Domestic and International Banking

arbitrage arrangements assets balance sheet Bank of England bank's bankers banking system billion bonds borrowers branches cash cent centres Chapter cheque claims commercial banks contracts customers debt default deposit insurance depositors dollar domestic banking economies Eurobanks Eurobonds Eurocurrency Eurocurrency markets Eurodollar exchange rates existence facilities Federal Reserve Bank financial institutions firms floating rate foreign banks foreign currency foreign exchange forward contracts guarantee IBFs increase interbank market interest rate interest rate risk interest rate swap intermediation international banking investment involved issues Japanese banks large number lenders liabilities liquidity loans London maturity transformation monetary money market multinational banking mutual funds non-bank notes off-balance sheet offshore options organisation participants payments services payments system portfolio premium regulatory repayment retail banking risk rollover savings institutions securities short-term swap syndicated syndicated loans Table trade transactions accounts transactions costs transfer underwriting United wholesale banking Yes Yes Yes