ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1979, Inside the City looks at The City of London as one of the important financial centres in the world. The book provides an interesting insight into the City as a major centre of international banking, asking key questions such as, how long the city can last as a major centre, how do its services compare with other centres, and what it can do to maintain its present position? The book examines how the great network of markets and institutions that make up the City operated when the book was written, providing key chapters on the Stock Exchange, institutional and private investors, the banking world, including foreign and merchant banks, the commodity and money markets, Euromarkets, Sterling and insurance. This book will be of interest to those studying or researching in the field of economics and finance.

chapter 1|6 pages

What is the City?

chapter 2|25 pages

The Banks: A Vast Supermarket?

chapter 3|18 pages

The Banks: Enough Help for Industry?

chapter 4|21 pages

Insurance: World's Biggest Risks?

chapter 5|21 pages

The Stock Exchange: Still Necessary?

chapter 6|15 pages

Private Investors: A Vanishing Race?

chapter 7|18 pages

Investing Institutions: Too Much Power?

chapter 8|13 pages

Money Markets: A Billion a Day?

chapter 9|15 pages

The Government: Does the City Help?

chapter 10|12 pages

Commodities: Who Are the Speculators?

chapter 11|9 pages

Ships and Planes: The World's Charterer?

chapter 12|17 pages

Foreign Exchange: Where Are The Gnomes?

chapter 13|14 pages

Sterling: How Important?

chapter 14|16 pages

Euromarkets: No Controls?

chapter 15|19 pages

Who Controls the City?

chapter 16|19 pages

Survival: Challenge from New York?

chapter 17|14 pages

The City in the 1980s: What Lies Ahead?