TY - BOOK AU - Molyneux, Philip. AU - Goacher, David J. ED - IFS School of Finance TI - The monetary and financial system SN - 1845160606 U1 - 332.0941 PY - 2005/// CY - Canterbury PB - IFS, Institute of Financial Services, School of Finance KW - Financial institutions KW - Monetary policy KW - Economics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The text helps understand the role and functions of major financial institutions and markets. It expands upon the nature and functions of the major cash and derivative market financial instruments; the domestic and international regulatory environment in which financial institutions operate; the implications for the financial services industry of the conduct of monetary policy and the major economic and other factors influencing the determination of interest rates and exchange rates ER -