TY - BOOK AU - Porter,Richard C. TI - Liquidity and lending: the volume of bank credit in Pakistan AV - HC440.5.A1HG1642.P3 P34a no. 10 U1 - 332.7'09549 PY - 1963/// CY - Karachi PB - Institute of Development Economics KW - Bank loans KW - Credit KW - Bank liquidity KW - Pakistan N1 - Bibliographical footnotes N2 - This book is a study of the determinants of volume of bank credit in Pakistan. It is undertaken with three purposes. The first, and most important, is the need for this knowledge in order to formulate monetary policy. The second is to provide a description and analysis of the Pakistan banking system with respect to the volume of credit it creates. The third is to suggest an alternative method of analysis of bank credit and monetary policy to that usually employed, especially in underdeveloped countries, in which almost no emphasis is given to the positions and policies of the commercial banks ER -