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Index I-11 |
International monetary policy, 427 |
ISLM model, 568, 571, 575–580 |
Keynesian cross diagram, equilib- |
exchange-rate targeting, 489–495 |
aggregate demand curve, |
rium in, 540 |
inflation targeting, 501–509 |
577–580 |
Keynesian evidence, 607–610 |
monetary targeting, 496–501 |
aggregate output, 557–558 |
Keynesian framework, 536 |
nominal anchor, 487–489 |
interest rates, 557–558 |
aggregate output, 536–551 |
International policy coordination, 428 |
Keynesian framework, 551–558 |
ISLM model, 551–558 |
International reserves, 462 |
Italy |
Keynesian model, new, 665–666 |
International trade, aggregate out- |
EMS, 474 |
Keynesian structural models, 605 |
put, 548 |
euro, 49 |
Krugman, Paul, 467 |
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Kydland, Finn, 388 |
banking, 234–235 |
Jackson, Andrew, 230 |
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mutual funds, 298 |
January effect, 155–156 |
Labor market, tightness of, 594 |
securities market operations, 306 |
Japan |
Lakonishok, J., 158 |
Inventory investment, 539 |
banking crises, 282–284 |
Large, complex, banking organiza- |
Inverted yield curve, 127 |
banking systems, 252 |
tions (LCBOs), 248 |
Investment banks, 26, 303 |
Bank of Japan, 350 |
Large-denomination time deposits, |
Investments. See also securities; |
Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, 256 |
53, 203 |
stocks |
financial regulation, 40 |
Latin America, banking crises, |
brokers, 26 |
Fuji Bank, 256 |
281–282 |
changes in spending, 563 |
interest rates, 103 |
Law of one price, 439 |
collapse during Great |
internationalization of financial |
LCBOs (large, complex, banking |
Depression, 545 |
markets, 29 |
organizations), 248 |
diversification, 32 |
monetary policy, 628 |
Leeson, Nick, 225 |
effect of stock market fluctua- |
monetary targeting, 497 |
Legislative lag, 651 |
tions, 5 |
negative T-bill rates, 69 |
Lemons problem, 175–180 |
expectations theory, 129–130 |
Jegadeesh, N., 158 |
Lender of last resort, 402 |
expected profitability of, 98 |
Jensen, Michael C., 154 |
Lending, specialization in, 218. See |
fixed, 539 |
Jobs |
also banks; loans |
hot tips, 160 |
effect of dollar value fluctuations, 7 |
Leverage ratio, 265 |
intermediaries, 37 |
unemployment rates, 9. See also |
Liabilities, 24 |
inventory, 539 |
unemployment |
balance sheets, 201–204 |
life insurance, 287–288 |
Junk bonds, 124, 235–236 |
costs, 240–241 |
low Japanese interest rates, 103 |
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Federal Reserve System, 464 |
planned investment spending, |
Kandel, Shumuel, 157 |
management, 208, 212–213 |
536 |
Kane, Edward, 275 |
Life cycles, Gordon growth model, |
Investors, information available to, 39 |
Kansas City Board of Trade, 315 |
143 |
IPO (initial public offering), 303 |
Karjalainen, R., 155 |
Life insurance, 287–288 |
IRAs (individual retirement |
Keogh plans, 294 |
Life insurance companies, 36 |
accounts), 294 |
Keynes, John Maynard, 521 |
Limits of insurance, 292 |
Ireland |
Keynesian approach |
Limits on competition, 40 |
EMS, 474 |
aggregate demand curve, |
Liquidity, 27, 47 |
euro, 49 |
582–587 |
bonds, 96, 125 |
IS curve, 551 |
comparing to Friedman, |
equilibrium in interest rates, |
factors that cause to shift, |
530–532 |
96–97 |
561–564 |
developments in, 524–528 |
expectations theory, 134 |
shifts in, 578–579 |
inflation, 636 |
household liquidity effects, 623 |
I-12 Index |
