scholarly journals Digital currency of central banks and monetary policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
pp. 64-80
Author(s):  
Oleksandr LYUBICH ◽  
◽  
Gennadiy BORTNIKOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Digital Money ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Right ◽  
Media Channels

The purpose of the study is to determine the potential impact of the introduction of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) on monetary policy. In this paper , we would like to focus on two aspects: the need to save cash in circulation and the potential danger of private digital money for monetary policy. Central bank researchers and independent experts are paying much attention to the CBDC . The reasons are such preconditions as innovations in payment instruments, blockchains, cryptography, globalization in response to the growth of demand for transactions using digital currencies with expected increase in their impact on monetary stability. One of the potential threats to an effective monetary policy is the emergence of private digital money and the risk of failing to choose the right CBDC business model. The development of private digital currencies can significantly reduce income of central banks from seigniorage, weaken the influence of central banks on financial stability and sustainability of monetary policy. Cashless payments, unlike cash, store information about the sender and the recipient, size, date and destination. This information is already a commodity that sellers of financial products and suppliers of goods and services from the real sector are willing to pay for. Cash allows to make payments with greater benefits for the population, taking into account the reliability, comfort and confidentiality. In our opinion, ‘social distancing’ encourages contacts between people through the media channels, with dissemination of knowledge among the general public about digitalisation and convince indiviuals to agree on disclosure of personal data. Central banks are called upon to further develop the money supply management mechanism, to ensure the coexistence of non-cash and cash in their jurisdictions.

scholarly journals CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY: ECONOMIC AND LEGAL CHARACTERISTICS

2019 ◽  
pp. 94-100
Author(s):  
T.S. Hudima ◽  
V.A. Ustymenko
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
Digital Currency ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
The Right ◽  
Article 5

The article is devoted to identifying the peculiarities of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), explaining their impact on the monetary policy of the state, and identifying the prospects for the transformation of domestic banking legislation in connection with the implementation of the CBDC. It is noted that the scope of competence of the Central Bank and the legal basis for the issuance of the CBDC will depend on the economic and legal features of the digital currency, the degree of its impact on the monetary policy, the financial stability of the country’s economy and so on. In the process of forming the appropriate legal field and defining the conceptual apparatus in the sphere of emission and circulation of the CBDC, the peculiarities of the use of the latter in economic transactions and the specific functions not inherent in ordinary means of payment should be taken. СBDC initiatives will help: 1) progressively narrow the banking system at the level of the Central Banks (such as the Chicago Plan) by allowing individuals and businesses to deposit directly into the accounts of the Central Banks; 2) increasing confidence of economic entities and individuals in the financial system; 3) strengthening the financial stability of the economy (both domestically and globally). Granting business entities or individuals the right to store digital money directly with the Central Bank can give rise to two main directions of influence on monetary policy: first, to strengthen its transmission mechanism; secondly, lead to banks being disrupted. This may lead to some legal issues regarding (1) the NBU’s area of competence; (2) the constitutional foundations of the legal economic order (Article 5 of the ECU). In particular, it cannot be ruled out that centralization of the production, servicing, and management of the СBDC turnover may violate the principles of competition in business activities, prevent abuse of monopoly position in the market, etc. Keywords: monetary policy, central bank digital currency, financial stability, competence, legal framework, economic operations, issue.

Digital currencies hold much promise for central banks

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Emerging Nations ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Digital Money ◽  
The Cost

Subject Central bank digital currencies. Significance Central banks are investigating potential applications of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and this month the Financial Stability Board released its consultative paper on regulating and supervising stablecoins, which are pegged to a traditional asset. Issuance of CBDCs is growing closer. In emerging markets (EMs), they could provide governments with a tool to improve their monetary systems. Impacts Digital currencies can give central banks ‘precision monetary policy’ by bypassing intermediaries and targeting sectors or groups. The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the health advantage that digital money has over 'dirty' banknotes. Digital currencies will lower the cost of remittances to emerging nations but over years rather than months as barriers need to be overcome.

The Over-Burdened Central Bank and the Shift Away from Autonomy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre L. Siklos
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
Central Banking ◽  
Forward Guidance ◽  
Self Assessments ◽  
Crisis Conditions ◽  
Central Bankers ◽  
Influence Behavior

Many central banks took on additional responsibilities. Inadequate self-assessments remain unfinished almost a decade after the crisis erupted. Government-central bank relationships need to be conditioned on whether times are normal versus crisis conditions. Transparency confronts ambiguity when central banks must communicate the outlook and the conditionality of their decisions. Forward guidance was taken too far and ended up being futile. Central bankers simply exhausted their ability to influence behavior through mere words or ambiguous statements. This is a self-inflicted wound for institutions that are seen as overburdened. These forces leave central banking more vulnerable than is commonly acknowledged. Squaring the conventional objectives of monetary policy with the unclear aims of financial stability is difficult. Adequate limitations on the authority of central banks have yet to be thoroughly debated. We are nowhere near resolving the inherent tensions between old and new sets of central bank objectives.

