Financial Markets and Institutions

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financial
markets and institutions
Contents
• The Financial System and the Real Economy
• Deposit Taking Institutions
• Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries
• The Money Markets
• The Capital Markets
• Interest Rates
• Foreign Exchange Markets
• International Capital Markets
• Government Borrowing Financial Markets
• The Regulation of Financial Markets
The second edition of Financial Markets and Institutions
provides:
• comprehensive coverage of the workings of the British financial markets
• a blend of institutional description with rigorous economic theory
• new chapters on foreign exchange markets, and international capital markets
• an introduction to financial theory, including a detailed appendix on portfolio theory
• analysis of key topics such as monetary growth, velocity and the pattern of investment flows
• clear and accessible exposition of economic theory
• case studies, suggestions for further reading and questions for discussion included in each... Tovább

Fülszöveg

financial
markets and institutions
Contents
• The Financial System and the Real Economy
• Deposit Taking Institutions
• Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries
• The Money Markets
• The Capital Markets
• Interest Rates
• Foreign Exchange Markets
• International Capital Markets
• Government Borrowing Financial Markets
• The Regulation of Financial Markets
The second edition of Financial Markets and Institutions
provides:
• comprehensive coverage of the workings of the British financial markets
• a blend of institutional description with rigorous economic theory
• new chapters on foreign exchange markets, and international capital markets
• an introduction to financial theory, including a detailed appendix on portfolio theory
• analysis of key topics such as monetary growth, velocity and the pattern of investment flows
• clear and accessible exposition of economic theory
• case studies, suggestions for further reading and questions for discussion included in each chapter
Financial Markets and Institutions is ideally suited for a wide rangé of courses in money, banking and fináncé within economics, accounting and business studies degrees and Professional qualifying examinations in business and fináncé.
Peter Howells is Reader in the Department of Applied Economics, University of East London and Keith Bain is Principal Lecturer in the same department. They have both written numerous articles on monetary and financial topics as well as a number of textbooks.
Cover: Stock Exchange, New York, USA (pixeled). Reproduced by kind permission of The Telegraph Colour Library. Vissza