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You are a risk manager for Security First Trust Savings and Loan (SFTSL) .SFTSL's balance sheet is as follows (in millions of dollars) : The duration of the auto loans is three years and the duration of the mortgages is eight years.Both cash reserves and checking and savings have zero duration.The CDs have a duration of two years and the long-term financing has a ten-year duration.
-If interest rates are currently 5%,but fall to 4%,your estimate of the approximate change in SFTSL equity is closest to:
A) 8% decrease.
B) 12% decrease.
C) 8% increase.
D) 14% increase.
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