What factors should the bank’s funds management division weigh in making this borrowing decision?
JP Morgan Chase Bank is short cash reserves in the amount of $225 million—a
condition expected to last for the next five business days—and is weighing (a)
securing a loan in the domestic federal funds market, where the interest rate
prevailing today is 5.45 percent; (b) issuing 7-day domestic negotiable CDs at a
current market rate of 5.50 percent; or (c) tapping its foreign branch offices for
30-day Eurodollars at a market rate of 5.58 percent. The estimated noninterest
cost of all of these various funding sources is approximately the same, except
that the domestic CDs currently carry an annual FDIC insurance fee of $0.04 per
every $100 in deposits received from the public. Which source of funds would
you recommend the bank make use of? What factors should the bank’s funds
management division weigh in making this borrowing decision?
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