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Hoyle, Ken

Money and banking : made simple / Ken Hoyle, BSc (Econ), Geoffrey Whitehead, BSc (Econ). - London : Heinemann, ©1982. - x, 261 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm.

"Made Simple Books."


Includes index.

Table of Contents;
Part 1: MONETARY INSTITUTIONS AND SYSTEMS;
CHAPTER 1. MONEY, BANKS AND THE ECONOMY;
1.1 The Historical Development of Money;
1.2 Money and the Development of Banking;
1.3 The Characteristics of Money; 1
.4 The Functions of Money;
1.5 Recent Developments in the Concept of Money;
1.6 Nineteenth-Century Developments in Banking;
1.7 The Importance of Financial Institutions Today;
1.8 Revision Test;
CHAPTER 2. CENTRAL BANKS;
2.1 The Nature of Central Banks.
2.2 The Bank of England-Its Origin and Organisation
2.3 The Functions of the Bank of England;
2.4 The Central Bank System of the USA-The Federal Reserve System;
2.5 European Central Banks;
2.6 Revision Test;
CHAPTER 3. THE COMMERCIAL BANKS;
3.1 The Nature of the Commercial Banks;
3.2 The London Clearing Banks;
3.3 The Organisation of Domestic Banking;
3.4 Commercial Banking as Portfolio Management;
3.5 Revision Test;
CHAPTER 4. DISCOUNT HOUSES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS;
4.1 The Sophisticated Economy;
4.2 The Discount Houses;
4.3 The Services of the Discount Houses.
4.4 Monetary Policy and the Discount Houses
4.5 The Merchant Banks;
4.6 The Merchant Banks Today;
4.7 The Savings Banks;
4.8 The National Girobank;
4.9 The Co-operative Bank;
4.10 The Building Societies;
4.11 The Finance Houses;
4.12 Other Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries;
4.13 Revision Test;
CHAPTER 5. MONEY MARKETS AND RATES OF INTEREST;
5.1 Introduction;
5.2 Money Markets;
5.3 Financial Markets;
5.4 Why Rates of Interest Vary;
5.5 Revision Test;
Part 2: THE THEORY OF MONEY;
CHAPTER 6. THE CREATION OF MONEY;
6.1 Introduction;
6.2 Banks and the Creation of Credit.
6.3 Factors Limiting the Creation of Bank Deposits
6.4 The Balance Sheet of a Commercial Bank;
6.5 Revision Test;
CHAPTER 7. THE RATE OF INTEREST;
7.1 Introduction;
7.2 'Real' Theories of the Rate of Interest;
7.3 Monetary Theories of the Rate of Interest;
7.4 The Two Approaches Compared;
7.5 Revision Test;
CHAPTER 8. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MONEY IN THE ECONOMY;
8.1 Introduction;
8.2 The Classical Quantity Theory;
8.3 The Keynesian System;
8.4 Modern Monetarism;
8.5 Conclusion;
8.6 Revision Test;
8.7 Appendix to Chapter 8;
Part 3: FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICY.
CHAPTER 9. FISCAL POLICY AND THE NATIONAL DEBT
9.1 Introduction;
9.2 Fiscal Policy;
9.3 Central Government Borrowing;
9.4 Trading Incomes;
9.5 Government Expenditure;
9.6 The Budget;
9.7 The National Debt;
9.8 The Effects of Debt Management;
9.9 Revision Test;
CHAPTER 10. A CONSIDERATION OF MONETARY POLICY;
10.1. The Development of Monetary Policy;
10.2 The Relationship between Objectives and Policies;
10.3 The Terminology of Policy-Making;
10.4 Conclusion About Monetary Policy;
10.5 Revision Test;
CHAPTER 11. MONETARY POLICY TECHNIQUES;
11.1 Introduction;
11.2 Specific Techniques.


Banks and banking.
Money.

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