On April 2, 2020, shortly after the $7.5 million deposit outflow, Key Bank had borrowed the needed fund in the fed funds market to cover the shortfall in reserves for the remainder of the month (29...

On April 2, 2020, shortly after the $7.5 million deposit outflow, Key Bank had borrowed the needed fund in the fed funds market to cover the shortfall in reserves for the remainder of the month (29 days, from 4/2 to 4/30). The required yield on a discount basis was 1.5%.

On April 30, 2020, Key Bank finally received the first required payments from its mortgages, loan, and T-bills, and it also paid off its fed funds loan. Key Bank was required to establish a loan loss reserve at 0.5% of the commercial loan value and the bank was in the 35% tax bracket. The bank had not engaged in any off-balance-sheet activities.

Question: What was the bank'sROE for its first month of operation?

Group of answer choices

1.76%

1.95%

2.21%

3.48%