Second Bank of the United States

<p>The year 2016 marks the 200<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the founding of the Second Bank of the United States (1816-1836). This book is an economic history of an early central bank the Second Bank of the United States (1816-36). It shows how the Bank developed a business model that allowed it to make a competitive profit while providing integrating fiscal services to the national government for free. The model revolved around the strategic use of its unique ability to establish a nationwide system of branches. This book shows how the Bank used its branch network to establish dominance in select money markets: frontier money markets and markets for bills of exchange and specie. </p> <p></p> <p> </p>