Bank of England, From the 1950s to 1979

Informationen zum Autor Forrest Capie is Professor Emeritus of Economic History at the Cass Business School, City University of London. Klappentext This history of the Bank of England takes its story from the 1950s to the end of the 1970s. Zusammenfassung This history of the Bank of England details from the 1950s to the end of the 1970s. This period saw the peak of the Bank's influence and prestige! as it dominated the financial landscape. But economic policy was a failure! sluggish output! banking instability and rampant inflation characterised the 1970s. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction and overview; 2. The Bank in the 1950s; 3. The monetary setting and the Bank; 4. The Bank's external responsibilities to 1964; 5. From crisis to 'crucifixion'; 6. Domestic monetary policy after Radcliffe; 7. Other activities and performance; 8. Sterling from devaluation to Smithsonian; 9. The road to competition and credit control; 10. Competition and credit control; 11. The secondary banking crisis; 12. Banking supervision; 13. Monetary targets and monetary control; 14. The Bank and sterling in the 1970s; 15. The Bank's freedom to operate; 16. Epilogue.

Product details

• Authors: Capie, Forrest Capie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.2010
• EAN: 9780521192828
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19282-8
• Series: Studies in Macroeconomic Histo; Studies in Macroeconomic History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; England, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, Banking, macroeconomics, Economic history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969