Digital Money, Liquidity, and Monetary Policy (originally published in July 1997)

First Monday ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksander Berentsen
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Money Supply ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
Electronic Payment ◽  
Regulatory Policies ◽  
Digital Money ◽  
Payment Mechanisms ◽  
Retail Payments

The term digital money refers to various proposed electronic payment mechanisms designed for use by consumers to make retail payments. Digital money products have the potential to replace central bank currency, thereby affecting the money supply. This paper studies the effect of replacing central bank currency on the narrowly defined stock of money under various assumptions regarding regulatory policies and monetary operations of central banks and the reaction of the banking system.

scholarly journals Framework for Preserving Financial Stability in Montenegro

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radoje Žugić ◽  
Nikola Fabris
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Policy Objective ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

Abstract The global financial crisis has challenged the traditional monetary policy framework of one instrument (short-term interest rates) - one objective (price stability). More and more central banks nowadays consider financial stability as a monetary policy objective, whereas the Central Bank of Montenegro is the only one that has identified financial stability as its primary objective. As this is a relatively new objective, all central banks endeavouring to attain this objective have been facing numerous difficulties. Therefore, the article analyzes some of these difficulties such as defining financial (in)stability, the selection of indicators, macroeconomic environment for preserving financial stability, and the like. The main objective of the paper is to analyse the framework for preserving financial stability in Montenegro and the challenges that the Central Bank of Montenegro has been facing in accomplishing this objective

scholarly journals Curtailing unconventional monetary policy: limitations and prospects

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (4) ◽  
pp. 68-80
Author(s):  
Nataliia Sheludko
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
Budget Deficits

The paper considers the monetary policy of leading world central banks that were used to overcome the global financial and economic crisis in 2008–2009. Advanced developed countries managed to overcome this crisis, primarily through monetary mechanisms. For this purpose, a non-traditional monetary policy was invented and applied for the first time. It included the following: quantitative easing with a corresponding rapid growth of central bank liabilities; de facto maintaining a plurality of their objectives, including ensuring financial stability and reducing unemployment; and expanded participation of central banks in financing governments' budget deficits. The measures taken helped to overcome the recession in developed countries and promoted the transition to a trajectory of economic growth. The current practice of monetary policy normalization, initiated in the United States, involves a gradual increase in the key interest rate and a curtailment of central bank balances. However, in many developed countries (EU), the practice of non-traditional monetary policy is still persistent and is an important factor for determining the trends of the global economy. In general, the results of this policy can be evaluated differently, but it is important for Ukraine to conclude on the relevance of monetary policy to stimulate economic development. Global volatility, increasingly determined by trade wars and other forms of protectionism in global economies, poses challenges (primarily in terms of maintaining/enhancing export and production capacity). For the economy of Ukraine, which is vulnerable to external shocks, these factors, combined with internal centres of instability, form a bunch of complicated tasks, in particular in terms of the cessation of further loss of investment potential, which should be addressed rationally by the monetary policy instruments.

scholarly journals Governance of Central Banks as an Entry Point to Establish the Credibility of Monetary Policy

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-142
Author(s):  
Haidar Hamza Judy ◽  
Noufel Smaili .
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Policy Management ◽  
Multiple Goals ◽  
Effectiveness Of Monetary Policy

Since the recent Global Financial Crisis, Central Banks Have extensive Powers and Objectives include both Monetary Sability and Financial Stability. Which required new arrangements for the Governance of Central Banks and the design of a new Institutional Framework to restrict the use of power by focusing on Independence, Accountability and Transparency. Perception of individuals to risks resulting from shifts in Monetary Policy because of the change in the multiple goals weakens the degree of the effectiveness and acceptance. As the Central Bank is responsible for Monetary Policy management, identify orientations, objectives and choose the appropriate means, it works to ensure the effectiveness of Monetary Policy, and for that warrant provided on the Independence, Accountability, and Respect for the Principles of Transparency, So the application of Banking Governance..

scholarly journals Conventional Monetary Policy

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-51
Author(s):  
Ulrich Bindseil ◽  
Alessio Fotia
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Balance Sheets ◽  
Bank Balance Sheets