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Liquidity (continued) |
Long-term bonds. See also bonds |
Marked to market, 318 |
interest rates, 86, 104–117 |
capital market, 27 |
Market equilibrium, federal funds |
management, 208 |
interest rates, 96 |
rate, 395 |
preference analysis, 112–117, |
liquidity premium theory, 133 |
Market fundamentals, 152 |
555 |
rates, 12 |
Market interest rates, money multi- |
services, 31 |
Long-Term Capital Management, |
plier, 380 |
Liquidity preference framework |
300, 427 |
Markets. See also Financial markets |
interest rates, 107–117 |
Long-term debt, 26 |
Black Monday Crash of 1987, |
money markets, 105–107 |
Loophole mining, 237 |
163–164 |
Liquidity preference theory, |
Losses, options, 322 |
capital, 27 |
521–524 |
Louvre Accord, 428 |
debt. See debt |
Liquidity premium theory, 133 |
Lowering interest rates, 117 |
efficient market hypothesis, 149, |
Lloyd’s of London, 290. See also |
Low interest rates, Japan, 103 |
150–152, 153–162 |
insurance companies |
Lucas, Robert, 660 |
equilibrium, 90 |
LM curve, 551, 556, 564–566 |
Lucas critique of policy evaluation, |
Eurodollar, 255 |
shifts in, 579–580 |
659–660 |
exchanges, 27 |
Load mutual funds, 299 |
Luxembourg |
foreign stock market indexes, 30 |
Loanable funds framework, 91–92 |
EMS, 474 |
futures, 311–320 |
Loans, 8, 169. See also banks; finan- |
euro, 49 |
lemons problem, 175–180 |
cial institutions |
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liquidity preference framework, |
commitments, 219 |
M1, 52 |
105–107 |
discount, 203 |
M2, 52, 426 |
money, 27 |
finance companies. See finance |
M3, 53 |
OTC, 27 |
companies |
Maastricht Treaty, 49 |
overreaction, 157 |
fixed-payment, 63, 65 |
Macro hedge, 315 |
price-level effect, 108 |
function of financial markets, |
Malaysia, financial crises, 194–198 |
primary markets, 26 |
23–25 |
Managed float, 473 |
rational expectations, 162–164 |
highly leveraged transaction |
Managed float regime, 462 |
reserves, 393–398 |
loans, 274 |
Management |
secondary markets, 26 |
money supply, 364 |
assets, 208, 211–212 |
securities operations, 302–306 |
moral hazards, 32–33 |
banks, 208–216 |
segmented markets theory, 132 |
profitability, 205 |
capital, 215–216 |
setting security prices, 144–147 |
sales, 223 |
capital adequacy, 213–215 |
stability, 413–414 |
securitization, 237–238 |
credit, 217–220 |
supply and demand, 87–93 |
simple, 62, 63, 64–65 |
insurance, 290. See also insurance |
technical analysis, 155 |
transaction costs, 30 |
companies |
theory of efficient capital mar- |
yield to maturity, 64 |
of interest rate risk, 220–223 |
kets, 149 |
London International Financial |
liabilities, 208, 212–213 |
Martin Jr., William McChesney, |
Futures Exchange, 317 |
liquidity, 208 |
423 |
Long positions, 309 |
Mankiw, N. Gregory, 136 |
MasterCard, 51, 234 |
Long-run aggregate supply curve, |
Mann, Catherine, 618 |
Matched sale-purchase transactions, |
590 |
March 2001 recession, slow recov- |
400 |
Long-run monetary neutrality, |
ery in, 625 |
Maturity |
576 |
Marginal propensity to consume, |
of bonds, 129. See also bonds |
Long-term banking customer rela- |
538 |
dates, 62 |
tionships, 218 |
Margin requirements, 318 |
of debt, 26 |
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Index I-13 |
liquidity premium theory, 133 |
comparison of types, 666–676 |
Quantity Theory of Money: A |
preferred habitat theory, 134 |
Federal Reserve System proce- |
Restatement, The, 528–532 |
Maturity bucket approach, 221 |
