Fabio Panetta
ECB’s Evelien Witlox on design choices for the digital euro
The digital euro’s program director speaks about holding limits, waterfall arrangements, programmability, blockchain usage and offline ‘secure elements’ for cash-like exchanges
ECB could go below r* when setting policy, says Panetta
Bank of Italy governor says eurozone has to return to “normal way of doing monetary policy”
Governors differ on cross-border payments
Officials from Europe, Africa and Asia diverge over whether bilateral or multilateral links are best
Campos Neto on inflation targeting, independence and the future of financial intermediation
The Brazilian governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about tackling inflation, the need for financial autonomy, and redefining the financial landscape with open finance, programmable Pix, deposit tokenisation and sound cross-border payments governance
Bundesbank’s Nagel: central bank business models are changing
Panetta says wholesale CBDC likely to launch sooner than retail; Das gives update on digital rupee
Eurozone rate cut is ‘fast approaching’, says Panetta
Bank of Italy governor warns that delaying looser policy could lead to financial instability
Italian governor concerned over Russian asset seizure, officials say
Panetta says renminbi has overtaken euro as international currency since Russia invaded Ukraine
Cipollone joins ECB board
Italian economist succeeds Panetta, who takes over the Bank of Italy
Cross-border CBDC challenging to deliver, officials warn
But digital currency could tackle “extremely high” remittance costs, says IMF’s Tobias Adrian