Banks' activities can be divided into retail banking, dealing directly with individuals and small businesses, and investment banking, relating to activities on the financial markets. Most banks are profit-making, private enterprises. However, some are owned by government, or are non-profit making.Central banks are non-commercial bodies or government agencies often charged with controlling interest rates and money supply across the whole economy. They act as Lender of last resort in event of a cr...

Markets bring together buyers and sellers of goods and services. Buyers are trying to find things important for their living and sellers are offering the goods to satisfy the buyers. In some case they both can meet physically, for example at the stores, and in other cases, such as stock market, business can be transacted over the telephone, computer or the Internet. In these days there are many definitions of market. One of them: It is the process by which households’ decisions about consump...

1.1 Charakteristika menovej politiky 3 1.2 Ciele menovej politiky 3 1.3 Nástroje menovej politiky 4 1.4 Typy menovej politiky 6 2 Národná banka Slovenska 8 2.1 Charakteristika NBS 8 2.2 História, nástroje menovej politiky NBS 9 3 Európska centrálna banka 10 4 Inflačné cielenie 11 4.1 Inflačné cielenie 11 4.2 Prvky inflačného cielenia 12 4.3 Inflačné riziká zavedenia eura 15 5 Prijatie eura 16