dures, 419–428 |
real money balances, 523 |
Mayer, Colin, 31 |
goals of, 411–414 |
reliability of data, 55–56 |
McFadden Act of 1927, 244 |
implications for, 658 |
seignorage, 493 |
Mean reversion, 157 |
inflation, 638–650 |
transaction costs, 29–30 |
Measurability of targets, 418 |
international, 427, 482–483 |
velocity of, 518, 520–521, 582 |
Medium of exchange, 45 |
Lucas critique of policy evalua- |
Money center banks, 212 |
Medium-Term Financial Strategy, 496 |
tion, 659–660 |
Money market deposit accounts |
Meetings, FOMC, 343 |
new classical macroeconomic |
(MMDAs), 202 |
Meiselman, David, 614 |
model, 660–665 |
Money market mutual funds, 37, |
Meltzer, Alan, 480, 622 |
nominal anchor, 509–511 |
52–53, 238–239, 299. See also |
Member banks, Federal Reserve |
Phillips curve, 429–430 |
financial intermediaries |
System, 340, 346 |
rational expectations revolution, |
Money markets, 27 |
Membership in the Federal Reserve |
676–677 |
income effect, 113 |
System, 231 |
responses to changes in, |
liquidity preference framework, |
Mergers, banks, 248 |
566–567 |
105–107 |
Mexico |
selection of targets, 416–419 |
M1, 52 |
financial crises, 194–198 |
stock prices, 146 |
price-level effect, 108 |
role of IMF, 480 |
Taylor rule, 428–430 |
shifts in demand for, 107–108 |
Micro hedge, 315 |
transmission mechanisms, 604, |
Money multiplier, 374 |
MidAmerica Commodity Exchange, |
616–626 |
money supply, 375–378 |
315 |
Monetary theory, 10, 517 |
variables, 378–381 |
Milken, Michael, 236 |
Monetizing the debt, 644 |
Money supply, 8 |
Mishkin, Frederic S., 162, 163, 429, |
Money, 8–13 |
aggregate output, 567 |
452, 624 |
checks, 48–49 |
determinants of, 374, 381–383 |
MMDAs (money market deposit |
commodity money, 48 |
discount loans, 364 |
accounts), 202 |
constant-money-growth-rate rule, |
discount policy, 400403 |
Modern quantity theory of money, |
654 |
excess reserves, 359 |
584 |
creation in foreign countries, 644 |
Federal Reserve balance sheets, |
Modigliani, Franco, 621 |
demand for, 532–533 |
358–359 |
Mondex, 52 |
electronic money (e-money), 51 |
inflation, 11 |
Monetarist evidence, 611–616. See |
evolution of payments system, |
money multiplier, 375–378 |
also Friedman, Milton |
48–51 |
movements in, 384 |
Monetarists, 608 |
Federal Reserve System, 12 |
multiple deposit creation, 357, |
view of inflation, 635 |
flat money, 48 |
365–371 |
Monetary Affairs Division, 343 |
functions of, 45–48 |
process, 357, 383–390 |
Monetary aggregates, 52, 54 |
growth rate, 116 |
required reserves, 359 |
targets, 426 |
inflation, 632–634 |
reserve requirements, 359, |
Monetary base, 358 |
liquidity, 47, 112–117 |
403–408 |
Monetary neutrality, 453 |
management of interest rates, 12 |
unemployment, 453 |
Monetary policy, 12, 51 |
meaning of, 44–45 |
Money theory, 517–520 |
central banks’ conduct, 626–628 |
measuring, 51–55 |
Monitoring |
central bank targets, 414–416 |
modern quantity theory of |
credit risk, 218–219 |
comparing effectiveness to fiscal |
money, 584 |
principal-agent problems, 182 |
policy, 568–574 |
printing, 644 |
Moody’s bond ratings, 123 |
I-14 Index |
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Moral hazards, 32–33, 174–175 |
NCUA (National Credit Union |
Nonborrowed monetary base, |
debt, 180–184 |
Administration), 38, 253 |
381–382 |
influences in debt markets, |
NCUSIF (National Credit Union |
Non-interest bearing checking |
184–188 |
Share Insurance Fund), 40, |
accounts, 202 |
regulations, 262–263 |
253 |
