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041 0 _aeng
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050 0 0 _aHG181
_b.M558 2009
100 1 _aMishkin, Frederic S.
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245 1 0 _aFinancial markets and institutions /
_cFrederic S. Mishkin, Stanley G. Eakins.
250 _a6th ed.
260 _aBoston :
_bPearson Prentice Hall,
_cc2009.
300 _axxxix, 675, [35] p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c27 cm.
490 0 _aPrentice Hall series in finance
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aWhy study financial markets and institutions? -- Overview of the financial system -- What do interest rates mean and what is their role in valuation? -- Why do interest rates change? -- How do risk and term structure affect interest rates? -- Are financial markets efficient? -- Structure of central banks and the federal reserve system -- Conduct of monetary policy : tools, goals, strategy, and tactics -- The money markets -- The bond market -- The stock market -- The mortgage markets -- The foreign exchange market -- The international financial system -- Whay do financial institutions exist? -- What should be done about conflicts of interest? : a central issue in business ethics -- Banking and the management of financial institutions -- Commercial banking industry : structure and competition -- Savings associations and credit unions -- Banking regulation -- The mutual fund industry -- Insurance companies and pension funds -- Investment banks, security brokers and dealers, and venture capital firms -- Risk management in financial institutions -- Hedging with financial derivatives -- Finance companies.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aFinancial institutions
_zUnited States.
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650 0 _aMoney
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMoney market
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aBanks and banking
_zUnited States.
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700 1 _aEakins, Stanley G.
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