in liabilities to match it.

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