The American Monetary System : An Insider's View of Financial Institutions, Markets and Monetary Policy

Introduction -- Part I -- Historical Perspectives on Money, Financial Institutions and Markets -- What Gives Money Its Value? -- From Gold to Paper -- What is Driving the Financial World Today? -- Part II Banking: Asset & Liability Management; Banking Supervision & Regulation -- How Are Banks Funded? -- How Do Banks Use Their Funds? -- Who Owns the Banks? Bank Capital and the Basel Accord -- How Safe Are Our Banks? -- Part III Financial Markets and the Management of Financial Risk -- What Makes the System Work? -- Who Finances American Industry? - The Relative Roles of Commercial and Investment Banking -- What Went Wrong and What Are We Doing to Fix It? -A Chronology of Financial Crises -- Why Have Financial Risks Skyrocketed, and How Is the Industry Dealing With It? -- Part IV Central Banking and Monetary Policy -- What Are the Purposes and Functions of the Federal Reserve System? 248 -- How is American Monetary Policy Made, and How Does It Affect the Domestic and Global Economies? -- About the Author -- Bibliography.