CONTENTS
Chapter 1 An Overview of Financial Markets and Institutions
1.2 Financial Markets and Direct Financing
PEOPLE & EVENTS: Wall Street Faces Global Competition
1.3 Types of Financial Markets
1.6 Financial Intermediaries and Indirect Financing
1.7 Types of Financial Intermediaries
1.8 The Risks Financial Institutions Manage
1.9 Regulation of the Financial System
Summary of Learning Objectives
Chapter 2 The Federal Reserve and Its Powers
2.1 Origins of the Federal Reserve System
PEOPLE & EVENTS: Free Banking and Wildcat Banks
2.2 The Current Structure of the Fed
2.3 Monetary Powers of the Board of Governors
2.4 The Fed’s Regulatory Powers
Learning by Doing 2.1: Computing a Bank’s Excess Reserve Position
2.7 The Fed’s Role In Check Clearing
2.8 Federal Reserve Tools of Monetary Policy
PEOPLE & EVENTS: A Contrast in Style: Greenspan Versus Bernanke
Learning by Doing 2.2: Calculating a Bank’s Reserve Position
Summary of Learning Objectives
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