THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM : Purposes and Functions (5th Edition; Fiftieth Anniversary Edition 1913 - 1963)

Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. lllustrated soft cover/NF w/a whisper of a glass imprint on front. This Fifth Edition commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Federal Reserve Act by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913. In line with the First Edition of 1939, this volume seeks to make public the machinery behind the credit and monetary system of the United States; this volume, additionally, includes chapters on the organization structure for policy-making, the open market policy, and balance of payments, and other changes. 18 chapters: I, Function of the Federal Reserve System; II, Structure of the Federal Reserve System; III, Instruments of Monetary Regulation; IV, Function of Bank Reserves; V, The Credit Market; VI, Interest Rates; VII, Influence of Reserve Banking on Economic Stability; VIII, Balance of Payments; IX, Relation of Reserve Banking to Gold; X, Relation of Reserve Banking to Currency; XI, Balance Shee of the Federal Reserve Banks; XII, The Bank Reserve Equation; XIII, Short-Term Changes in Bank Reserves; XIV, Organization for Monetary Policy; XV, The Open Market Policy Process; XVI, Supervisory Functions of the Federal Reserve; and, XVII, Service Functions followed by a select list of Federal Reserve publications. Fine copy. …