Forex Forever - The City of London and the Foreign Exchange Market Since 1850

In Forex Forever, Ranald C. Michie examines how the foreign exchange market has developed in the City of London over the past 150 years and uncovers its secret existence in London before the First World War.

List of contents

• Preface


• Introduction


• 1: Finding Forex, 1850-1914


• 2: Re-inventing Forex, 1919-1939


• 3: Forex in Chains, 1945-1970


• 4: Forex Unbound, 1970-1992


• 5: Electronic Forex, 1992-2007


• 6: Forex Today, Post 2007


• Conclusion

About the author

Ranald C. Michie is one of the world's leading financial historians. He has written extensively on stock exchanges, securities markets, banking, and financial centres over many years, and is the author of several books including Banks, Exchanges, and Regulators (OUP 2020) and British Banking (OUP 2016). He taught at Durham University for 40 years and since 2014 has been attached to Newcastle University Business School. He has also had fellowships in New York and Toronto.

Summary

In Forex Forever, Ranald C. Michie examines how the foreign exchange market has developed in the City of London over the past 150 years and uncovers its secret existence in London before the First World War.

Product details

• Authors: Ranald C. Michie, Ranald C. (Emeritus Professor Michie
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.2024
• EAN: 9780198903697
• ISBN: 978-0-19-890369-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; London, Greater London, City of London, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, Banking, c 1800 to c 1900, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, International Economics, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Monetary Economics