The City 1
1 The Bank of England 1
Contents 1
2 The clearing banks 10
3 Merchant banks and discount houses 16
4 International business 20
5 Stocks and shares 25
6 Investors 29
7 The Stock Exchange 33
8 Insurance 37
9 Lloyd's of London 42
10 Commodity markets 47
11 The City today 52
Monday 19th March 2025 54
The Common Market 54
Part 1 The Past 57
1 Beginnings 58
2 The Treaty of Rome 65
3 How the Common Market works 69
Part 2 The Present 75
4 Farming and Food 76
5 Rich region，poor region 85
6 Europe and the rest of the world 89
Part 3 The Future 93
7 Unity or co-operation？ 94
8 Britain and the EEC 99
Key to the Exercises 104