MONETARY POLICY OF THE CROATIAN NATIONAL BANK AND THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

Monetarna politika predstavlja sastavni dio opće ekonomske politike kojom se regulira ponuda i potražnja za novcem u skladu sa stvarnim potrebama privrednog života. Predmet analize odnosi se na istraživanje provođenja monetarne politike, instrumente monetarne politike te utjecaj monetarne politike na monetarna i kreditna kretanja u Hrvatskoj i ostalim zemljama Europske unije. U Republici Hrvatskoj monetarnu politiku provodi Hrvatska narodna banka koja je u određenoj mjeri povezana sa monetarnom politikom Europske unije koju provodi Europska centralna banka. Ulaskom Republike Hrvatske u Europsku uniju, Hrvatska narodna banka postala je sastavni dio Europskog sustava središnjih banaka pri čemu je zadržala svoju samostalnost i neovisnost u ostvarivanju svojega cilja i obavljanju svojih zadataka.Monetary policy is an integral part of the general economic policy regulating supply and demand for money in line with the real needs of economic life. The subject of the analysis is related to the research of monetary policy, the monetary policy instruments and the impact of monetary policy on monetary and credit developments in Croatia and other European Union countries. In the Republic of Croatia monetary policy is implemented by the Croatian National Bank, which is to a certain extent linked to the monetary policy of the European Union carried out by the European Central Bank. With the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, the Croatian National Bank became an integral part of the European System of Central Banks, maintaining its independencein achieving its goal and carrying out its tasks