[PDF] benefits of central bank digital currency

Benefits and Drawbacks of a CBDC
  • Increase payment efficiency.
  • Complement current forms of money and financial services.
  • Deter criminal activity.
  • Improve international payment options.
  • Potentially reduce net transactions costs, benefitting lower-income households.
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  • What are the advantages of central bank digital currencies?

    The advantages of virtual currencies include faster transaction speeds and ease of use.
    The disadvantages of virtual currencies are that they can be hacked and do not provide much legal recourse to investors because they are not regulated.

  • What is an advantage of digital currency?

    CBDCs can, however, induce changes in the retail, wholesale and cross border payments that have negative spillover effects on monetary policy, through their effects on money velocity, bank deposit disintermediation, volatility of bank reserves, currency substitution, and capital flows.

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Central bank digital currencies

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Working Paper Series - The economics of central bank digital currency

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