Assuming that the average duration of its assets is four years, while the average duration of its liabilities is three years, then a 5 percentage point increase in interest rates will cause the net worth of First National to ________ by ________ of
the total original asset value. A) decline; 5 percent
B) decline; 10 percent
C) decline; 15 percent
D) increase; 20 percent
A
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