medium · Financial Accounting statement-of-cash-flows

In a period of rising interest rates, a bank with a large portfolio of fixed-rate available-for-sale (AFS) debt securities will likely see which of the following accounting effects?

  1. No effect on the financial statements because debt is recorded at amortized cost
  2. A decrease in Net Income due to mark-to-market losses
  3. A decrease in AOCI but no immediate change in Net Income
  4. An increase in AOCI because the yield on the bonds is now higher

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