The course if focused on key areas of contemporary monetary theory and policy. It presents and compares theories of money demand and supply, including implications for different strategies of monetary policy. It explains approaches to the impact of money and monetary processes on expectations, price level, inflation, product and other macroeconomics variables. Moreover, monetary policy process is deeply analyzed, monetary policy objectives, instruments and transmission channels of monetary policy decisions are studied. The course also provides overall summary of monetary policy evolution in the Czech Republic and in the world with attention to contemporary trends.