TY - BOOK AU - Kohn, Meri. TI - Financial institutions and markets SN - 0074632108 U1 - 332.10973 23 PY - 1999/// CY - New Delhi PB - Tata macgraw-hill N1 - 1- PRINCIPLES: CHAPTER 1- Leading, payments, and- trading; CHAPTER 2- The financial system and its technology; CHAPTER 3- Efficiency , stability and government intervention; 2- INTEREST RATE AND EXCHANGE: CHAPTER 4- Interest rate, exchange rate and security price; CHAPTER 5- The level of interest rate and exchange rate; CHAPTER 6- Money, prices, interest rates and exchange rate; CHAPTER 7- The structure of interest rate and exchange rate; 3- INTERMEDIARIES: CHAPTER 8- Understanding financial intermediaries; CHAPTER 9- Commercial banks; CHAPTER 10- The banking industry: part-1; CHAPTER 11- The banking industry: part -2; CHAPTER 12- Near banks: thrifts, finance companies and others; CHAPTER 13- Payments and foreign exchange; CHAPTER 14- Insurance; CHAPTER 15- Pension funds and mutual funds; 4- MARKETS: CHAPTER 16- Understanding securities markets; CHAPTER 17- The market for governments securities; CHAPTER 18: The money market; CHAPTER 19- The capital market; CHAPTER 20- The mortgage market and securitization; CHAPTER 21- The derivatives market: futures, options, and swaps; 5- STABILITY AND THE CENTRAL BANKS: CHAPTER 22- Managing liquidity and risk; CHAPTER 23- The stability of the financial system; CHAPTER 24- Deposit insurance; CHAPTER 25- controlling the quality of money; CHAPTER 26- monetary policy; SUMMARY; INDEX. ER -