A Credit Union Has Funded 10 Percent Fixed-Rate Assets with Variable-Rate

Multiple Choice

A credit union has funded 10 percent fixed-rate assets with variable-rate liabilities at LIBOR + 2 (L + 2) percent. A bank has funded variable-rate assets with fixed-rate liabilities at 6 percent. The bank's variable-rate assets earn LIBOR + 1 (L + 1) percent. The credit union and the bank have reached agreement on an interest-rate swap with the fixed-rate swap payment at 6 percent and the variable-rate swap payment at LIBOR. Assume that the credit union variable-rate liabilities are CDs indexed to some domestic rate. Which of the following statements describes the hedge characteristics of the above example?

A) The credit union is exposed to basis risk because the CD rates may not be perfectly correlated with the LIBOR rates.
B) Only the bank is fully hedged.
C) The credit union is exposed to basis risk if the credit/default risk premium on the thrift's CDs increases over time.
D) All of these.
E) The credit union is exposed to basis risk because the CD rates may not be perfectly correlated with the LIBOR rates, and the credit union is exposed to basis risk if the credit/default risk premium on the thrift's CDs increases over time.