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Money and Banking in the UK (RLE : a History.
This book is concerned with developments in three main areas of monetary history: domestic commercial banking; monetary policy; and the UK's international financial position. For ease of analysis the 160 years under study are arranged into three clear chronological divisions. Part 1 covers the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- MONEY AND BANKING IN THE UK A History; Copyright; MONEY AND BANKING IN THE UK: A History; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of tables; List of figure; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I: 1826-1913; Chapter One Banking In The Early Nineteenth Century; Early banking history; Economic crisis and the legislation of 1826; Structure of the banking system; Summary; Notes; Chapter Two Growth Of The Banking Sector, 1826-1913; The importance and definition of money; Components of the stock of money; Financial institutions; Conclusion; Notes
- Chapter Three The Commercial Banks: Institutional Change, 1826-1913Main trends; The corporate structure; Bank branching; Bank amalgamations; The stability of banks and economic fluctuations; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Four The Business Of Commercial Banking, 1826-1913; Bank liabilities; Bank assets; Banking advice and financial services; The commercial banks and economic development; Notes; Chapter Five The Monetary Sector And The International Economy; The importance of international factors; Britain's adoption of the gold standard in the early nineteenth century
- International exchange ratesStable exchange rates and the foreign exchange market; Adjustment mechanisms; Assessment of traditional adjustment mechanism under the international gold standard, 1870-1913; The role of sterling; The Bank of England and the monetary interpretation of balance of payments; Notes; Chapter Six The Bank Of England And Monetary Policy, 1826-1913; Why did the Bank of England become a central bank?; Legislation; The Bank and the gold standard; Techniques of monetary control; Lender of last resort; The Bank and the money markets; Private v public interests; Notes
- PART II: 1914-1939Chapter Seven Deposit Banking And Other Financial Institutions, 1914-1939; Deposit bank expansion; Affiliations and amalgamations; Competition in banking; Private sector liquidity and non-bank financial intermediaries; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Eight The Business Of Commercial Banking, 1914-1939; Clearing banks' balance sheets; Clearing bank liabilities; Clearing bank assets; Industrial and commercial finance; Customer services; Summary; Notes; Chapter Nine Monetary Policy, 1914-1939; The 1914 banking crisis; Impact of World War I; Return to gold, 1925
- The 1931 crisis and devaluationMonetary policy in the 1930s; Conclusion; Notes; PART III: 1939-1986; Chapter Ten War And Post-War Adjustments, 1939-51; Total war, 1939-45; The years of recovery, 1945-51; Notes; Chapter Eleven Non-Clearing Banks And Other Financial Intermediaries Since World War II; Banks and other financial intermediaries; Relative growth of financial institutions; The London money market; The discount market; Parallel money markets and institutions; Sterling money markets; Eurocurrency markets; Summary on developments in parallel markets