The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco : A Study in American Central Banking / Parker B. Willis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willis, Parker B., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1937]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A study of the banking development in the Twelfth Federal Reserve District and the influence of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank on the banking structure of the area. Specifically reviews the policies of the bank in regards to stimulating economic development, aiding the formation of capital and money markets, and policy-making independence. Also analyzes the effects of local and national problems on the Reserve system and commercial bank operations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Tables

Charts

I. Central Banking - Its General Relationship to the Pacific Coast

II. Banking in California

III. The Beginnings of Financial Organization

IV. Establishment of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

V. Operations of the Twelfth Bank

VI. Bankers' Acceptances and Bankers' Balances in the Twelfth District

VII. Twelfth District Relations with the Reserve System

VIII. Twelfth District Relations with the World - Foreign Trade

IX. The Twelfth District in Review

Appendix A. Manufactures for States and Territories, 1860-1910

Appendix B. Principal Securities Listed on the San Francisco Stock Exchange Board, 1907

Appendix C. By-Laws, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89380-9

OCLC:

1100440042