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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828927903321

Autore

Yago Kazuhiko

Titolo

The financial history of the Bank for International Settlements / / Kazuhiko Yago

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-09836-0

1-283-92002-6

0-203-07209-X

1-135-09837-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; ; 111

Disciplina

332.1/5509

Soggetti

International finance - History

Banks and banking, Central - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Financial History of the Bank for International Settlements; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; List of abbreviations; 1 The founding of the Bank for International Settlements: a "commercial bank," or a "bank for central banks"?; 2 The Bank for International Settlements and central banks during the 1930s: another anti- depression measure; 3 On the eve of Bretton Woods: the BIS during World War II; 4 The road to a gold-dollar standard: the BIS in the postwar reconstruction period

5 Neoliberalism as an alternative: international currency issues and the Bank for International Settlements in the 1950s and 1960s6 Conclusions; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), founded in 1930, works as the ""Bank for Central Banks"". The BIS is an international forum where central bankers and officials gather to cope with international financial issues, and a bank which invests the funds of the member countries. This book is a historical study on the BIS, from its foundation to the 1970s. Using archival sources of the Bank and financial institutions of the member countries, this book aims to clarify how the BIS faced the challenges of contemporary international financial system.The book



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