本書為培養(yǎng)既精通現(xiàn)代金融知識，又能運用英語從事金融業(yè)務(wù)的復(fù)合型人才而編寫。
全書正文共五部分，分為十三章。第一章至第三章為第一部分，主要闡述貨幣、貨幣制度、政治與經(jīng)濟；第四章至第六章為第二部分，主要闡述中國中央銀行、商業(yè)銀行業(yè)務(wù)及銀行和金融機構(gòu)監(jiān)管的知識；第七章至第九章為第三部分，主要闡述證券、外匯交易、期貨和期權(quán)等證券投資及風(fēng)險管理的知識；第十章至第十一章為第四部分，主要闡述保險基本原理、主要保險業(yè)務(wù)；第十二章至第十三章為第五部分，主要闡述金融函電的基本特點與寫作、金融函電的主要應(yīng)用實例。本書附錄為分類的專業(yè)詞匯表。
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Part One Money and Economics
Chapter 1 Money
Learning Objectives
Key Topics
Section 1.1 What is Money?
1.1.1 History of money
1.1.2 Meaning of Money
Section 1.2 Functions of Money
1.2.1 Medium of Exchange
1.2.2 Unit of Account
1.2.3 Store of Value
1.2.4 Standard of Deferred Payment
Section 1.3 Evolution of the Payment System
1.3.1 The forms of money
1.3.2 Are we moving to a cashless society?
Section 1.4 Measuring Money
1.4.1 Theoretical and Empirical Definition of Money
1.4.2 The federal reserve's monetary aggregates
1.4.3 Money supply
Section 1.5 Money Policy
Notes
Exercises
Additional Readings
Chapter 2 Financial Markets
Learning Objectives
Key Topics
Section 2.1 What is Financial Market?
2.1.1 Definition of financial market
2.1.2 Constituents of financial market
Section 2.2 Functions of Financial Markets
2.2.1 Intermediary Functions
2.2.2 Financial Functions
Section 2.3Currency (Money) markets
2.3.1 Participants
2.3.2 Functions of the money market
2.3.3 Common money market instruments
Section 2.4 Capital markets
2.4.1 Deeply view to capital market
2.4.2 Examples of capital market transactions
2.4.3 Raising Capitals
Section 2.5 Derivative products market
2.5.1 Future Contracts
2.5.2 Forward Contracts
2.5.3 Optional contracts
Notes
Exercises
Additional Readings
Chapter 3 Polities and ?Economics
Learning Objectives
Key Topics
Section 3.1 Macroeconomics & Polities
3.1.1 Games between policy makers and voters
3.1.2 Games between Policy Makers
Section 3.2 An General Perspective on the Political Economy of "Big Change"
3.2.1 The Social-Political Context and Co-Evolution
3.2.2 Embeddedness
3.2.3 The Dilemma of Knowledge as a Product and a Resource
3.2.4 The Global perspective on the evolution
3.2.5 Evolutionary Social-Economic "intricacy"
3.2.6 The Initiation of Self Re-Enforcing Growth
Section 3.3 Explosive Change of evolution and Communitarian Collective Ownership
3.3.1 The Fall - Variety Constraining Order
3.3.2 Self Organization and Economics
3.3.3 Communitarian[12] Collective Ownership and Strategic Networks
Notes
Exercises
Additional Readings
Part Two Banking Industry in China
Chapter 4 Central Bank-PBC
Learning Objectives
Key Topics
Section 4.1 The Reform of PBC
4.1.1 Definition of 'Central Bank'
4.1.2 Transformation of the PBC
4.1.3 Reform the Current Financial Structure
Section 4.2 The Functions of PBC
4.2.1 The Reason for Transformation
4.2.2 The Biggest Change of the Functions of the PBC
4.2.3 The Functions of PBC
Section 4.3 The Instruments of Central Banking
4.3.1 Open Market Operation
4.3.2 Reserve Requirements
4.3.3 Rediscount
Notes
Exercises
Additional Readings
Chapter 5 Commercial Banks
Learning Objectives
Key Topics
Section 5.1 Introduction
Section 5.2 What a Bank Is?
5.2.1 The Role of the Banking Sector in China
5.2.2 Vigorous Development of the Banking Sector
5.2.3 Increased Openness of the Banking Sector
Section 5.3 Intermediary Services
5.3.1 Settlement-Payments and Funds Transfer
5.3.2 Plastic Money
5.3.3 International Settlement
Section 5.4 Loans
5.4.1 Definition and Categories of Loans
5.4.2 The Credit Process
5.4.3 Post-Disbursement Management
Section 5.5 Banking on the Internet
5.5.1 Backgrounds
5.5.2 On-Line Banking Products
5.5.3 The Future Prospects of On-Line Banking
Notes
Exercises
Additional Readings
Chapter 6 Supervision of Banking and Financial Institutions
Learning Objectives
Key Topics
Section 6.1 Importance and Objectives?of Banking Supervision
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Part Three Financial Instruments and Foreign Exchange
Part Four Insurance
Part Five Financial Letters
Special Terms
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