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IMF weighs in on central bank digital currencies

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IMF weighs in on central bank digital currencies

Jaimee Francis | Boston U. School of Law, US

February 10, 2022 01:54:29 pm

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a FinTech Note on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) this Wednesday. Analogous to a digital form of paper money, a CBDC is a digital liability of a central bank that is available to the general public. The IMF paper details the experiences of the six central banks at the [...]

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