Central banking in the british dominions / by A. F. W. Plumptre.

Preface, vii --
Introduction, 3 --
Part I. The Central Banks in Their capital markets, 45 --
Chapter I. The capital market and the reserve bank of south Africa, 45 --
Chapter II. The capital market and the commonwealth bank of Australia, 71 --
Chapter III. The capital market and the reserve bank of New Zealand, 102 --
Chapter IV. The capital market and the bank of Canada, 123 --
Chapter V. The central banks in their capital markets: conclusion, 152 --
Part II. Formative influences, 159 --
Chapter VI. Influences at home, 159 --
Chapter VII. English influence and imperial co-operation, 183 --
Part III. Objects and Operations: Internal, 205 --
Chapter VIII. The influence of interest rates and credit policies, 205 --
Chapter IX. Open market operations, 230 --
Chapter X. Legal minimum reserves, fixed and variable, 262 --
Chapter XI. Bank rate: central bank lending and rediscounting, 279 --
Chapter XII. Interest contracts and published rates, 294 --
Chapter XIII. Treasury bills, 314 --
Part IV. Objects and operations: International, 335 --
Chapter XIV. Foreign exchange rates and international payments, 335 --
Chapter XV. The volume of money incomes and the distribution of outlays, 365 --
Chapter XVI. Cyclical movements with fixed ex-changes, 367 --
Chapter XVII. Variable or fixed exchange rates?, 382 --
Chapter XVIII. Recent behaviour of international payments and exchange rates in south Africa and Canada, 394 --
Chapter XIX. Objects and operations; conclusion, 422 --
Appendix, 429 --
Index, 451.