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The Art of Central Banking – Ralph Hawtrey (1933) | Session 1
Reading Group
Location:
Online
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Other
YSI Presenters
Description
Welcome to our discussion of Chapter IV – The Art of Central Banking (from Ralph Hawtrey's book with the same title). For this session, we will be focusing on the following sub-chapters (pages 116 – 174):
The Lender of Last Resort
The London Discount Market
The Bank of England Before 1844
The Bank of England, 1844-73
Eligible Bills and Securities
The Bank of England and the Note Issue
Bank Rate and Foreign Exchanges
Bank Rate After 1844
Attracting Foreign Money
The Cunliffe Committee
Release and Absorption of Cash
The International System.
The Central Bank's Power Over Credit.
The Response of the Borrowers.
Credit For Fixed Capital and the Stock Exchange.
The Inherent Instability of Credit.
Hosted by Working Group(s):
Attendees
Nicholas Daly
Agustin Pedrazzoli
Ramon Gimenez
Natasha Kunesch
Ádám Kerényi
Nabi Rahimov
Jonah Wolf
Nathalie Marins
Julian Manieson
Jay Pocklington
Ibraheam Radi
Alex Howlett
Bianca Orsi
Dimo Stefanov
Bruno Höfig
Win Monroe
Andy Lee
Larissa de Lima
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