This course provides an overview of the financial system and its instruments, their roles, functions, and features. It covers the main types of financial markets, such as money market, bond market, stock market, foreign exchange market, and derivative market, and the main types of financial instruments, such as money market instruments, bonds, stocks, currencies, and derivatives. The course also introduces the basic concepts and principles of finance and economics that underlie the working of the financial system and its instruments.
