عنوان

Financial markets and institutions /

(Number (ISBN

013213683X

(Number (ISBN

9780132136839

Number

b534997

Title Proper

Financial markets and institutions /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Frederic S. Mishkin, Stanley G. Eakins

Edition Statement

7th ed

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Boston :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Prentice Hall,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2012]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2012

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxxix, [39], 623 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color) ;

Dimensions

27 cm

Series Title

The Prentice Hall series in finance

Text of Note

Info. notes on endpapers

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Introduction -- Why study financial markets and institutions? -- Overview of the financial system -- Fundamentals of financial markets -- What do interest rates mean and what is their role in valuation? -- Why do interest rates change? -- How do risk and term structure affect interest rates? -- Are financial markets efficient? -- Fundamentals of financial institutions -- Why do financial institutions exist? -- Why do financial crises occur and why are they so damaging to the economy? -- Central banking and the conduct of monetary policy -- Central banks and the federal reserve system -- Conduct of monetary policy: tools, goals, strategy, and tactics -- Financial markets -- The money markets -- The bond market -- The stock market -- The mortgage markets -- The foreign exchange market -- The international financial system -- The financial institutions industry -- Banking and the management of financial institutions -- Financial regulation -- Banking industry: structure and competition -- The mutual fund industry -- Insurance companies and pension funds -- Investment banks, security brokers and dealers, and venture capital firms -- The management of financial institutions -- Risk management in financial institutions -- Hedging with financial derivatives

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Banks and banking-- United States

Financial institutions-- United States

Money market-- United States

Money-- United States

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Mishkin, Frederic S

Eakins, Stanley G

Date of Transaction

20110425234123.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

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Electronic name

[Book]

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