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1．INTRODUCTORY 1

Ⅰ．The Supply of Money and the Price Level 1

Ⅱ．The Sources of Money Supplies 8

Ⅲ．The Process of Creation of Money 11

2．COMMERCIAL BANKING 19

Ⅰ．Structural Questions 19

Ⅱ．The Bankers＇ Clearing House 26

Ⅲ．The General Control of Banks over Deposits 29

3．THE DISCOUNT MARKET 42

Ⅰ．The Bill of Exchange 42

Ⅱ．The Structure of the Discount Market and its Traditional Functions 44

Ⅲ．The Treasury Bill 52

Ⅳ．Short Bonds，and the Present Position of the Discount Market 56

Ⅴ．The New York Money Market 63

4．CENTRAL BANKING－CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS 68

Ⅰ．General Considerations 68

Ⅱ．The Bank of England 71

Ⅲ．The American and other Central Banks 77

5．THE BUSINESS OF CENTRAL BANKS 83

Ⅰ．The Nature of Central Banking 83

Ⅱ．The Bank of England＇s Weekly Return 84

Ⅲ．The Bank of England as a Source of Cash 91

Ⅳ．The Regulation of the Note Issue 101

Ⅴ．The Bank of England as Lender of Last Resort 108

Ⅵ．The Bank of England＇s Initiative in Regulating Cash 119

Ⅶ．Central Banking in the United States 124

Ⅷ．The Central Bank as Banker to the State and to Others 131

6．EXTERNAL TRANSACTIONS AND THE BANKING SYSTEM 139

Ⅰ．External Payments and Receipts 139

Ⅱ．The Sterling Area 143

Ⅲ．A Classification of Transactions outside the Sterling Area 154

Ⅳ．The Redistribution of London Balances 159

Ⅴ．Exchange Equalization Account Transactions 169

Ⅵ．The Impact of ＇Marshall Aid＇ Dollars 176

Ⅶ．Conclusion 179

7．THE RATE OF INTEREST，THE SUPPLY OF LOANABLE FUNDS，AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY 181

Ⅰ．Short-term Rates of Interest and the Holding of Goods 181

Ⅱ．The Connexion between Short-term Rates and Long-term Interest Rates 184

Ⅲ．Long-term Rates of Interest，the Availability of Capital Funds，and Investments in Fixed Capital 191

8．CHEAP MONEY，1946-7：A STUDY IN THE MECHANICS OF MONETARY POLICY 203

Ⅰ．The Occasion of Official Intervention 203

Ⅱ．The Mechanism of Support 208

Ⅲ．The Failure of Intervention 216

9．COMMERCIAL BANK ASSETS AND EARNING CAPACITY 221

Ⅰ．Economic Significance of the Distribution of Assets 221

Ⅱ．The ＇Liquidity＇ of Bankers＇ Assets 222

Ⅲ．The Attractions of Self-liquidating Paper 228

Ⅳ．Some International Comparisons 232

Ⅴ．Secular Contraction of the Demand for Bank Loans 240

Ⅵ．The Problem of Earning Capacity 245

10．THE DISTRIBUTION OF DEPOSITS 252

Ⅰ．The Classification of Deposits 252

Ⅱ．The Proportion of Cash Deposits to Savings Deposits 254

Ⅲ．Deposits Classification and Legal Cash Ratios 260

11．QUALITATIVE CREDIT CONTROL 265

Ⅰ．The Historical Background 265

Ⅱ．American Regulation of Borrowing for Stock Market Speculation 268

Ⅲ．The Regulation of Consumer Credit 273

Ⅳ．Conclusion 275

12．BANKING IN THE NEW COUNTRIES 277

Ⅰ．The Significant Peculiarities of Newer Banking Systems 277

Ⅱ．Central Banking in the Absence of a Short Money Market 280

Ⅲ．Central Banking in a Primitive Banking System 292

13．SOME REFLECTIONS FOR THE MONETARY THEORIST 298

APPENDIX Ⅰ．THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 309

APPENDIX Ⅱ．THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 317

APPENDIX Ⅲ．THE ALLEGED ABSORPTION OF MONEY BY THE STOCK MARKETS 321

APPENDIX Ⅳ．THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRITISH MONETARY POLICY，1951 324

INDEX 335