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Money and the global economy / Alexander P. Reed, Jr.

By: Contributor(s): 1998Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781855739154
  • 1855739151
Other title:
  • Money & the global economy
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Money and the global economy.LOC classification:
  • HG3891 .R443 1998
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Contents:
Front Cover; Money and the Global Economy; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. What money is; Effective money; Quasi (near) money; International money; The quality of money; The supply of money; The velocity of money; The cost of money; The magnitude of money movement; Chapter 2. Where the world's money is; The world's different monetary systems; Physical distribution of the world's money; The world's financial infrastructure; International banks; Collateral institutions to the world's financial structure.
The world's liquidity -- the place of external reserves and borrowing facilitiesChapter 3. Who moves the world's money: financial centres and their banks; Financial centres; International banks; Offshore financial centres: a closer look; International financial services companies; Supervision of the world's financial infrastructure; Chapter 4. Who moves the world's money: the markets for money; Foreign exchange markets; Money markets and capital markets; Euromarkets; Derivatives markets; Chapter 5. Why money moves; Reasons for international money movement.
Influences on international money movementSophisticated money management; Chapter 6. How money moves; Domestic movement of money; International movement of money; Foreign exchange; The foreign exchange markets and the market makers; Foreign exchange trading; Determining the rates of exchange; Chapter 7. Consequences of international money movement; Measuring international money movement; Monetary consequences of international money movement; Economic consequences of international money movement; Social and political consequences of international money movement.
Legal consequences of international money movementTax consequences of international money movement; Chapter 8. Interferences in the international movement of money; Rationale of interferences in the international movement of money; Indirect interferences and influences on the international movement of money; A miscellany of informal influences; Direct controls on the international movement of money; Reducing interferences in the international movement of money; Chapter 9. Irregular international money movement; Motives for irregular money movement; Magnitude of irregular money movement.
Source countries and originators of irregular international money movementHaven countries and their institutions and services; Mechanics of irregular money movement; Consequences of irregular international money movement; Solutions to the problems of irregular money movement; Appendix A; Appendix B; Index.
Summary: In the global economy, goods, services, investments, loans, information and people move across national borders with growing freedom and rapidly increasing volumes. Each time such an individual event occurs, parts of two or more nation's moneys change ownership. This book describes the significance of these monetary exchanges, their mechanics, and how money itself affects these cross-border events.
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In the global economy, goods, services, investments, loans, information and people move across national borders with growing freedom and rapidly increasing volumes. Each time such an individual event occurs, parts of two or more nation's moneys change ownership. This book describes the significance of these monetary exchanges, their mechanics, and how money itself affects these cross-border events.

Front Cover; Money and the Global Economy; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. What money is; Effective money; Quasi (near) money; International money; The quality of money; The supply of money; The velocity of money; The cost of money; The magnitude of money movement; Chapter 2. Where the world's money is; The world's different monetary systems; Physical distribution of the world's money; The world's financial infrastructure; International banks; Collateral institutions to the world's financial structure.

The world's liquidity -- the place of external reserves and borrowing facilitiesChapter 3. Who moves the world's money: financial centres and their banks; Financial centres; International banks; Offshore financial centres: a closer look; International financial services companies; Supervision of the world's financial infrastructure; Chapter 4. Who moves the world's money: the markets for money; Foreign exchange markets; Money markets and capital markets; Euromarkets; Derivatives markets; Chapter 5. Why money moves; Reasons for international money movement.

Influences on international money movementSophisticated money management; Chapter 6. How money moves; Domestic movement of money; International movement of money; Foreign exchange; The foreign exchange markets and the market makers; Foreign exchange trading; Determining the rates of exchange; Chapter 7. Consequences of international money movement; Measuring international money movement; Monetary consequences of international money movement; Economic consequences of international money movement; Social and political consequences of international money movement.

Legal consequences of international money movementTax consequences of international money movement; Chapter 8. Interferences in the international movement of money; Rationale of interferences in the international movement of money; Indirect interferences and influences on the international movement of money; A miscellany of informal influences; Direct controls on the international movement of money; Reducing interferences in the international movement of money; Chapter 9. Irregular international money movement; Motives for irregular money movement; Magnitude of irregular money movement.

Source countries and originators of irregular international money movementHaven countries and their institutions and services; Mechanics of irregular money movement; Consequences of irregular international money movement; Solutions to the problems of irregular money movement; Appendix A; Appendix B; Index.

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