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The international monetary system : an essay in interpretation /

This book interprets the historical evolution of how and why the international monetary system has been transformed. The strategies of the major decision-makers are defined and described, and an analysis made of how these strategies were adapted. The structure of the analysis differs from other such...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoffmeyer, Erik, 1924-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland, 1992.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; The International Monetary System: An Essay in Interpretation; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter I. Basic Concepts and Economic Trends; 1. Introduction; 2. The Blueprint Rules of Behaviour; 3. Short-term Capital Movements; 4. Broad Trends of Performance; 5. The Players; Chapter II. Decline of the Bankers; 1. The System and the Markets; 2. Sterling. Phase One. Clean Support 1961-65; 3. Sterling. Phase Two. Conditional Support 1966-74; 4. Sterling. Phase Three. Exit Banker 1976-80; 5. Sterling. Summary; 6. The Dollar. Fundamentals; 7. The Gold Pool
  • 8. The Swap Network9. International Reforms; 10. Summary; Chapter III. The Confrontation; 1. Tensions 1961-73; 2. The 1961 Revaluation; 3. The Bonn Happening 1968 and Temporary Floating 1969; 4. The Nixon Capital Flight. The German Dilemma. Schiller and the Long Night, May 1971; 5. Munich
  • Camp David
  • Smithsonian; 6. The Showdown. A New Charter; 7. The Euro-Dollar Market As Culprit; 8. Summary; Chapter IV. The Block Floating Experiment; 1. The European Choice; 2. The EC Aspirations; 3. Some Technicalities; 4. Disintegration of the Snake. A DM-Zone
  • 5. A New Initiative. EMS, Instability 1979-836. EMS-Convergence from 1983; 7. Basic Features of the European Block Floating; 8. Summary; Chapter V. Taming the System?; 1. The Problem; 2. In Search of a Common Policy Stance; 3. Sovereign Lending. Recycling. Panic of 1982; 4. The Drifting Key Currencies; 5. Coordinated Adjustment; 6. Summary; Chapter VI. Shifting Strategies and Changing Powerlines; 1. Shifting Strategies; 2. Changing Powerlines; Bibliography; Name Index; Appendix I: Arrangements in support of Pound Sterling 1961-84
  • Appendix II: 1 Federal Reserve Swap Network
  • Amount of Bilateral FacilitiesAppendix II: 2 Federal Reserve Swap Network Drawings (+) and Repayments (
  • ) by Federal Reserve; Appendix II: 3. Federal Reserve Swap Network Drawings (+) and Repayments (
  • ) by Foreign Central Banks; Appendix III: Net Dollar Intervention 1977-90; Appendix IV: Chronology on major events mentioned in the essay; Appendix V: Selected Communiqu�es