Domestic and International Banking

activities arbitrage assets balance sheet bank deposits Bank of England bank's bankers banking system banks operating billion bonds borrowers branches cash cent centres Chapter cheque claims commercial banks contracts customers deposit insurance depositors dollar domestic banking economies Eurobanks Eurobonds Eurocurrency Eurocurrency banking Eurocurrency markets Eurodollar Eurodollar deposits exchange rates existence facilities Federal Reserve Bank Federal Reserve System financial institutions firms floating rate foreign banks foreign currency foreign exchange foreign exchange market IBFs increase interbank market interest rate interest rate swap intermediaries intermediation investment involved issues Japanese banks lenders liabilities liquidity loans London monetary money market multinational banking mutual funds non-bank notes off-balance sheet offshore organisation overseas payments services payments system portfolio production ratio regulation regulatory reserve requirements retail banking risk securities short-term swap syndicated syndicated loans Table trade transactions accounts transfer underwriting United wholesale banking Yes Yes Yes