Thanks to their role as creators and implementers of monetary policy, central banks in most modern countries have the status key financial institutions pivots system stability. During centuries evolution banking, numerous models instruments policy were developed, application which depended largely on political environment dominant economic model specific countries. Unlike conventional Islamic b...

The conventional wisdom in economic theory prescribes that the major role of the Central Bank is to design and conduct active monetary policy aiming at curbing inflation and achieving the price stability. After half a century of endeavors in attaining this target, Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran has gone through tumultuous periods gaining mixed results in its efforts. The asse...

Banks are the financial institutions accepting deposits from the people and lending to the needy people, areas and regions for various purposes. Banking industry can be divided into two types of banks— Islamic and conventional banks. The operations of conventional banks are based on interest (sood/riba) and therefore interest constitutes the main source of earnings of these banks. While on the ...