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UNITED KINGDOM
THE WORLD
THE YEAR 2014-15
THE YEAR 2015-16
THE YEAR 2016-17
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THE YEAR 2018-19
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Description: Whitakers 2016 cover
Banking and Finance
Subjects: currency, financial services regulation, National Savings and Investments (NS&I), the London Stock Exchange, Budget 2018, government expenditure, economic statistics, trade, UK employment, cost of living, insurance
Print publication date: Jun, 2019
Word count: 16,201
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Chapters
Banking and Finance
British Currency
The unit of currency is the pound sterling (£) of 100 pence...
Subjects: British currency, legal tender, pound sterling
Word count: 2,025
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Banking and Personal Finance
There are two main types of deposit-taking institutions: banks and building societies, although National Savings and Investments also provides...
Subjects: Banks, major retail banks' financial results 2018, payment clearings, financial terms
Word count: 2,884
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Financial Services Regulation
Under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended by the Financial Services Act (2012), the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential...
Subjects: financial services regulation, Financial Conduct Authority, FCA, Prudential Regulation Authority, PRA
Word count: 2,386
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Banking and Finance
National Savings and Investments
NS&I (National Savings and Investments) is both a non-ministerial government department and an executive agency of the Chancellor of the...
Subjects: premium bonds, children's bonds, income bonds
Word count: 912
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Banking and Finance
The National Debt
The early 1700s saw the meteoric rise of the banking and financial markets in Great Britain, with the emerging stock market revolving around...
Subjects: UK Debt Management Office, UK public sector net debt
Word count: 473
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Banking and Finance
The London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) serves the needs of companies by providing facilities for raising capital.
Subjects: equity markets, 'Big Bang', FTSE
Word count: 906
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Banking and Finance
The Budget 2018
Government expenditure and receipts outturn and forecasts from the Budget 2018
Subjects: Budget 2018, Autumn Budget
Word count: 717
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Economic Statistics
 
Subjects: trade in goods, balance of payments, UK employment
Word count: 452
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Banking and Finance
Cost of Living and Inflation Rates
The first cost of living index to be calculated took July 1914 as 100 and was based on the pattern of expenditure of working-class families in 1914.
Subjects: Retail Prices Index (RPI), Consumer Prices Index (CPI), rate of inflation, purchasing power of the pound
Word count: 1,460
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Insurance
 
Subjects: general insurance, London insurance market, Lloyd's of London, wordwide market, industry issues, takeovers and mergers, Association of British Insurers, life and long-term insurance, pensions
Word count: 3,945
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