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ECB Approves Next Stage of Digital Euro With Investigation Phase

Jul 15 2021, 7:32 AM July 14 2021, 5:15 PM July 15 2021, 7:32 AM (Bloomberg) Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. (Bloomberg) Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. The European Central Bank took a major step toward a digital euro on Wednesday, approving an “investigation phase” that could ultimately lead to a virtual currency being implemented around the middle of the decade. The next stage will last 24 months and aims to address key issues on design and distribution, the ECB said in a statement. It also said the decision “will not prejudge any future decision on the possible issuance of a digital euro, which will come only later. In any event, a digital euro would complement cash, not replace it.” Executive Board member Fabio Panetta said the next phase would be implementation, which would take about three yea

ECB Poised to Take Next Step in Revolutionizing Euro-Zone Money

ECB Poised to Take Next Step in Revolutionizing Euro-Zone Money Carolynn Look, Bloomberg News The Euro sculpture illuminated outside the Eurotower, the former headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. ECB Supervisory Board Chairman Andrea Enria said that the ECB is enabling payment of dividends within limits. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg , Bloomberg (Bloomberg) The European Central Bank is about to take the next step in reinventing the region’s money as it marches toward the creation of a digital euro. Policy makers will decide on Wednesday whether to move to an exploratory phase, which President Christine Lagarde reckons could take about two years. Ultimately, euro-zone citizens could be holding a virtual central-bank currency by the middle of this decade.

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