Understanding Central Banking

The New Era of Activism
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-7656-4251-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 223 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 428 g

Employing a light and lively writing style, the book starts with the history of central banking in England and then shifts focus to the United States, explains in detail how the Fed works, and covers the Fed's unprecedented activities to prevent the Great Recession from spiraling into the Greatest Depression. The final chapter presents a detailed scorecard for each of the Fed chairmen over the last 40 years.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, David M

Jones, David

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Bankwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. History and Purpose of Central Banking 2. Post-World War II Macroeconomic Policy 3. Contemporary Federal Reserve Policy 4. Globalization, Deregulation, Mounting Global Capital Flows 5. New Activism by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan 6. Financial Crises 7. Asset Price Bubbles 8. How the U.S. Central Bank Dealt with a Disastrous Credit Crisis 9. An Evaluation of Contemporary Fed Chairmen 10. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Jones, David