Hong Kong's money : the history, logic and operation of the currency peg /
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| Author / Creator: | Latter, Tony. |
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| Imprint: | Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2007. |
| Description: | 155 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7180668 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Overview
- 1. Introduction
- 2. A Snapshot of the Present System
- Part II. Alternative Frameworks for Monetary Policy
- 3. The Mainstream Model
- 4. The Currency Board Alternative
- Part III. Historical Background
- 5. How China Came to Abandon the Silver Standard in 1935
- 6. Evolution of Hong Kong Monetary Policy, to 1935
- 7. Evolution of Hong Kong Monetary Policy, 1945-83
- Part IV. Hong Kong's Currency Board Since 1983
- 8. Mechanisms and Milestones
- 9. Hong Kong's Monetary Management in Practice
- Part V. Institutional Structure
- 10. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority
- 11. The Exchange Fund
- Part VI. Assessment
- 12. Performance of the Currency Board
- 13. A Brief Look at Economic Performance under the Currency Board
- Annexes
- Annex A. Legal Basis
- Annex B. Letters from the Financial Secretary to the Monetary Authority, 25 June 2003
- Annex C. Deposit Creation
- Annex D. Sterilised Versus Unsterilised Intervention
- Annex E. Examples of Sterilised Foreign Exchange Transactions Involving the Exchange Fund
- Annex F. Special Features of the Initial Note-Issuing Arrangements in 1983
- Annex G. Chronology of Significant Administrative Measures Since 1983
- Notes
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Index