Chapter One Money and Monetary Systems 1
1 Money and Economy 1
2 Functions of Money 3
3 The Meaning and Types of Money 8
4 Monetary Systems 13
Summary 18
Chapter Two Credit and Financial Instruments 22
1 Survey of Credit 22
2 Forms of Credit 25
3 Financial Instruments 32
Summary 41
Chapter Three Financial Markets 44
1 Financial Markets and Elements of Financial Markets 44
2 Functions and Classification of Financial Markets 45
3 Money Markets 48
4 Capital Markets 54
Summary 60
Chapter Four Interest Rates 63
1 Interest and Interest Rates 63
2 Determination of Interest Rates and Roles of Interest Rates 69
3 System of Interest Rate Regulation 74
4 Interest Rate Theories 77
Summary 86
Chapter Five Financial Institutions 88
1 Classification of Financial Intermediaries 88
2 China's Financial Institutions 95
3 Financial Institutions in Major Developed Countries 102
Summary 104
Chapter Six Commercial Banks and Their Businesses 109
1 Emergence and Development of Commercial Banks 109
2 Types and Structure of Commercial Banks 110
3 Businesses of Commercial Banks 112
4 Risks and Risk Management of Commercial Banks 125
5 Commercial Bank Management 128
Summary 133
Chapter Seven The Central Bank 137
1 Overview of Central Banks 137
2 Functions and Businesses of a Central Bank 142
3 Financial Supervision by the Central Bank 148
Summary 154
Chapter Eight Money Demand and Money Supply 159
1 Money Demand 159
2 Theories of Money Demand 161
3 Money Supply 170
4 Theories of Money Supply 182
Summary 184
Chapter Nine Inflation and Deflation 187
1 Overview of Inflation 187
2 Effects of Inflation 195
3 Counter-Measures of Inflation 200
4 Deflation 203
Summary 209
Chapter Ten Monetary Policy 211
1 Targets of Monetary Policy 211
2 Monetary Policy Instruments of the Central Bank 214
3 Transmission Mechanism and Intermediate Targets of Monetary Policy 218
4 Potency of Monetary Policy 225
5 Practice of China's Monetary Policy 229
Summary 234
Chapter Eleven Finance and Economic Development 236
1 Financial Deepening and Economic Development 236
2 Financial Innovation 243
Summary 251
References 253