AbstractThis chapter introduces conventional monetary policy, i.e. monetary policy during periods of economic and financial stability and when short-term interest rates are not constrained by the zero lower bound. We introduce the concept of an operational target of monetary policy and explain why central banks normally give this role to the short-term interbank rate. We briefly touch macroeconomics by outlining how central banks should set interest rates across time to achieve their ultimate target, e.g. price stability, and we acknowledge the complications in doing so. We then zoom further into monetary policy operations and central bank balance sheets by developing the concepts of autonomous factor, monetary policy instruments, and liquidity-absorbing and liquidity providing balance sheet items. Subsequently we explain how these quantities relate to short-term interest rates, and how the central bank can rely on this relation to steer its operational target, and thereby the starting point of monetary policy transmission. Finally, we explain the importance of the collateral framework and related risk control measures (e.g. haircuts) for the liquidity of banks and for the conduct of central bank credit operations.

scholarly journals Why Accounting Matters: A Central Bank Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Schwarz ◽  
Polychronis Karakitsos ◽  
Niall Merriman ◽  
Werner Studener
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Banking Supervision ◽  
Accounting Data ◽  
Financial Strength ◽  
Accounting Rules ◽  
The Stability

AbstractThis paper analyses how accounting frameworks can affect three important areas of responsibility of many central banks, namely monetary policy, financial stability and banking supervision. The identified effects of accounting rules and accounting information on the activities of a central bank are manifold. First, the effectiveness of monetary policy crucially hinges on the financial independence of a central bank, which can be evidenced, inter alia, by its financial strength. Using a new simulation of the financial results of the European Central Bank (ECB), this paper shows that the reported annual profit and financial buffers of a central bank can be significantly affected by accounting, profit distribution and loss coverage rules. Second, in respect of financial stability, the accounting frameworks applied by commercial banks can not only affect their behaviour, but also that of financial markets. Indeed, there is evidence that accounting frameworks amplified pro-cyclicality during the recent crisis, and thus posed risks to the stability of the financial system. This being so, the accounting frameworks of credit institutions have obvious implications for central banks’ analyses with regard to promoting financial stability. Finally, as regards banking supervision, regulatory reporting and key supervisory ratios are based on accounting data. Under the new regulatory framework for banks in the European Union (EU), bank supervisors are highly reliant on accounting data. This means that central banks, in their role as bank supervisors, need to understand the underlying accounting rules and should directly support the development and application of harmonised accounting frameworks.

scholarly journals Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Sebagai Alat Pembayaran di Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 2243
Author(s):  
Claudia Saymindo Emanuella
Keyword(s):  
Central Bank ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
Security Sector ◽  
Digital Currency ◽  
Payment Instruments ◽  
Digital Money ◽  
The Right

AbstractTechnological developments encourage innovation in various sectors, including banking. The widespread use of digital currencies is an impetus for central banks to create an alternative to replace ungoverned digital currencies. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is the alternative chosen by various central banks in the world. Various countries have conducted research related to the implementation in terms of design and risk in the financial, operational, and legal fields. Bank Indonesia plans to develop a CBDC as part of national economy and finance digitalization. Indonesia does not yet have a strong legal framework to underlie the implementation of CBDC, especially in the cyber security sector, The role of the central bank becomes very important in CBDC’s issuance and implementation as the only party that has the right to determine, issue, and regulate legal payment instruments in Indonesia.Keywords: Central Bank Digital Currency; Digital Money; Central Bank; Cybersecurity.AbstrakPerkembangan teknologi mendorong inovasi dalam berbagai sektor, termasuk perbankan. Maraknya penggunaan digital currency menjadi dorongan bagi bank sentral untuk menciptakan mata uang digital yang dapat menggantikan digital currency tanpa pihak berwenang. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) menjadi alternatif yang dipilih oleh berbagai bank sentral di dunia, dan berbagai negara telah melakukan riset terkait penerapan CBDC dari sisi desain dan risiko di bidang finansial, operasional, dan legal. Bank Indonesia berencana untuk mengembangkan CBDC di Indonesia sebagai bagian dari digitalisasi ekonomi dan keuangan nasional. Indonesia belum memiliki kerangka hukum yang kuat untuk mendasari penerapan CBDC, terutama dalam bidang keamanan siber, mengingat banyaknya ancaman keamanan siber canggih yang terus berkembang. Peran bank sentral menjadi sangat penting dalam penerbitan dan penerapannya sebagai satu-satunya pihak yang berhak menentukan, menetapkan, menerbitkan, dan meregulasi alat pembayaran sah di Indonesia.Kata Kunci: Central Bank Digital Currency; Uang Digital; Bank Sentral; Cybersecurity.

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