19th Century · English
Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market
Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market, by Walter Bagehot (1826–1877), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01The Money Market, Econlib Editor's Notesprose
- 02Prefatory Note to the Twelfth Editionprose
- 03Lombard Street To-day by Hartley Withersprose
- 04The Cheque Currency of To-day.prose
- 05The Banknote and the Fiduciary Issue.prose
- 06The Power of the Outer Banks.prose
- 07The Problem Modified.prose
- 08Lombard Street, Chapter I: Introductoryprose
- 09I (1)prose
- 10IIprose
- 11I (2)prose
- 12II. (1)prose
- 13Chapter IV: The Position of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Money Marketprose
- 14Chapter V: The Mode in Which the Value of Money is Settled in Lombard Streetprose
- 15Chapter VI: Why Lombard Street Is Often Very Dull, and Sometimes Extremely Excitedprose
- 16Chapter VII: A More Exact Account of the Mode in Which the Bank of England Has Discharged Its Duty of Retaining a Good Bprose
- 17II. (2)prose
- 18Chapter VIII: The Government of the Bank of Englandprose
- 19Chapter IX: The Joint Stock Banksprose
- 20Chapter X: The Private Banksprose
- 21Chapter XI: The Bill-Brokersprose
- 22Chapter XII: The Principles Which Should Regulate the Amount of Banking Reserve to be Kept by the Bank of Englandprose
- 23Chapter XIII: Conclusionprose