London Discount Market
Details:
- Author(s) Scammell, W M
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1968
- Pages 269pp
- Publisher Elek Books
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Capital and money markets, etc
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Much on the historical development of the discount market and as much on its current (1960s) structure and processes; little on individual businesses. Has chapters: Part 1: 'The bill of exchange'; 'Theory of the centralised banking system'; 'Day to day working of the discount market'; Part 2: 'The early nineteenth century'; 'The later nineteenth century, 1850-1914'; 'World War I and its aftermath, 1914-39'; 'World War II and after'. Touches on, inter alia, Overend Gurney