Factor analysis of the mechanism of money creation in the banking system of the Republic of Moldova

Abstract

Money creation is one of the essential functions performed by commercial banks in the economy. The knowledge of the influencing factors can offer major opportunities for effectively linking of the central bank's monetary policy and its response from the real sector. It is certain that monetary policy signals are often distorted by commercial banks, which should further promote them in the economy, which means that the ability of commercial banks to create money is not influenced only by the central bank, but also by other non-monetary factors. The central purpose of this article is the determination of these factors and the correlation between them and the amount of money.