An edition of Financial System: An Introduction
(2013)
Financial System: An Introduction
by A. P. Faure
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This book serves as an introduction to the financial system. The financial system has six elements: lenders & borrowers, financial intermediaries, financial instruments, financial markets, money creation and price discovery. It describes the non-financial surplus and deficit economic units (ie lenders and borrowers), and direct (between ultimate lenders and borrowers) and indirect (via the diverse financial intermediaries) financing.
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Table of Contents
Content
Lenders & borrowers
Learning objectives
Introduction
Defining the financial system
Non-financial lenders and borrowers
Summary
Bibliography
Financial intermediaries
Learning objectives
Introduction
Financial intermediation
Economic functions of financial intermediaries
Financial intermediaries: classification and relationship
Financial intermediaries: intermediation functions
Summary
Bibliography
Financial instruments
Learning objectives
Introduction
Financial instrument types
Share instruments
Debt instruments
Deposit instruments
Instruments of investment vehicles
Derivative instruments
Summary
Bibliography
Financial markets
Learning objectives
Introduction
Money market
Bond market
Share market
Foreign exchange market
Derivative markets
Organisational structure of financial markets
Financial market participants & short selling
Clearing and settlement
Bibliography and references
Money creation
Learning objectives
Introduction
What is money?
Measures of money
Monetary banking institutions
Money and its role
Uniqueness of banks
The cash reserve requirement
Money creation does not start with a bank receiving a deposit
Money creation is not dependent on a cash reserve requirement
Is “money supply” a misnomer?
The money identity and the creation of money
Role of the central bank in money creation
How does a central bank maintain a bank liquidity shortage?
Bibliography
Price discovery
Learning objectives
Introduction
What is price discovery?
Price discovery and information
The mechanics of price discovery
Role of central bank in price discovery
Composition of interest rates
Role of interest rates in security valuation
Market efficiency
Bibliography and references
Endnotes
ID Numbers
Links outside Open Library
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| August 22, 2020 | Edited by ISBNbot2 | normalize ISBN |
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| November 19, 2014 | Edited by Alice Kirk | Added new cover |
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