The main objective of this course is to provide an analytical framework to deal with the study of financial institutions, financial instruments and financial markets. Furthermore, the role of central banks in the implementation of monetary policy, in general, and financial stability in particular is also addressed. A series of basic concepts are introduced and developed in order to get a better understanding of processes and elements such as the determination of the price of assets, the structure and functioning of financial markets and the role of monetary policy in the economy
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