Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...change in the discount rate of the Bank of England has always attracted world-wide attention because of its far-reaching effect on international trade through the international financial center at London. Upon July 5 the Bank's rate was moved up to 4% from the 3% rate which had been maintained since June 15, 1922. The change has brought the Bank of England's rate to within ½ of 1% of the 4½% rate now maintained by the New York Federal Reserve Bank...
...assailant, Millutone Raitch by name, is a Serbian bank clerk working in Budapest, capital of Hungary. He ascribed his action to personal motives. No political significance is attributed to the incident, although it has aroused great indignation among the people...
Ever since a law was enacted by the Cuban Government making American currency legal tender in that country, many Federal Reserve notes found their way into circulation there. This led to the demand that a branch of a Federal Reserve Bank be located in Cuba...
Considerable friction over this proposal arose between the Reserve Banks of Boston and Atlanta. The Boston Bank, now headed by W. P. G. Harding, former Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, was first in the field with a proposal to establish a branch office in Havana. On the other hand, the Atlanta bank claimed that owing to geographical reasons, such a Havana branch should come under its jurisdiction...
Oklahoman bank legislation which made depositors economically wiser...