Banknotes
Banknotes: October to December 2024
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Demand for cash: a global update
Antti Heinonen explores recent data on banknote demand and analyses its impact on cash infrastructure
Banknotes: July to September 2024
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Central Bank of Kenya cuts rates by 25bp
First reduction in more than four years comes as inflation declines and CBK issues new banknotes
Japan issues first new banknotes in 20 years
New notes are fitted with 3D holograms
Banknotes: April to June 2024
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Danish central bank asks citizens to vote on new banknote designs
Suggested figures for back of note include polar explorer and Hans Christian Andersen
Maximising the impact of banknote communications
Antti Heinonen highlights the ongoing evolution in how central banks talk about their banknotes
Banknotes: January to March 2024
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Central European countries see rise in counterfeiting
Danish central bank to upgrade banknotes ahead of overhaul
Book notes: Easy money, by Dror Goldberg
Interesting interpretations but hard to view 1690s Massachusetts paper as the invention of modern currency
Banknotes: October to December 2023
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Canada introduces first Charles III coins
Argentina updates 2,000-peso note; ECCB commemorative note honours cricketer; and more
ECB selects possible topics for new banknotes
“European culture” and “rivers and birds” enter final selection phase
Uganda central bank cautions against currency ‘bouquets’
Practice makes it impossible to run banknotes through ATMs and counting machines
Nigerian central bank warns against cash panic
Central bank ends currency replacement plan as Cardoso pledges more limited role
Mexico implements emergency cash plan after hurricane
Banxico authorises banks to suspend minimum payments on credit cards
Currency round-up: Liberia withdraws pre-2021 notes
DRC central bank calls on the public to better preserve banknotes, and more
Cuban official denies plans to issue higher-value notes
Deputy governor says rumours are inaccurate as citizens face cash shortages and inflation
Book notes: The Continental dollar, by Farley Grubb
Grubb’s book brings an important new interpretation to this founding moment in US financial history
Banknotes: July to September 2023
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months