Part 1: Introduction Chapter 1: Why Study Money, Banking, and Financial Markets?Chapter 2: An Overview of the Financial SystemChapter 3: What Is Money?Part 2: Financial Markets Chapter 4: Understanding Interest RatesChapter 5: The Behavior of Interest RatesChapter 6: The Risk and Term Structure of Interest RatesChapter 7: The Stock Market, the Theory of Rational Expectations, and the Efficient Market HypothesisPart 3: Financial Institutions Chapter 8: An Economic Analysis of Financial StructureChapter 9: Financial Crises Chapter 10: Banking and the Management of Financial InstitutionsChapter 11: Economic Analysis of Financial RegulationChapter 12: Banking Industry: Structure and CompetitionChapter 13: Nonbank FinanceChapter 14: Financial DerivativesChapter 15: Conflicts of Interest in the Financial IndustryPart 4: Central Banking and the Conduct of Monetary PolicyChapter 16: Central Banks and the Federal Reserve SystemChapter 17: The Money Supply ProcessChapter 18: The Tools of Monetary PolicyChapter 19: The Conduct of Monetary Policy: Strategy and TacticsPart 5: International Finance and Monetary Policy Chapter 20: The Foreign Exchange MarketChapter 21: The International Financial System