Professional Documents
Culture Documents
List of Illustrations ix
List of Tables xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xix
A Brief Introduction to the Financial Markets xxi
About the Author xxxiii
PART ONE
Central Banks
CHAPTER 1
An Overview of Central Banks 3
CHAPTER 2
Bank of England 15
CHAPTER 3
European Union and the European Central Bank 34
CHAPTER 4
Bank of Japan 54
CHAPTER 5
Bank of Canada 67
CHAPTER 6
Reserve Bank of Australia 81
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viii CONTENTS
CHAPTER 7
People’s Bank of China 92
PART TWO
Economic Indicators
CHAPTER 8
An Overview of International Economic Indicators 99
CHAPTER 9
European Indicators: Eurostat and National Statistics 132
CHAPTER 10
UK Indicators 179
CHAPTER 11
Japanese Indicators 201
CHAPTER 12
Canadian Indicators 220
CHAPTER 13
Australian Indicators 236
CHAPTER 14
Chinese Indicators 250
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