intermediaries from 1861 to 2011. Statistics refer to the main items of bank balance sheets, currency in circulation, postal saving …, bank interest rates, and value added. The paper analyses the main trends of the banking system and other financial …

the scene -- 4 The dawn of modern banking -- 5 The creation of a paper currency -- 6 Modern banking comes of age -- 7 The …Introduction -- 1 What is money? -- A History of Money and Banking -- 2 Money from the very beginning -- 3 Banks enter …This book explores the nature of money and banking throughout their history, and applies this to the study of financial …

This paper presents an approach to a macroprudential stress test for the euro area banking system, comprising the 91 …

The Banking Euro Area Stress Test (BEAST) is a large scale semi-structural model developed to assess the resilience of … the euro area banking system from a macroprudential perspective. The model combines the dynamics of a high number of euro … credit supply conditions. When applied to a stress test of the euro area banking system, the model reveals higher system …

This paper presents an approach to a macroprudential stress test for the euro area banking system, comprising the 91 …