Lombard Street A Description of the Money Market

Name: Lombard Street A Description of the Money Market
Availability: OutOfStock
ISBN: 9780471345367

ISBN-10: 0471345369

ISBN-13: 9780471345367

Edition: 1999

Authors: Walter Bagehot

List price: $19.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Out of stock

We're sorry. This item is currently unavailable.

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Walter Bagehot's classic text on the money market gives the reader an overview of the banking system and its burgeoning influence during the author's day. Although published originally in 1873 it still rings true today.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.82" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English




Introductory



A General View of Lombard Street



How Lombard Street Came to Exist, and Why it Assumed its Present Form



The Position of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Money Market



The Mode in Which the Value of Money is Settled in Lombard Street



Why Lombard Street is Often Very Dull, and Sometimes Extremely Excited



A More Exact Account of the Mode in Which the Bank of England has Discharged its Duty of Retaining a Good Bank Reserve, and of Administering it Effectually



The Government of the Bank of England



The Joint Stock Banks



The Private Banks



The Bill-Brokers



The Principles Which Should Regulate the Amount of the Banking Reserve to be Kept by the Bank of England



Conclusion


Appendix



Liabilities and Cash Reserve of the Chief Banking Systems



Extract From Evidence Given by Mr. Alderman Salomons Before the House of Commons Select Committee in 1858



Statement of Circulation and Deposits of the Bank of Dundee at Intervals of Ten Years, Between 1764 and 1864



Meeting of the Proprietors of the Bank of England, September 13, 1866