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An Introduction To Money and The Financial System: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
An Introduction To Money and The Financial System: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
An Introduction To Money and The Financial System: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Introduction
The Five Parts of the Financial System
The Five Core Principles of Money and Banking
1-2
Money
To pay for purchases and store wealth
2.
Financial Instruments
To transfer resources from savers to investors and to transfer risk to those best equipped to bear it.
3. 4. 5.
Financial Markets
Buy and sell financial instruments
Financial Institutions.
Provide access to financial markets, collect information & provide services
Central Banks
Monitor financial Institutions and stabilize the economy
1-3
1-4
1-5
1-6
1-7
1-8
1-9
Data
www.bls.gov www.bea.gov www.stls.frb.org
Weekly
The Economist Business Week
1-11
1-12
Chapter 1
End of Chapter
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