Central banks around the world are tightening monetary policy in response to a global surge in inflation not seen since the 1970s. This synchronization of global interest rate hikes and further increases expected by markets, illustrated in figure 1, have raised concerns about adverse...

Central banks around the world are tightening monetary policy in response to a global surge in inflation not seen since the 1970s. This synchronization of global interest rate hikes and further increases expected by markets, illustrated in figure 1, have raised concerns about adverse...

The purpose of this paper is to present a discussion of central bank digital currency research and developments. The paper begins with the definition of CBDC. It highlights the similarities and differences between CBDC and cryptocurrency. It also reviews the recent CBDC research and...