EBK CFIN
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781337671743
Author: BESLEY
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
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Financial intermediaries are organizations such as commercial banks, pension funds and insurance companies. They are responsible in transferring if funds from ones who have the to the ones who need them.
Economic function of financial intermediaries
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