Money Machine : How the City Works

by Coggan, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780140281651
• ISBN10: 0140281657
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: TRAFALGAR SQUARE

Summary

In this guide, now completely revised and updated for this new edition, a leading financial journalist cuts through the myths and scandals that make the news to explain the nuts and bolts of the financial system. How are the big deals made? What radical changes will the Euro bring about? Which are the institutions that really matter? What causes the pound to rise or interest rates to fall? Philip Coggan provides clear and concise answers to many such questions; he also shows why they are of central concern to us all.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements to fourth edition
Introduction
The International Financial Revolution	p. 1
Money and Interest Rates	p. 11
The Banks	p. 24
The Bank of England	p. 39
The Money Markets	p. 45
Building Societies	p. 50
Borrowers	p. 57
Investment Institutions	p. 67
Shares	p. 77
The Euromarket	p. 100
Insurance	p. 116
Risk Management	p. 125
Foreign Exchange	p. 136
Personal Finance	p. 155
Controlling the City	p. 171
Glossary	p. 177
Bibliography	p. 185
Index	p. 187
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