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US Fed to seek public comment on central-bank digital currency via long-awaited paper, Powell says

By Neil Roland
  • 11 Jan 2022 16:46
  • 11 Jan 2022 16:46
The US Federal Reserve’s long-awaited paper on central bank digital currencies will be released in the next few weeks and will mostly seek public input while also staking out some policy positions, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told lawmakers today.
”The report really is ready to go, and I’d expect we

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Neil Roland

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Neil has covered U.S. financial regulation for over two decades, mostly for Bloomberg and Crain Communications. He received a Loeb award for coverage of regulators' response to the collapse of Enron. He also garnered a SABEW award and some Jesse H. Neal awards for stories on the Federal Reserve's response to the 2008 financial crisis. Roland has appeared as a commentator on Fox TV, NPR, C-Span and Bloomberg TV. He received a Master's degree in public policy from Harvard and a Bachelors degree in economics from Cornell.

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