The digital euro: policy implications and perspectives
Study
21-01-2022
The study identifies the fundamental rationale for a possible issuance of a digital euro: to preserve the role of public money in a digital economy. It outlines the policy options, trade-offs as well as design issues that its creation would raise. This document was provided by the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies at the request of the committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON).
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- digital economy
- digital transformation
- economic structure
- ECONOMICS
- electronic money
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European Central Bank
- European currency
- EUROPEAN UNION
- FINANCE
- monetary economics
- monetary relations
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- technology and technical regulations
- virtual currency