The Bank of England

1950s to 1979

AvForrest Capie

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

Del i serien Studies in Macroeconomic History

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This history of the Bank of England takes its story from the 1950s to the end of the 1970s. This period probably saw the peak of the Bank's influence and prestige, as it dominated the financial landscape. One of the Bank's central functions was to manage the exchange rate. It was also responsible for administering all the controls that made up monetary policy. In the first part of the period, the Bank did all this with a remarkable degree of freedom. But economic policy was a failure, and sluggish output, banking instability and rampant inflation characterised the 1970s. The pegged exchange rate was discontinued, and the Bank's freedom of movement was severely constrained, as new approaches to policy were devised and implemented. The Bank lost much of its freedom of movement but also took on more formal supervision.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-07-20
Mått:165 x 235 x 55 mm
Vikt:1 350 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Macroeconomic History
Antal sidor:920
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521192828

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Forrest Capie is Professor Emeritus of Economic History at the Cass Business School, City University of London.

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Reviews of the hardback: 'A treasure trove for economic historians. Capie has done a fine job and is particularly strong on what one might call the science of inter-institutional dynamics.' Howard Davies, The Financial Times

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction and overview; 2. The Bank in the 1950s; 3. The monetary setting and the Bank; 4. The Bank's external responsibilities to 1964; 5. From crisis to 'crucifixion'; 6. Domestic monetary policy after Radcliffe; 7. Other activities and performance; 8. Sterling from devaluation to Smithsonian; 9. The road to competition and credit control; 10. Competition and credit control; 11. The secondary banking crisis; 12. Banking supervision; 13. Monetary targets and monetary control; 14. The Bank and sterling in the 1970s; 15. The Bank's freedom to operate; 16. Epilogue.