- Asset and liability management involves managing interest rate risk by balancing interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities.
- Unexpected changes in interest rates can significantly impact a bank's profitability and market value through reinvestment rate risk and price risk.
- Tools like gap analysis and duration analysis are used to measure a bank's interest rate sensitivity over different time periods and assess the impact of rate changes on net interest income and market value.
- Factors like the size and composition of the balance sheet, as well as changes in interest rate levels and spreads, influence a bank's interest rate risk profile. Managing this risk requires forecasting interest rates and balancing rate-sensitive assets and liabilities.