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====Pensions==== | ====Pensions==== | ||
===The central banks=== | |||
====The Federal Reserve System==== | |||
====The European Central Bank==== | |||
====The Bank of England==== | |||
====Other central banks==== | |||
===The financial markets=== | ===The financial markets=== | ||
====The stock exchanges==== | ====The stock exchanges==== | ||
=====The New York Stock Exchange===== | |||
=====The London Stock Exchange===== | |||
=====Other stock exchanges===== | |||
====The bond market==== | ====The bond market==== | ||
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===International institutions=== | ===International institutions=== | ||
====The International Monetary Fund==== | |||
====The World Bank==== | |||
====The Bank For International Settlements==== | |||
==Theoretical developments== | ==Theoretical developments== | ||
===Financial economics=== | |||
===International economics=== | |||
===Risk Management=== | |||
===Systems analysis=== | |||
==Financial crises== | ==Financial crises== | ||
===The crash of 1929=== | |||
===The crash of 2008=== | |||
===Other major crises=== | |||
==Future prospects== | |||
Revision as of 02:38, 7 November 2008
The financial system is an essential component of the economies of the industrialised countries. It is an international complex interactive system, events in one component of which, in one of the industrialised country, can have significant repercussions elsewhere. Malfunctioning of the international financial system, such as occurred as a result of the banking crash of 2008 can damage much of the world's economy, as happened in the recession of 2008. The following article is intended mainly as a gateway to articles on components and aspects of the system.