LEADER 00000cam a2200637Ka 4500 001 ocn728123609 003 OCoLC 005 20190405013531.9 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 110602s2010 enka ob 001 0 eng d 019 741452017|a816841952|a819630330 020 9781139077576|q(electronic book) 020 1139077570|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780521192828 020 |z052119282X 035 (OCoLC)728123609|z(OCoLC)741452017|z(OCoLC)816841952 |z(OCoLC)819630330 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dE7B|dCDX|dOCLCQ|dREDDC|dOCLCQ|dYDXCP |dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dIDEBK|dAUD|dOCLCQ 043 e-uk--- 049 RIDW 050 4 HG2994|b.C37 2010eb 072 7 BUS|x004000|2bisacsh 082 04 332.1/10941|222 090 HG2994|b.C37 2010eb 100 1 Capie, Forrest.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n83063385 245 14 The Bank of England :|b1950s to 1979 /|cForrest Capie. 264 1 Cambridge ;|aNew York :|bCambridge University Press, |c2010. 300 1 online resource (xxviii, 890 pages) :|billustrations. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Studies in macroeconomic history 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 835-852) and index. 505 0 The Bank in the 1950s -- The monetary setting and the Bank -- The Bank's external responsibilities to 1964 -- From crisis to 'crucifixion' -- Domestic monetary policy after Radcliffe -- Other activities and performance -- Sterling from devaluation to Smithsonian -- The road to competition and credit control -- Competition and credit control -- The secondary banking crisis -- Banking supervision -- Monetary targets and monetary control -- The Bank and sterling in the 1970s -- The Bank's freedom to operate. 520 "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 characterized 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"--|cProvided by publisher. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 610 20 Bank of England|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n80020301|xHistory.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh99005024 610 27 Bank of England.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 541481 650 0 Banks and banking, Central|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities /subjects/sh85011647|zGreat Britain|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n79023147-781|xHistory.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 650 7 Banks and banking, Central.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org /fast/827036 651 7 Great Britain.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204623 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aCapie, Forrest.|tBank of England.|dNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2010|z9780521192828 |w(DLC) 2010014624|w(OCoLC)502037191 830 0 Studies in macroeconomic history.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n99047820 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=366097|zOnline eBook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this eBook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20190507|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW 4-5-19 7552 |lridw 994 92|bRID