Monetary Policy and the Development of Money Markets

by J.S.G. Wilson

Overview

This book traces the developments of the post-war monetary story, with an emphasis both on theory and practice. A survey of monetary policy and a discussion of the effects of a credit squeeze are set against a survey of the very different American scene. Comparative analysis of the 'new money markets' is also included as is discussion of the significant developments in the world's major capital markets.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415488921
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/10/2008
Pages:	354
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Investment in a Monetary Economy 2. Credit Rationing and the Relevant Rate of Interest 3. The Radcliffe Report 4. External Aspects of Monetary Policy 5. Defending the Pound Sterling 6. Monetary Policy in the 1960s 7. America's Changing Banking Scene i. The Structure as a Whole ii. The Commercial Banks iii. The Money Market iv. The Federal Reserve 8. American Banking Revisited i. Changing Emphasis in US Monetary Policy ii. Keener Competition in Commercial Banking iii. The Changing Structure of Commercial Banking 9. The Structure of Money Markets 10. The Indian Money Market 11. The Canadian Money Market Experiment 12. Australian Banking and Money Market Institutions 13. The New Money Markets 14. The Internationalisation of Capital Markets