The economy of capital, or Gold and trade. Amended edW. Blackwood and Sons, 1865 - 456 páginas |
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The Economy of Capital, Or Gold and Trade. Amended Ed Robert Hogarth Patterson Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Act of Parliament amount of gold Bank Act Bank of England Bank of France bank-notes Bank-rate Bank's Banking department banks of issue bills bullion capital cause cent charge cheque circulation civilisation commercial classes contract cotton crisis currency demand depositors deposits depreciation Directors discount-houses drain of gold effect equal amount established exchange export extent fact firms foreign Government high rates increase interest Issue department joint-stock banks legal tender liabilities loanable loans Lord Overstone loss markets means ment merchants millions of gold millions sterling monetary crises monopoly note-circulation note-issues notes occasioned operations ordinary panic paper-money payment Peel portion precious metals present private banks produce profits purchase raising its rate rate of discount requirements Scotch banks Scotland securities sell seven millions silver simply Sir Robert Peel specie stock of gold supply suspended Threadneedle Street tion trade value of money variations wealth
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