In the face of rising interest rates in 2022, banks mitigated interest rate exposure of the accounting value of their assets but left the vast majority of their long-duration assets exposed to interest rate risk. Data from call reports and SEC filings shows that only 6% of U.S. banking assets...

This paper describes liability risk management of Central European banks located in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Austria and Hungary. We find that liabilities of the analysed banks have similar features and report similar exposure to both liquidity and interest rate risks. Additionally,...

From April 2004 to August 2005, the ten-year Government Bond rised by 250 basis points and is continuing to rise from thereafter. Many banks have profited handsomely from this rise in interest rates. Since interest rates cannot continue to rise indefinitely, there can be a question, Is the...