Money and banking in the UK : a history / / Michael Collins

• Autore: Collins Michael <1946-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (657 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.1/0941; 332.10941
• Soggetto topico: Banks and banking - Great Britain - History; Monetary policy - Great Britain - History
• Note generali: First published in 1988 by Croom Helm.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographic references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: MONEY AND BANKING IN THE UK A History; Copyright; MONEY AND BANKING IN THE UK: A History; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of tables; List of figure; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I: 1826-1913; Chapter One Banking In The Early Nineteenth Century; Early banking history; Economic crisis and the legislation of 1826; Structure of the banking system; Summary; Notes; Chapter Two Growth Of The Banking Sector, 1826-1913; The importance and definition of money; Components of the stock of money; Financial institutions; Conclusion; Notes ; Chapter Three The Commercial Banks: Institutional Change, 1826-1913Main trends; The corporate structure; Bank branching; Bank amalgamations; The stability of banks and economic fluctuations; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Four The Business Of Commercial Banking, 1826-1913; Bank liabilities; Bank assets; Banking advice and financial services; The commercial banks and economic development; Notes; Chapter Five The Monetary Sector And The International Economy; The importance of international factors; Britain's adoption of the gold standard in the early nineteenth century ; International exchange ratesStable exchange rates and the foreign exchange market; Adjustment mechanisms; Assessment of traditional adjustment mechanism under the international gold standard, 1870-1913; The role of sterling; The Bank of England and the monetary interpretation of balance of payments; Notes; Chapter Six The Bank Of England And Monetary Policy, 1826-1913; Why did the Bank of England become a central bank?; Legislation; The Bank and the gold standard; Techniques of monetary control; Lender of last resort; The Bank and the money markets; Private v public interests; Notes ; PART II: 1914-1939Chapter Seven Deposit Banking And Other Financial Institutions, 1914-1939; Deposit bank expansion; Affiliations and amalgamations; Competition in banking; Private sector liquidity and non-bank financial intermediaries; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Eight The Business Of Commercial Banking, 1914-1939; Clearing banks' balance sheets; Clearing bank liabilities; Clearing bank assets; Industrial and commercial finance; Customer services; Summary; Notes; Chapter Nine Monetary Policy, 1914-1939; The 1914 banking crisis; Impact of World War I; Return to gold, 1925 ; The 1931 crisis and devaluationMonetary policy in the 1930s; Conclusion; Notes; PART III: 1939-1986; Chapter Ten War And Post-War Adjustments, 1939-51; Total war, 1939-45; The years of recovery, 1945-51; Notes; Chapter Eleven Non-Clearing Banks And Other Financial Intermediaries Since World War II; Banks and other financial intermediaries; Relative growth of financial institutions; The London money market; The discount market; Parallel money markets and institutions; Sterling money markets; Eurocurrency markets; Summary on developments in parallel markets ; Bank stability and prudential supervision
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is concerned with developments in three main areas of monetary history: domestic commercial banking; monetary policy; and the UK's international financial position. For ease of analysis the 160 years under study are arranged into three clear chronological divisions. Part 1 covers the years 1826-1913, a period in which the UK emerged as the world's leading economic power. It was in these years that an extensive and fully-operative domestic banking system was established. Part 2 covers 1914 to 1939 - the years which marked a break in the traditional monetary arrangements of the Victo
• Titolo autorizzato: Money and banking in the UK
• ISBN: 1-136-30160-7; 1-283-60532-5; 9786613917775; 1-136-30161-5; 0-203-11694-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785744103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: Banking & Finance