Description: Part 1 The Global Financial System in Perspective Ch. 1 Functions and Roles of the Financial System in the Global Economy Ch. 2 Financial Assets, Money, Financial Transactions and Financial Institutions Ch. 3 Key Sources of Financial Information Ch. 4 The Future of the Financial System and the Money and Capital Markets Part 2 Interest Rates and the Prices of Financial Assets Ch. 5 The Determinants of Interest Rates: Competing Ideas Ch. 6 Measuring and Calculating Interest Rates and Financial Asset Prices Ch. 7 The Impact of Inflation, Deflation, Yield Curves, and Duration on Interest Rates and Asset Prices Ch. 8 Marketability, Default Risk, Call Privileges, Prepayment Risk, Taxes, and Other Factors Affecting Interest Rates and Asset Prices Ch. 9 Interest Rate Forecasting and Hedging: Swaps, Financial Futures, and Options Part 3 The Money Market and Central Banking Ch. 10 Introduction to the Money Market Ch. 11 Money Market Instruments: Treasury Bills, Repurchase Agreements, FederalFunds and Bank CD's Ch. 12 Money Market Instruments: Commercial Paper, Federal AgencySecurities, Acceptances, and Eurocurrency Deposits Ch. 13 The Roles and Services of the Federal Reserve and Other Central Banks Around the World Ch. 14 The Tools and Goals of Central Bank Monetary Policy Part 4 Financial Institutions Within the Financial System: Nature, Management, and Regulation Ch. 15 The Commercial Banking Industry Ch. 16 Nonbank Thrift Institutions: Savings and Loan Associations, Savings Banks, Credit Unions, and Money Market Funds Ch. 17 Mutual Funds, Pension Funds, Insurance Companies, Finance Companies, and Other FinancialInstitutions Ch. 18 The Regulation of the Financial Institutions' Sector Part 5 Governments in the Financial Markets Ch. 19 The Treasury in the Financial Markets Ch. 20 State and Local Governments in the Financial Markets Part 6 Businesses and Consumers in the Financial Markets Ch. 21 Business Borrowing Ch. 22 Corporate Stock Ch. 23 Consumer Lending and Borrowing Ch. 24 The Residential Mortgage Market Part 7 The International Financial System Ch. 25 International Transactions and Currency Values Ch. 26 International Banking Appendix: Present Value, Annuity, Compound Interest, and Annual Percentage Rage (APR) TablesMoney and Capital Markets Dictionary

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