TY - BOOK AU - Mishkin,Frederic S. AU - Eakins,Stanley G. TI - Financial markets and institutions SN - 0321374215 (hbk.) U1 - 332.10973 PY - 2009/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson KW - Financial institutions KW - United States KW - Money KW - Money market KW - Banks and banking N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Why study financial markets? -- Debt markets and interest rates -- The stock market -- The foreign exchange market -- Why study financial institutions? -- Central banks and the conduct of monetary policy -- Structure of the financial system -- Banks and other financial institutions -- Financial innovation -- Managing risk in financial institutions -- Applied managerial perspective -- How we will study financial markets and institutions -- Exploring the web -- Collecting and graphing data -- Web exercise -- Concluding remarks ER -