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MONEY CREATION IN AN ISLAMIC MONETARY SYSTEM: A COMPARATIVE STUDY, BETWEEN MUHAMMAD UMER CHAPRA AND MABID ALI AL-JARHI
Abstract
The creation of money is the most important part of monetary policy, it determines
the supply and circulation of money with main goals to main the stability in the value of
money. The prevalent money creation system is still regulated on debt basis, and interest
rate is the most important instrument of it. This particular system is clearly against the
principle of Islamic economics which prohibits the use of riba and interest rate of any kind.
The use of interest rate in money creation system would cause inflation and instability
value of money. And yet most Muslim majority countries are still implementing such
policy that includes Indonesia.
Acknowledging the previous background of research, the author tends to conduct
its undergraduate thesis on money creation in an Islamic monetary system by comparing
the two renown Muslim economists Muhammad Umer Chapra and Mabid Ali Al-Jarhi.
The research aims to know and understand the concept and mechanism of money creation
according to Muhammad Umer Chapra and Mabid Ali-Jarhi and then to compare the
similarities and differences of their thoughts.
The research is a qualitative and literature-based research, the author would use
descriptive comparative method to analyse and understand the thoughts and ideas of
Muhammad Umer Chapra and Mabid Ali Al-Jarhi on money creation in Islamic monetary
system. The author would descript their thoughts and ideas and then compare the differences
and similarities of both.
The research revealed the similarities and differences between Chapra’s and Al-Jahri’s
thoughts on the concept and mechanism of money creation. The fundamental difference
could be found in the concept of money creation, where Chapra proposed and suggested
the use of monetary targeting framework, meanwhile Al-Jahri proposed inflation targeting
framework. However, they both in agreement that Islamic banks have the capability to
create a significant amount of broad money. Nevertheless, they have different approach of
implementation of Islamic monetary policy instruments to control the creation of narrow
by central bank and broad money by Islamic banks.
Keywords: Money creation, reserve requirement, money supply
Publication Details
InstitutionUniversitas Darussalam Gontor
DepartmentEKONOMI DAN MANAJEMEN
Subjects23rd Dewey Decimal Classification > 2X6 - Masyarakat, Politik, Ekonomi, Organisasi, Kebudayaan, Perpustakaan, dan Adat Istiadat dalam Islam > 2X6.300 - Ekonomi Islam, Sistem Ekonomi Islam
23rd Dewey Decimal Classification > 300 – Ilmu Sosial > 330 - Ekonomi > 332 Ekonomi keuangan
23rd Dewey Decimal Classification > 300 – Ilmu Sosial > 330 - Ekonomi > 332 Ekonomi keuangan
Item ID2405
Deposited27 Mar 2023 04:30