Bank of England and Public Policy, 1941-1958

Klappentext In this 1992 book, the official history of the Bank of England was continued into the late wartime and early postwar periods. Zusammenfassung In this 1992 book! the official history of the Bank of England was continued into the late wartime and early postwar periods. The author's position as a central banker by trade and a former Executive Director of the Bank put him in an ideal position to carry out this analysis. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations and acknowledgements; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The nationalisation of Norman's bank; 2. Lord Keynes and the Bank: Bretton Woods and the Anglo-American Loan; 3. The false dawn and the crisis of 1947; 4. The four difficult years: from the crisis of 1947 to the Korean War; 5. Domestic monetary policy 1945-51; 6. The watershed: 1951-2; 7. The rise and fall of the Collective Approach: 1952-5; 8. 1956: the Bank and the Suez affair; 9. Convertibility: the last act: 1957-8; 10. Domestic monetary policy 1952-8: disillusion and debate; 11. The Bank and the Square Mile; 12. Envoi.

Product details

• Authors: John Fforde, Fforde John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.2012
• EAN: 9780521294522
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29452-2
• No. of pages: 882
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; England, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, Banking, Economic history, International Economics, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)