ABSTRACT

First Published in 1995. In the present volume the statistical material, which is set out in detail in the Appendices, provides the basis for a historical survey of the period from 1858 to 1914, the Antonine age of Bank rate.

chapter I|39 pages

Chapter I The Origins of the Tradition

chapter II|37 pages

Chapter II Bank Rate and Gold, 1858–1914

chapter V|21 pages

Chapter V Bank Rate and Consols

chapter VIII|17 pages

Chapter VIII Later References to the Tradition

chapter IX|40 pages

Chapter IX Past and Future

Functioning of Changes in Bank Rate