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Gap

The difference in the amount of interest sensitive assets and interest sensitive liabilities during a specific time. This may be performed by measuring the loans at a bank against the CDs, money market accounts and other savings products maturing at a certain time. A negative gap would be the result of more interest paying liabilities over interest earning assets.

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