Introduction and overview; 1. Policies and exchange rates: a simple analytical framework; 2. An overview of (older) exchange rate theory; 3. Second thoughts on EMU; 4. Investment flows and performance: evidence from mutual funds, cross border investments, and new issues; 5. Accumulation of net external assets in Japan; 6. Relative trade goods prices and imperfect competition in United States manufacturing industries; 7. Synthetic eurocurrency interest rate futures contracts: theory and evidence; 8. The volatility of Japanese stock indices: evidence from the cash and futures markets; 9. Capital markets and the banking sector: efficiency of Japanese banks in reducing agency costs; 10. Risk adjustment deposit insurance for Japanese banks; 11. Competition in retail banking markets: a comparison of Britain and Japan.