BANKINGCENTRAL BANKING

MK, U 14

RB, pp.26-29

INTRODUCTION

“Neither a borrower, nor a lender be.”(from Hamlet, Shakespeare)

“If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. If you owe it a million pounds, it has a problem.”

(J. M. Keynes)

VOCABULARY

WHICH OF THESE BANKING SERVICESDO YOU USE?

CURRENT ACCOUNTSAVINGS ACCOUNTDEBIT CARDCREDIT CARDCHEQUEBOOKCASH DISPENSER

(ATM)

→p. 73

STANDING ORDERLOANSOVERDRAFTMORTGAGEEXCHANGE OF

FOREIGN CURRENCY INTERNET BANKING

WHICH VERB IS MISSING?

1. If I _________money from a bank, I need to ________it one day.

2. The current account allows me to _______money when I need it.

3. Banks________ high interest to borrowers.

4. Banks _________low interest to depositors.

WHICH VERB IS MISSING?

5. Clients who took out a loan must _________the

principal and interest.

6. Clients can _________ a standing order.

7. If you _________your account (are in the red) you

pay high interest.

8. Banks _______mortgages to people who need a

place to live.

WHICH WORD IS MISSING?

I have a c________account in Zagrebačka

banka. Since I don’t like carrying cash with me I

mostly use my d_______ card (cash card) when I

go shopping. If I really need cash I find a c______

d_________ nearby. I sometimes use my Diners

c_______card as well.

I’m always on the run and I never have time to go

to my bank’s branch office to pay bills. That is why

I contracted a s______ o________which settles

all my regular utility bills. When I’m at home I

sometimes use I_______b_________to check my

balance.

Every December I go in the red. Luckily, my o_________is quite big so it comes in handy but I pay high interest on it and I try to avoid this option.

I also opened a s_______account to keep money safe long term. It pays a little interest though.

I also took out a l______ to renovate my flat. The i______ is quite high, so I’m thinking whether I should sell this flat and get a m________to buy a house that I’ve always wanted.

In today’s financial crisis I’m afraid my money will run out. If it does, I’ll probably be forced to e________ the last dollars I still keep under the mattress.

RB, 26, 27

READING TYPES OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS(MK, P. 73)

1. RETAIL (COMMERCIAL) BANKS

2. INVESTMENT BANKS

3. LARGE FINANCIAL CONGLOMERATES (AFTER DEREGULATION)

4. CENTRAL BANK

5. HEDGE FUNDS

6. INSURANCE COMPANIES

7. BUILDING SOCIETIES…

VOCABULARY

CENTRAL BANKING

Central banks implement monetary p________supervise exchange r_________regulate the credit s________supervise commercial b_________act as a lender of last r________ maintain the national currency s________

→ LISTENING, MK 2ND ED. TRACK 9, RB p. 29

COLLOCATIONS (LISTENING)CENTRAL BANKS…

IMPLEMENT …

SET…

LIMIT…

SUPERVISE /

OVERSEE…

CONTROL…

ESTABLISH…

ENSURE…

INTERVENE…

LEND…

SELL/BUY…

MAKE QUESTIONS BEGINNING WITH HOW/ WHY/ WHEN. USE THE PROMPTS

BELOW.

e.g. How do central banks implement monetary policy?

MONETARY POLICY THE MONEY SUPPLY THE INTEREST RATE NATIONAL CURRENCY

PAIR WORK: ANSWER EACH OTHER’S QUESTIONS.

LAST RESORT COINS AND BANK

NOTES EXCHANGE RATES THE BANKING

SYSTEM

CENTRAL, RETAIL OR INVESTMENT BANK…?

offers portfolio management services

issues and underwrites securities

exchanges foreign currencies

limits the fluctuations of interest rates

alters the money supplyraises funds for industryreceives deposits

lends money to customers

sets interest rates ceilings and floors

makes a profit from spread

lends to commercial banks

makes a profit from fees and commissions

issues government bonds

READINGNORTHERN ROCK BANK CRISIS (Reader, p.35)

VOCABULARY

bank run - the concerted action of depositors who try to

withdraw their money from a bank because they think it

will fail

shakeout -an elimination of some competing

businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense

competition in a market of declining sales or rising

standards of quality.  

credit squeeze- a restraint or limitation of credit;

restricted bank lending that is accompanied by rising

short-term interest rates and a decline in economic

growth

The Treasury -the department of government that has

control over the collection, management, and

disbursement of the public revenue.

The Chancellor -the British cabinet minister responsible

for finance 

SUBPRIME MELTDOWN (www.investopedia.com) ANTICIPATE THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION AT THE

END OF THE SENTENCE.

Following the tech bubble and the events of September 11, the

Federal Reserve stimulated a struggling economy …HOW?

..by cutting interest rates to historically low levels. WHAT WAS

THE RESULT OF ON THE HOUSING MARKET?

As a result, a housing bull market was created. People with

poor credit got in on the action when mortgage lenders created

non-traditional mortgages.

Eventually, interest rates climbed back up… WHAT WAS THE CONSEQUENCE FOR BORROWERS?

…and many subprime borrowers defaulted when their mortgages were reset to much higher monthly payments.

This left mortgage lenders with property that was worth …HOW MUCH?

…less than the loan value.

Defaults increased; the problem snowballed, and several lenders (financial institutions) …WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?

…went bankrupt.

Investors and hedge funds also suffered because lenders

had sold mortgages they originated into …WHICH

MARKET?

…the secondary market.

Here the mortgages were bundled together and sold to

investors as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and

mortgage-backed securities (MBSs). When the higher risk

underlying mortgages started to default, WHAT

HAPPENED TO THE VALUE OF ASSETS UNDERLYING

THESE SECURITIES?

…investors were left with properties that were quickly

losing value. 

In the wake of the meltdown, …WHAT DID CENTRAL

BANKS DO?

…central banks released liquidity into the market place,

which allowed struggling lenders and hedge funds to

continue operations and make the necessary payments on

their obligations.

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