On April 2, 2020, shortly after the $7.5 million deposit outflow, Key Bank had borrowed the needed fund in the fed funds market to cover the shortfall in reserves for the remainder of the month (29 days, from 4/2 to 4/30). The required yield on a discount basis was 1.5%. On April 30, 2020, Key Bank finally received the first required payments from its mortgages, loan, and T-bills, and it also paid off its fed funds loan. Key Bank was required to establish a loan loss reserve at 0.5% of the commercial loan value and the bank was in the 35% tax bracket. The bank had not engaged in any off-balance-sheet activities.   Question: What was the bank's ROE for its first month of operation? Group of answer choices 1.76% 1.95% 2.21% 3.48%

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On April 2, 2020, shortly after the $7.5 million deposit outflow, Key Bank had borrowed the needed fund in the fed funds market to cover the shortfall in reserves for the remainder of the month (29 days, from 4/2 to 4/30). The required yield on a discount basis was 1.5%.

On April 30, 2020, Key Bank finally received the first required payments from its mortgages, loan, and T-bills, and it also paid off its fed funds loan. Key Bank was required to establish a loan loss reserve at 0.5% of the commercial loan value and the bank was in the 35% tax bracket. The bank had not engaged in any off-balance-sheet activities.

 

Question: What was the bank's ROE for its first month of operation?

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1.76%

1.95%

2.21%

3.48%

 
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