Nonpublic banks, open market pur- |
Morgan, J. P., 231, 251 |
Negative T-bill rates, 69 |
chases from, 360–362 |
Morris, Charles S., 158 |
Negotiable order of withdrawal |
Nontransaction deposits, 203 |
Mortgages. See also federal credit |
(NOW), 202, 425 |
Notional principal, 328 |
agencies; loans |
Net exports, 537 |
NOW (negotiable order of with- |
ARMs (adjustable-rate mort- |
changes in, 563–564 |
drawal), 202, 425 |
gages), 233 |
exchange rate effects on, 618 |
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), |
fixed-rate, 233 |
interest rates, 552–554 |
26, 27, 305 |
structure of financial markets, |
Netherlands |
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25–28 |
EMS, 474 |
Obstfeld, Maurice, 467 |
Multiple deposit creation, 357, |
euro, 49 |
OCC (Office of the Comptroller of |
365–371 |
Net worth, collateral, 180 |
the Currency), 38, 231, 290 |
Multipliers, 542 |
New classical macroeconomic |
OECD (Organization for Electronic |
Muncie, Indiana, 607 |
model, 660–665 |
Cooperation and |
Municipal bond income tax consid- |
New York Futures Exchange, 315 |
Development), 265 |
erations, 125–126 |
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), |
Off-balance-sheet activities, |
Muth, John, 147, 150 |
26, 27, 305 |
223–226, 265 |
Mutual funds, 37, 173, 297–301. |
New Zealand, inflation targeting, |
Office of the Comptroller of the |
See also financial intermedi- |
501–502 |
Currency (OCC), 38, 231, 290 |
aries |
Nikkei 225 Average (Tokyo), 29 |
Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), |
efficient market hypothesis, 153 |
Nokia, 50 |
38, 252, 278 |
money market mutual funds, |
No-load mutual funds, 299 |
Official reserve transaction balance, |
238–239 |
Nominal anchor |
468 |
Mutual savings banks, 34–35. See |
monetary policy, 509–511 |
One-period valuation model, 142 |
also financial intermediaries |
role of, 487–489 |
Open-end mutual funds, 298 |
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Nominal GDP, 20–21 |
Open market |
NAIRU (nonaccelerarting inflation |
Nominal interest rates, 79–82 |
discovery of, 420 |
rate of unemployment), 429, |
Nonaccelerarting inflation rate of |
federal funds rate, 395 |
590 |
unemployment (NAIRU), 590 |
operations, 340, 398–400 |
NASDAQ (National Association of |
Nonactivist policy debate, 650–655 |
purchases form nonpublic banks, |
Securities Dealers), 26, 306 |
Nonactivists, 592 |
360–362 |
National Bank Act of 1863, 231 |
Nonbank finance, 287. See also |
purchases from banks, 360 |
National Credit Union Administration |
financial intermediaries |
sales, 362–364 |
(NCUA), 38, 253 |
finance companies, 296–297 |
Operating targets, 415 |
National Credit Union Share |
government financial intermedia- |
Opportunity cost, 106 |
Insurance Fund (NCUSIF), |
tion, 301–302 |
Optimal forecast, 148 |
40, 253 |
insurance companies, 287–293 |
Options |
Nationwide banking, 245–250 |
mutual funds, 297–301 |
call, 322 |
Natural rate level of output, 575, |
pension funds, 294–296 |
financial derivatives, 320–328 |
590 |
securities market operations, |
hedging, 325–326 |
Natural rate of unemployment, 412, |
302–306 |
premiums, 326 |
590 |
Nonbank loans, 169 |
SEC, 321 |
I-16 Index |
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Productivity, foreign exchange mar- |
Recessions, 9 |
official reserve transaction bal- |
kets, 442 |
rate of money growth, 9–10 |
ance, 468 |
Profitability |
slow recovery in March 2001, |
requirements, 403–408 |
arbitrage, 313 |
625 |
securitization, 238 |
