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Currency Benchmarks 2021 report – ensuring confidence in the cash cycle
Currency Benchmarks 2021 highlight the challenges central bank currency departments faced during the pandemic. Notably, cash transactions have fallen while demand for banknotes remains strong. As a result, new forecasting tools have been utilised to help departments forecast future banknote demand. Meanwhile, the quest for greening the cash cycle continues – there is no lack of ambition around ensuring sustainability is at the heart of all central bank operations, but progress remains slow with regards to banknotes.
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Currency Benchmarks 2021 – governing members presentation
Central Banking’s currency subject matter specialist Rachael King on access, impact of Covid-19, and more
Material world: the enduring appeal of paper banknotes
Central banks have used space-age polymers to make banknotes for decades. So why does paper remain predominant in banknote production?
Currency Benchmarks 2021 report – executive summary
Perspectives on staffing, circulation, forecasting, note security and composition, outsourcing and more