Description
Prerequisite for this course is Business Finance (BSAD 0321). Commercial Banking is a finance course structured in the context of "risk management in banking." Students will examine "how" banks generate earnings and the risks they incur in operations. Specific focus will be on regulations and reform, bank capital, sub-prime mortgages, Fannie/Freddie (GSEs), FDIC bank and economic outlook, the Federal Reserve Bank & Treasury policies, commercial and consumer credit and the current global banking outlook.