Financial markets and institutions / Peter Howells and Keith Bain.
Material type: TextPublication details: Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2004.Edition: 4th edDescription: xiii, 412 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780273682837 (pbk.) :
- 9780273682837
- 332.1 HOW
- HG173
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Previous ed.: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Introduction: the financial system -- 2.The financial system and the real economy -- 3.Deposit-taking institutions -- 4.Non-deposit-taking institutions -- 5.The money markets -- 6.The capital markets -- 7.Interest rates -- 8.Foreign exchange markets -- 9.Exchange rate risk, derivatives markets and speculation -- 10.International capital markets -- 11.Government borrowing and financial markets -- 12.The regulation of financial markets.
The principal objective of this book is to help students make sense of the financial activity which is so prominently reported in the media.