Modern Money Banking Textbook - (Third Edition)

Author: Hu Qingkang
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: The characteristics of "Modern Monetary Banking Textbook" are its systematic and comprehensive content, covering the main fields and forefront of modern monetary and financial theory and practice; emphasis on both theory and practice; and attention to a balance between breadth and depth. To help readers understand and further reflect on the learned material, each chapter includes a summary of the content, basic concepts, and discussion questions. "Modern Monetary Banking Textbook" is suitable for faculty and students of economics, finance, financial, and international economic and trade majors, as well as for training purposes for financial cadres and foreign trade workers. This book is part of the "Fudan University Press · Finance Series." The book is divided into nine chapters, providing detailed analysis of topics such as money and monetary systems, the functioning of financial markets, the system of financial intermediaries, the central bank and its regulatory mechanisms, commercial banks, theories of financial deepening and financial innovation, theories of money supply and money demand, and theories of inflation and deflation. The main revisions for this edition include: (1) theories of the term structure of interest rates; (2) theories of financial derivative instruments and financial asset portfolios; (3) the Basel New Capital Agreement; (4) theories of monetary policy transmission mechanisms; (5) theories of deflation. Additionally, some content has been added or removed in other chapters, and relevant data have been updated. The features of this book are its systematic and comprehensive content, covering the main fields and forefront of modern monetary and financial theory and practice; emphasis on both theory and practice; and attention to a balance between breadth and depth. To help readers understand and further reflect on the learned material, each chapter includes a summary of the content, basic concepts, and discussion questions. This book is suitable for faculty and students of economics, finance, financial, and international economic and trade majors, as well as for training purposes for financial cadres and foreign trade workers.