The trade-offs of central bank digital currencies and the digital euro project

Date

March 9, 2022, 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EST
Virtual Event

Nicolas Véron (PIIE), Ulrich Bindseil (European Central Bank) and Natasha de Terán (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Event Summary

The debate on whether and how to introduce central bank digital currencies has gathered steam in recent years. This session will be an opportunity to take stock, with a particular focus on the euro area.

Joining this episode of Financial Statements were:

HOST

Nicolas Véron
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

GUESTS

  • Ulrich Bindseil
    Director General of Market Infrastructure and Payments, European Central Bank
  • Natasha de Terán
    Coauthor of The Payoff: How Changing the Way We Pay Changes Everything
    Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Video

Series

About This Series

Financial Statements is a biweekly virtual event series hosted by Nicolas Véron that explores changes in the world of finance, encompassing themes of financial services regulation, corporate finance and governance, systemic fragility and crises, and structural changes driving business and policy trends in the financial sector.