Digital currencies The prospects for retail CBDCs Open instant payments systems offer a quicker route to financial deepening, for now 09 Dec 2025   |  Opinion

Financial Stability The life insurance industry’s transformation: financial stability implications Gaston Gelos and Frank Packer examine an industry that is increasingly complex and interconnected 26 Nov 2025   |  Opinion

Monetary Policy Rethinking policy transmission in the age of AI Managing machine expectations will require analytical innovation and potentially new forms of oversight, argues Elisa Vilorio de Painter 05 Nov 2025   |  Opinion

Governance Is independence compatible with climate action? Lessons from China indicate relationship between governments and central banks may need to change, argues Mathias Larsen 04 Nov 2025   |  Opinion

Digital currencies Why Europe cannot afford to delay the digital euro CBDC would counter the erosion of sovereignty as cash recedes, substitution by foreign digital monies and weaponisation of access, argue Biagio Bossone and Céu Pereira 30 Oct 2025   |  Opinion

Currency Interesting developments in currency denomination structures Antti Heinonen explores recent changes in currency structures and the reasons behind them 23 Oct 2025   |  Opinion

Communication The voice of the central bank in times of uncertainty The NBU’s Volodymyr Lepushynskyi explains the importance of transparent comms in maintaining trust and managing expectations 14 Oct 2025   |  Opinion

Reserves The SDR as an alternative to the dollar The weaponisation of the dollar by US authorities represents an opportunity to reconfigure usage of the SDR, argues Warren Coats 08 Oct 2025   |  Opinion

Payments The ‘EuroLiber’ for depoliticised payments Biagio Bossone explains how Europe could provide a neutral anchor to support international payments 07 Oct 2025   |  Opinion