TY - BOOK AU - Deane,Marjorie AU - Pringle,Robert TI - The central banks SN - 0670848239 AV - HG1811 .D423 1994 U1 - 332.1/1 20 PY - 1995/// CY - New York, N.Y., U.S.A. PB - Viking KW - Banks and banking, Central KW - Centrale banken KW - gtt N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-359) and index; A huddle of central bankers -- The widening domain -- How it all began -- Making a name for themselves -- Reign of the rulebook -- Currency boards and their legacy -- Changing fortunes in the 1980s -- The business of central banking -- Monetary policy in practice -- The nightmare of supervision -- How central banks manage reserves -- The safety net -- The dilemma of exchange rates -- The muscle of the federal reserve -- Europe's foursome -- The bank of Japan--a rising star -- Anchors for smaller countries -- Their very own BIS -- The new central banks of the former Soviet Union -- Of markets and men -- Survival of the fittest -- Europe points the way -- A new mandate UR - http://www.archive.org/details/centralbanks00dean UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1098312M ER -