banks, 242 |
Recognition lag, 650 |
sweep accounts, 239–240 |
equilibrium in interest rates, 98 |
Rediscounting, 420 |
Residual claimant, 141 |
loans, 205 |
Redlining, 269 |
Resolution Funding Corporation |
options, 322 |
Reduced-form evidence, 604 |
(RefCorp), 278 |
unexploited profit opportunity, |
RefCorp (Resolution Funding |
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), |
152 |
Corporation), 278 |
278 |
Property and casualty insurance, |
Regulation K, 255 |
Restrictions on assets and activities, |
288–293 |
Regulation Q, 40, 238, 341 |
39–40 |
Prudential supervision, 265 |
Regulations |
Restrictions |
Public pension funds, 295 |
adverse selection, 263 |
on entry, 39 |
Purchase and assumption methods, |
asymmetric information and |
on interest rates, 40–41 |
261 |
banking, 260–271 |
Restrictive covenants, 185 |
Put (sell) options, 327 |
checking accounts, 52 |
Restrictive provisions, insurance |
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consolidation, 264–271 |
companies, 292 |
Quantity of assets, 85–87 |
of financial systems, 37–41, 172 |
Retirement funds, government, 37 |
Quantity of loans demanded, 92 |
increasing information, 177 |
Retirement plans. See pension funds |
Quantity theory of money, 519 |
international banking, 272–273 |
Return on assets (ROA), 214 |
Quantity Theory of Money: A |
life insurance companies, |
Return on equity (ROE), 214 |
Restatement, The, 528–532 |
287–288 |
Returns. See also expected returns |
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moral hazards, 182, 262–263 |
foreign exchange markets, |
Radford, R. A., 46 |
securitization, 237–238 |
443–448, 448–459 |
Ramey, Valerie, 622 |
thrift industry, 252–257 |
interest rates, 75–79 |
Random-walk behavior of stock |
Regulation Z, 269 |
segmented markets theory, 132 |
prices, 154 |
Regulatory arbitrage, 265 |
volatility of, 78 |
Rapid inflation, 633 |
Regulatory forbearance, 275 |
Revaluation, 472 |
Rate of capital gain, 76 |
Reinsurance, 290 |
Reverse causation, 606 |
Rate of return, 75. See also returns |
Relative price levels, 441 |
Ricardian equivalence, 645 |
Ratings, bonds. See bonds |
Repurchase agreements, 52, 400 |
Ricardo, David, 645 |
Rational bubbles, 164 |
Required reserves |
Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and |
Rational expectations |
ratio, 359 |
Branching Efficiency Act of |
evidence on markets, 162–164 |
ration, 204 |
1994, 251 |
theory of, 147–150 |
Research staff, Federal Reserve |
Right axis, 88 |
revolution, 676–677 |
System, 342 |
Risk, 31 |
Rationing credit, 220 |
Reserve currency, 470 |
arbitrage, 313 |
Ratios, money multiplier, 378–381 |
Reserve repo, 400 |
assets, 85–87. See also assets |
Reagan, Ronald, 276, 348, 675–676 |
Reserve requirements, 422 |
bonds, 96 |
Real bills doctrine, 420 |
Reserves, 204 |
credit, 208 |
Real business cycle theory, 596, 616 |
federal funds rate, 397 |
determining desired level of, 79 |
Real GDP, 21, 583 |
international, 462 |
equilibrium in interest rates, 96 |
Real interest rates, 79–82 |
liquidity management, 208 |
hedging foreign exchange, 319 |
Real money balances, 523 |
markets, 393–398 |
interest rates, 78, 86, 208 |
Real terms, aggregate output, 575 |
money supply, 359 |
management of credit, 217–220 |
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Index I-17 |
management of interest rates, |
Schoenholtz, Kermit L., 136 |
Sell (put) options, 327 |
220–223 |
Schwartz, Anna, 387, 608 |
Semistrong-form efficiency, 155 |
moral hazards, 33, 186. See also |
