Casting Light on Central Bank Digital Currencies /

Digitalization is reshaping economic activity, shrinking the role of cash, and spurring new digital forms of money. Central banks have been pondering wheter and how to adapt. One possibility is central bank digital currency (CBDC)-- a widely accessible digital form of fiat money that could be legal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mancini Griffoli, Tommaso
Other Authors: Agur, Itai, Ari, Anil, Martinez Peria, Maria
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Series:Staff Discussion Notes; Staff Discussion Notes ; No. 2018/008
Online Access:Full text available on IMF