It still needs a viable proof of use
case by central banks.
Not exact matches
A former member of the
Bank of England (BOE) told CNBC it's «unwise» for the central bank to stick to a long - term policy strategy in case it gets wrong - footed by new economic d
Bank of England (BOE) told CNBC it's «unwise» for the
central bank to stick to a long - term policy strategy in case it gets wrong - footed by new economic d
bank to stick to a long - term policy strategy in
case it gets wrong - footed
by new economic data.
The policy response
by inflation - targeting
central banks has been very rapid as the crisis has unfolded, notwithstanding the fact that in some
cases, the current level of inflation was above the target range.
Asked about Greece — a special
case because of the political uncertainties there and because the country continues to labor under an international bailout program overseen in part
by the European
Central Bank — Mr. Draghi said that the bank could buy Greek bo
Bank — Mr. Draghi said that the
bank could buy Greek bo
bank could buy Greek bonds.
There could be several factors that had investors on edge — including news that North Korea had completed a fifth nuclear missile test and the European
Central Bank had declined to announce additional measures to help stimulate Europe's sluggish economy — but many strategists pointed to a speech Friday morning
by Federal Reserve
Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren, in which he said that «a reasonable
case can be made» for tightening interest rates in the U.S..
In contrast to other prominent
banking institutions, some of which are interested in exploring other use
cases for the blockchain, Carstens did not appear impressed
by technologies related to digital assets: «In practice,
central bank experiments show that DLT - based systems are very expensive to run, and slower and much less efficient to operate on conventional payment and settlement systems.»
Their underlying worth is determined
by the
central banking system and the government, through a series of federal guarantees, the setting of interest rates and so on (money used to be backed
by physical gold in Fort Knox, but that hasn't been the
case since the 1970s).
It is in fact the
case that the amount of currency in circulation has not been affected
by any of these policies (such as quantitative easing
by major
central banks).
Bernanke sought to shoot down criticism of the Fed's easy - money policies and strengthen the
case for new efforts
by the
central bank to bring down what he described as gravely high unemployment.
They have since U-turned on both the timing and the scale of the austerity measures; Cable claims he was persuaded of the
case for deep and early cuts, «not
by other politicians, but
by talking to the most senior officials in the government and the
central bank [who said] that we had to act».
Furthermore, the AG's reference to the Grimaldi and Gauweiler
cases also support this opinion: only acts, whatever they are, adopted
by an EU institution (like a recommendation from the Commission in the first
case, and decisions of the Governing Council of the European
Central Bank, in the second
case) are concerned
by Article 267 TFEU.
(a) The Claimants»
case on the point at the hearing was made
by reference to a Dubai Court of Cassation decision (
Central Bank of Sudan v Africa Alpha Capital 1 Co Ltd, Appeal no 480/2012 Commercial, where the defence was put forward that the court lacked jurisdiction under the Vienna and Riyadh Conventions because the
Bank was a «public venture forming a part of the government entities of the Republic of Sudan that enjoys immunity from judicial proceedings and is not subject to the jurisdiction of the State Courts».
The lawsuit was among a group of
cases filed
by Perkin & Faria in 2011 against American Savings
Bank,
Central Pacific
Bank and
Bank of Hawaii.
However, the
central bank is still hesitant on allowing cryptocurrency trading as explained
by the chairman of State Duma Committee for Financial Markets, Anatoly Aksakov, «The
central bank is against the legalization of this type of digital currency, since in this
case, citizens can start actively investing in crypto - tools, not taking into account possible risks.»
Singapore's
central bank has been studying the potential risks posed
by cryptocurrencies, but there is as yet no strong
case to ban trading of the digital coins in the city - state, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said.
Paper money is ultimately backed
by governments that will take it in payment of taxes (and
central banks that will reduce the monetary base in
case of inflation).
Representatives of the Indonesian
central bank and the national police force on the island have teamed up to investigate
cases of cryptocurrency trading deemed illegal
by authorities in Jakarta.
Banco
Central do Brasil eying on Blockchain Technology for settlement system A new technical research paper recently released
by The
Central Bank of Brazil evaluates blockchain use
cases and reviews a few of the available platforms to establish working prototypes of a...