TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mishkin,Frederic S.
AU  - Eakins,Stanley G.
TI  - Financial markets + institutions
SN  - 020178565X (HC)
U1  - 332.1 22
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - Addison-Wesley
KW  - Financial institutions
KW  - United States
KW  - Money
KW  - Money market
KW  - Banks and banking
N1  - Content
Part 1. Introduction 
1. Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions
2. Overview of the Financial System 


Part 2. Fundamentals of Interest Rates
3. Understanding Interest Rates 
4. The Behavior of Interest Rates
5. The Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rates 

Part 3. Central Banking and Conduct of Monetary Policy
6. Structure of Central Banks and the Federal Reserve System
7. Conduct Monetary Policy : Tools, Goals, and Targets


Part 4. Financial Markets 
8. The Money Markets 
9. The Capital Markets
10. The Efficient Market Hypothesis
11. The Foreign Exchange Market
13. The International Financial System

Part 5. The Financial Institutions Industry
14. Theory of Financial Structure
15. The Banking Firm and Banking Management
16. Commercial Banking Industry : Structure and Competition
17. Savings Associations and Credit Unions 
18. Banking Regulations
19. Insurance Companies, and Pensions Funds 
20. Venture Capital Firms, Finance Companies, and Financial Conglomerates 
21. Investment Banks, Brokerage Firms and Mutual Funds 

Part 6. The Management of Financial Institutions 
22. Risk Management in Financial Institution
23. Hedging with Financial Derivatives

Answers to selected Questions and Problems; Includes index : p. 677- 697
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