A History of Interest Rates 4th Edition by Sidney Homer

A History of Interest Rates 4th Edition, by Sidney Homer and Richard Sylla presents a readable account of interest rate tendencies and lending practices spanning over 4 millennia of economic history. Full of in-depth insights and illustrative charts and tables, this distinctive resource provides a broad perspective on rate of interest actions-from which financial professionals can evaluate up to date rate of interest and financial developments-and applies analytical tools, corresponding to yield-curve averaging and decennial averaging, to the info available.

This book affords a highly detailed evaluation of money markets and borrowing practices in main economies. It places the rates and corresponding credit forms in context by summarizing the political and economic events and financial customs of particular times and places, including Ancient Times: Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome, Medieval Times and Renaissance Europe: Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and Modern Europe and North America to 1900: England, France, and other European countries, as well as the United States.

Much has transpired in the financial world since the last edition of this text was published. New credit instruments have been introduced, the volume of outstanding fixed-income obligations has exploded, and capital now moves across the globe quicker than ever before. To help you stay as current as possible, this revised and updated Fourth Edition contains a new chapter of contemporary material as well as added discussions of interest rate developments over the past ten years.

Interest rates in the twenty-first century are as much a subject of political and economic controversy as they were in antiquity. Today, they even provide a trail of clues into a nation's economic, political, and financial market health. With A History of Interest Rates, Fourth Edition as your guide, you'll discover just how important interest rates have always been and how you can take advantage of the information embedded within them.

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