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Today all countries have fiat money issued by a central bank. There is no obligation by a central bank to exchange its … money for gold or any other good. Central banks have the monopoly to issue central bank money and have the power to create … their money out of nothing. Creating such a monetary system is functional for a capitalist economy and must be regarded as a …
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threatened central banks money and their role in the monetary system. Meanwhile, central banks have been studying and launching … challenges the boundaries of money. In light of El Salvador experience, we consider different points of view on the nature of … money allowing us to reject or to include Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies inside money spectrum …
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circulation low quality subsidiary coins, and (iii) the numerous official resolutions banning the exporting of fractional money …
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By adding denominations to their coin and banknote series central banks can increase the efficiency of cash payments. In practice, however, they opt for a denominational structure with a relatively low density. The literature holds that this is because of the production costs involved. To test...
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shortages of small change and argued that an abundance/dearth of money had real effects on exchange. To confront these facts, we …
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In analyzing the performance of the international monetary and financial system (IMFS), too much attention has been paid to the current account and far too little to the capital account. This is true of both formal analytical models and historical narratives. This approach may be reasonable when...
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