Banking

A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Due to the importance of banks in the financial stability and the economy of a country, most jurisdictions exercise a high degree of regulation over banks. Most countries have institutionalized a system known as fractional reserve banking, under which banks hold liquid assets equal to only a portion of their current liabilities. In addition to other regulations intended to ensure liquidity, banks are generally subject …

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The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of documents concerning the restitution of Czechoslovak gold and the settlement of British claims against Czechoslovakia. Subjects discussed in the file include the signature of an agreement for …


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

meeting:- \J [j*\ i. the international and banking implications of the Falklands/Argentina affair;


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the economic situation in Yugoslavia. The documents cover assessments of Yugoslav debt; the prospects for an extension of credit or the rescheduling of …

as the uncooperative attitude of the :Jestern banking community, especially the U.S. _He contrasted revenues are insufficient . arrears are rising and banking confidence has been undermined. AUSTERITY MEASURES serious. Yugoslavia's decentralized economic and banking system would require that a general rescheduling in brackets: " (There was a loss of short-term banking funds of $622 mn during January-September 1982 understated the gravity of the situation. International banking confidence is already very weak. Short term funds


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of correspondence concerning a visit to Britain by the governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia, Radovan Maki?. The documents cover the arrangements for the visit; and details …




The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

SUCH~XCT 1 ON WOULD" BE VERY COSTLY FOR THE GERMAN BANKING SYSTEM IN P A R T I C U L A R . I CONFIDENTIAL OTHER SIDE, THE EFFECTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM WOULD BE UNPREDICTABLE, AND PROBABLY VERY


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

berations of the Polish debacle, Romania's own dubious banking practices, and its inability to service its debt


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 French

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the economic situation in Yugoslavia. The documents cover a meeting of American, British, French, West German, and Italian representatives in Paris to discuss …

WAS THE FINANCING G A P . THE MAIN ELEMENT WAS BANKING CONFIDENCE. M O R E THAN A QUICK-FIX WAS NEEDED COORDINATE TRANSACTIONS EY THE CPUHTTST^S-JRLILJLONAI BANKING I N S T I T U T I O N S . THE ABILITY OF THE CURRENT MUCH DEPFNDS • UPON TH~ INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKING COMMUNITY, CVER WHICH WE HAVE SOME INFLUENCE BUT WAS THE FINANCING GAP. THE MAIN ELEMENT WAS BANKING C O N F I D E N C E . MORE THAN A QUICK-FIX WAS


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of documents concerning the restitution of Czechoslovak gold and the settlement of British claims against Czechoslovakia. Subjects discussed in the file include the successful repatriation of Czechoslovak gold …

arrangements and negotiations tfhich our own Banking experts were convinced would have been setter


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