The City

1 The Bank of England

Contents

2 The clearing banks

3 Merchant banks and discount houses

4 International business

5 Stocks and shares

6 Investors

7 The Stock Exchange

8 Insurance

9 Lloyd's of London

10 Commodity markets

11 The City today

Monday 19th March 2025

The Common Market

Part 1 The Past

1 Beginnings

2 The Treaty of Rome

3 How the Common Market works

Part 2 The Present

4 Farming and Food

5 Rich region，poor region

6 Europe and the rest of the world

Part 3 The Future

7 Unity or co-operation？

8 Britain and the EEC

Key to the Exercises