Ascent of Money

As we will see in this short essay, The Bank of Amsterdam, the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve are linked in the history of money and banking. We will investigate the roles that each of these institutions played in providing a critical institutional foundation for the expansion of the world trading system. We will explore the Bank of England's role in providing a guiding influence in the functioning of the gold standard. The creation of the Federal Reserve was linked to the actions of the Bank of England which was what it was modeled upon.

While not a true central bank, the bank of Amsterdam was a precursor and was founded to help the Dutch finance their wars against Spain. Paper money was issued based upon the public credit (Ferguson, 2008, 47). This type of institution spread to England where the Bank of England was...
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