Screening, 217, 291 |
Separation of commercial banking |
moral hazards |
SDRs (special drawing rights), 474 |
and securities industry, 39–40 |
premiums, 121, 123 |
Sears Roebuck Acceptance |
September 11, 2001 |
Risk-based premiums, 291–292 |
Corporation, 297 |
property and casualty insurance, |
Risk structure of interest rates, |
Seasoned issues, 303 |
290 |
120–127 |
Secondary credit, 402 |
reserve requirements, 404 |
ROA (return on assets), 214 |
Secondary markets, 26 |
effect on stock market, 146–147 |
ROE (return on equity), 214 |
Secondary reserves, 204 |
Settlement price, futures, 318 |
Roll, Richard, 154, 157 |
Second Bank of the United States, |
Shearson, Loeb, Rhodes, 305 |
Romania, inflation rates, 11 |
230 |
Shifts in demand curves, 94 |
Romer, Christina, 615 |
SEC (Securities and Exchange |
Shiller, Robert J., 136, 157 |
Romer, David, 615 |
Commission), 38, 39, 303, |
Short positions, 309 |
Royal Bank of Canada, 235 |
321 |
Short-run output, 668 |
RTC (Resolution Trust Corporation), |
Secured debt, 172 |
Short-term debt, 26 |
278 |
Securities, 3, 24 |
Short-term interest rates, 136 |
Russia |
bank holdings, 204–205 |
Siebert, Horst, 498 |
banking crises, 282 |
brokers, 26 |
Simple deposit multiplier, 369 |
hyperinflation, 413 |
capital market, 27 |
Simple interest rates, 62. See also |
inflation rates, 11 |
dealers, 26 |
interest rates |
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efficient market hypothesis, |
Simple loans, 62, 63, 64–65 |
SAIF (Savings Association Insurance |
150–152 |
Simple model, multiple deposit cre- |
Fund), 278 |
hot tips, 160 |
ation, 371 |
Sales |
importance of financial interme- |
Slow recovery in March 2001 reces- |
of information, 176–177 |
diaries, 31 |
sion, 625 |
loans, 223 |
lemons problem, 175–180 |
S&Ls (savings and loan associa- |
Sales finance companies, 297 |
market operations, 302–306 |
tions), 34–35, 252, 275. See |
Sargent, Thomas, 660 |
mutual funds, 297. See also |
also financial intermediaries |
Savings accounts, 205 |
mutual funds |
FSLIC, 275 |
Savings and loan associations |
separation from commercial |
political economy of, 276–278 |
(S&Ls), 34–35, 252. See also |
banks, 39–40 |
Small-denomination time deposits, |
financial intermediaries |
setting prices, 144–147 |
52 |
FSLIC, 275 |
Treasury, 127 |
Small-firm effect, 156 |
political economy of, 276–278 |
underwriting, 26 |
Smart cards, 51. See also payments |
Savings Association Insurance Fund |
Securities Amendment Act of 1975, |
systems |
(SAIF), 40, 278 |
306 |
Social Security, 295, 296 |
Savings deposits, M1, 52 |
Securities and Exchange |
Sources of funds, 201 |
Scales, economies of, 30 |
Commission (SEC), 38, 39, |
South Korea, financial crises, |
Scandals |
303, 321 |
194–198 |
agent problem, 225 |
Securitization, 237–238 |
Spain |
slow recoveries in, 625 |
Security of electronic payment sys- |
EMS, 474 |
effect on stock market, 146–147 |
tems, 52 |
euro, 49 |
Scandinavia |
Segmented markets theory, 132 |
Special drawing rights (SDRs), 474 |
banking crises, 280–281 |
Seignorage, 493 |
Specialists, dealer-brokers, 306 |
electronic payment systems, 50 |
Self-correcting mechanism, 591 |
Specialization in lending, 218 |
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Transactions |
United Kingdom |
Venture capital firms, 182, 183 |
adverse selection and moral haz- |
Bank of England, 349–350 |
Vertical axes, 88 |
ards, 174–175 |
EMS, 474 |
Virtual banks, 236. See also banks; |
costs, 173–174 |
