Acompany wants to forecast demand using the simple moving average. the company uses four positive prior yearly (2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017) sales values. all yearly sales figures are unique (no repetitions). which of the following is most accurate about the moving average forecast for year 2018? has to be smaller than at least one of the four yearly sales figures. has to be larger than at least one of the four yearly sales figures. has to be between the smallest and largest yearly sales figures. has to greater than all four yearly sales figures.

Variable rate cd’s = $90 treasury bills = $150 discount loans = $20 treasury notes = $100 fixed rate cds = $160 money market deposit accts. = $140 savings deposits = $90 fed funds borrowing = $40 variable rate mortgage loans $140 demand deposits = $40 primary reserves = $50 fixed rate loans = $210 fed funds lending = $50 equity capital = $120 a. develop a balance sheet from the above data. be sure to divide your balance sheet into rate-sensitive assets and liabilities as we did in class and in the examples. b. perform a standard gap analysis and a duration analysis using the above data if you have a 1.15% decrease in interest rates and an average duration of assets of 5.4 years and an average duration of liabilities of 3.8 years. c. indicate if this bank will remain solvent after the valuation changes. if so, indicate the new level of equity capital after the valuation changes. if not, indicate the amount of the shortage in equity capital.