Assessment of Transition Problems to the Indirect Monetary Policy Instrument in Islamic Countries

Authors

1 Faculty, Hawzeh and University Research Institute

2 M. A. Student, Economics, Mofid University

Abstract

The most important instrument of controlling and managing liquidity in developed
countries is open market type operations. However, in many developing countries,
because of the lack of developed financial markets, the central banks use the open
market operations as a transitional step. This article examines these new operations
and transition problems by descriptive-analytic method. Then, as a transitional step
and to resolve the problem of paying interest to central bank securities an Islamic
monetary instrument is presented by using Islamic contracts, particularly ju’ala,
qarzul hasana and ba’i. Next, the instrument is examined in the views of economists
and jurisprudence scholars. The results show that the above Islamic contracts have
good capabilities for designing such an Islamic monetary policy instrument.

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