Beyond payments: central bank digital currency
Issuance of central bank digital currencies, such as Sweden’s proposed e-krona, could facilitate monetary policy beyond zero lower bound
In Sweden, a change is occurring.
On October 26, 2018, the country’s central bank announced it would begin work towards creating a framework for the issuance of e-krona – a central bank digital currency (CBDC) that, if issued, would give members of the general public access to central bank cash in a digital format.
The move was the next step in the Sveriges Riksbank’s exploration of the digital world, fostered in part by the growing decline of cash usage as a means of payment. While the
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