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Accepting Houses Advances to Customers American banks amount Arthur Thomson balance sheet Bank Charter Act bank notes Bank of England bank rate banking system bill brokers borrow branches British Bankers capital cash cheque clearing banks Clearing House coin country banks course creation of credit currency current account debt deflation demand deposit accounts deposit banking deposit rate depositors Directors discount market English banking export of gold extent F. W. HIRST fact fiduciary issue finance fixed foreign exchanges funds German banks Government hand Head Office holding important increase industry investments joint-stock banks keep lend liabilities limit loans London banks ment Merchant Bankers money market needed note issue payment period position practice private banks Professor profit proportion purchase rate of discount rate of interest Reichsbank securities shareholders shares speculation Stock Exchange stock of gold tion trade Treasury bills Treasury notes
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