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Banking (II) — The Role of the Central Bank

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We shall begin by looking briefly at the historic background of four major central banks — those of UK, US, France and Germany, following the chronological order of their foundation.

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Valdez, S. (1993). Banking (II) — The Role of the Central Bank. In: An Introduction to Western Financial Markets. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22961-1_3

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