FAST THINKING: The race is on for a digital dollar

Ready for UncleSamCoin? It’s official: The Federal Reserve’s new report on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) has opened the door for the first time to the United States issuing its own digital currency. That marks an evolution from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s previous skepticism about a US digital currency, and it comes at a moment in which nearly ninety countries are at least exploring the idea of issuing a CBDC. Experts from our GeoEconomics Center, which helped shape this debate with its Central Bank Digital Currency Tracker and all the research on global trends that goes into it, break down the next moves for the Fed.

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