The Bank of England: 1950s to 1979
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Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge Univ. Press
2010
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| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Series: | Studies in macroeconomic history
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| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. 835 - 852 |
| Physical Description: | XXVIII, 890 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9780521192828 |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Illustrations Page xi
List of Figures xiii
List of Tables xv
Foreword by Mervyti King xvii
Preface xix
Acknowledgements xxiii
Abbreviations and Acronyms xxvii
1. Introduction and Overview 1
Some Overview 1
The British Economy 7
Monetary Background 14
Some Theoretical Positions and Prevailing
Practices 17
Monetary Growth Process 27
2. The Bank in the 1950s 32
Constitution and Structure 34
Personnel 42
Objectives and Functions 56
Financing the Bank and Financial Performance 64
3. The Monetary Setting and the Bank 77
Antecedents: Old and New Orthodoxy 77
Establishment of the RadclifTe Committee 86
The Bank Rate Leak and the Parker Tribunal 90
RadclifTe: Proceedings 100
RadclifTe: Findings and Recommendations 112
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Contents
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Reaction and Response 116
A Brief Assessment 134
4. The Banks External Responsibilities to 1964 138
Origins of the Pegged-Rate System 139
Convertibility 149
Gold 157
Central Bank and International Co-operation 162
Cobbold Leaves; Cromer Appointed Governor 166
From Crisis to Crisis 169
Euromarkets 182
Gold Pool 187
5. From Crisis to Crucifixion 193
The Next Sterling Crisis 197
Continuing Crisis 207
Washington Initiative 213
Planning for Devaluation 217
Sterling Balances and Gold 221
Cromer Leaves 225
Central Bank Assistance 227
Preparing for the Inevitable 235
6. Domestic Monetary Policy after RadclifFe 252
New Techniques: The Special Deposits Scheme 253
Crisis to Crisis, 1957-1961 257
Brakes Off, 1961-1964 270
Back to Ceilings, 1964-1967 290
New Techniques: The Cash Deposits Scheme 305
7. Other Activities and Performance 318
Industrial Finance 318
The Bank and the City 327
Promoting Central Banks Overseas 334
The Note Issue and Decimalisation 340
The Bank’s Financing 346
External Investigations 354
Internal Organisation and the Court 360
8. Sterling from Devaluation to Smithsonian 372
Sterling Devaluation and Beyond 374
Crisis in Gold 393
IMF Conditions - DCE Targets 396
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Contents
Personnel Changes
Sterling Agreements
Measures for Protecting Sterling
International Monetary Reform
Euromarkets
The Road to Competition and Credit Control
Disaffection with Controls
The Clearing Banks: Mergers, Competition, Cartels,
and Reform
Money and Monetary Control
Early Interest in Monetary Aggregates
Ten Years after Radcliffe
Importance of Money
Gilt and Money Markets
Competition and Credit Control
Formulating the New Approach
Changes in Market Operations
CCC Unveiled
CCC in Operation
The Secondary Banking Crisis
Early Indicators of Trouble
The Developing Crisis and Launching of the Lifeboat
The Lifeboat and After
Three Rescues
Assessment
Banking Supervision
Supervision in the 1950s and 1960s
Pressure from the Fringe: Pressure
from Europe
Aftermath of the Crisis
Prudential Returns
Towards Legislation
International Supervisory Co-operation
The Banking Act (1979)
Monetary Targets and Monetary Control
Talking about Monetary Targets
Monetary Targets
Trying to Influence Monetary Growth
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Contents
Interest-Rate Flexibility 679
Open Market Operations 689
Monetary Control 695
Conclusion 702
14. The Bank and Sterling in the 1970s 707
The Exchange Rate and Exchange-Rate Policy 710
Reserves 721
Sterling Balances 732
International Monetary Reform: Committee of Twenty 737
1976 Crisis 740
The Crisis and the End of Sterling Balances 756
Changing Fortunes 759
The End of Exchange Controls 766
15. The Banks Freedom to Operate 773
London as an International Financial Centre 780
The Rolls-Royce Crisis 785
Burmah Oil 791
Industrial Finance 801
The Bank under Scrutiny 808
16. Epilogue 823
Bibliography 835
Index 853
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