Ka Jian Historis Tentang Dinar Dan MaMata UaUang Berstandar Emas

HISTORICAL STUDY ON DINAR AND GOLD STANDARD CURRENCY This paper aims to analyze the gold standard currency. Using historical-analytical perspective, this article attempts to answer the question on the use of gold as currency system in Islamic history.The system has many advantages, the main advantage is that it can serve as a credible basis for monetary policies, and for inflation expectation,and the second advantage is fixing individual currency's exchange rates. Gold helps to eliminate exchange rate volatility and thus creates a favourable environment for the development of International trade, a major driving force of global economic growth. However a return to gold standard currency would clearly imply several drawbacks, within gold standard system, the economy absorbs the consequences of a monetary flux without any problems, which in turn implies that all prices and wages decrease simultaneously. And the second is the gold standard system prohibits any exchange rate adjusment, which are necessary and justified in case a country is affected by a negative shock dampening its competitiveness