gold standard, 469 |
electronic banking |
evolution of payments system, |
inflation, 11, 502–506 |
Visa, 51, 234 |
48–51 |
United States |
Volatile exchange rates, 455 |
forward, 436 |
electronic payment systems, 50 |
Volatility of bond returns, 78 |
highly leveraged transaction |
financial crises in, 191–192 |
Volcker, Paul, 425, 430, 655 |
loans, 274 |
financial regulation, 40–41 |
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Keynesian approach, develop- |
foreign banks in, 256 |
Wage push, 594 |
ments in, 524–528 |
inflation rates, 11 |
Wage-setting processes, 653 |
matched sale-purchase, 400 |
nationwide banking, 245–250 |
Wall Street Journal, 72, 142 |
movement of, 521 |
1980s banking crisis, 273–276 |
“Credit Markets” column, |
nontransaction deposits, 203 |
structure of commercial banking |
103–104 |
official reserve transaction bal- |
industry, 243–245 |
Currency Trading, 458 |
ance, 468 |
TIPS, 82 |
Forecasting Survey for 2003, |
spot, 436 |
Unit of accounts, 46 |
111–112 |
Transmission mechanisms, 604, |
Universal banking, 251 |
foreign exchange rates, 437 |
616–626 |
Universal life insurance, 288 |
futures, 312 |
TRAPS (Trading Room Automated |
Unsecured debt, 172 |
options, 321, 326 |
Processing), 399 |
Unsterilized foreign exchange inter- |
stock prices, 159 |
Traveler’s checks, 52 |
vention, 464 |
underwriters, 303 |
Travelers Group, 305 |
U.S. Government bond yield curve, |
War of 1812, 230 |
Treasury bonds, 12 |
138 |
Weak-form efficiency, 155 |
Bush tax cut of 2001, 127 |
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Wealth, 45. See also money |
income tax considerations, |
Valuation |
effects of, 620–621 |
125–126 |
devaluation, 472 |
equilibrium in interest rates, 95 |
yield curve, 127–128 |
generalized dividend valuation |
interest rates, 86 |
Treasury deposits, 365 |
model, 143 |
Wells Fargo, 235 |
Treasury Inflation Protection |
Gordon growth model, 143 |
White, H., 155 |
Securities (TIPS), 82 |
one-period valuation model, 142. |
Whole life insurance, 288 |
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See also common stock |
World Bank, 470 |
Unanticipated price level channel, |
revaluation, 472 |
World War I, hyperinflation after, 47 |
623 |
Value Line Survey, 157 |
World War II, 422–423 |
Uncertainty, increases in, 189 |
Values |
World Wide Web (WWW), 247. See |
Underfunded pension plans, 294 |
face, 63 |
also electronic banking; infor- |
Underwriters, 303 |
money. See money |
mation technology; Internet |
Underwriting securities, 26 |
par, 63 |
banking |
Unemployment |
present value, 61–62 |
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aggregate output, 583 |
store of, 47 |
Yield |
money supply, 453 |
Vanguard Group, 79 |
current, 70–75 |
NAIRU, 429, 590 |
Variable life insurance, 288 |
discounts, 71 |
natural rate of, 412, 590 |
Variables, 378–381 |
returns. See returns |
rates, 9, 411, 583 |
Vault cash, 204 |
Yield curves, 127 |
responses to, 650 |
Velocity of money, 518, 520–521, |
1980-2003, 137–138 |
Unexploited profit opportunity, 152 |
582 |
liquidity premiums, 135 |
I-20 Index |
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Yield curves (continued) |
Zero-coupon bonds. See discount |
Zombie S&Ls, 275–276. See also |
short-term interest rates, 136 |
bonds |
S&Ls |
U.S. Government bonds, 138 |
Zero impact, expanded-inflation |
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Yield to maturity, 64 |
effect, 113–114 |
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