Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series (Jan 2018)

Savings in Central Europe

  • Oprișan Oana,
  • Țileagă Cosmin,
  • Croitoru Gabriel

Journal volume & issue
Vol. XVIII, no. 1
pp. 488 – 492

Abstract

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The monetary system is today essential for any economy. The most important components of themonetary system are: money, payment arrangements as well as institutions supporting monetaryflows. The money sign or money is, in principle, a claim, transmissible, arbitrary, with a forced courseand whose essential function is to be able to be exchanged for a certain amount of goods andservices. In society, there are also a number of factors, predominantly of a subjective nature, which candetermine and cause individuals to diminish their consumption expenditures. This is about savingspurpose(saving becomes an end in itself, being considered a means of achieving certain goals) aswell as certain "forced" economies (individuals do not find the desired consumer goods or thedesired quantities and consequently do not have the what they spend their income).

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