Publisher's Synopsis
This reader contains 61 articles covering the current issues that commercial bank managers face today, including LDC debt, capital adequacy and the changing regulatory environment.;The book is divided into ten sections: the environment of commercial banking; bank powers; commercial bank lending; bank performance, efficiency and profitability; interest rate risk management; the payments system; bank branching and bank holding companies; bank capital and bank failure; deposit insurance; social issues in commercial bank management.
