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Cover Technical Assistance Reports
The Bahamas: Technical Assistance Report-Domestic Local Currency Bond Market Development
International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
The Bahamas has a strong foundation for developing the local currency bond market (LCBM), benefitting from macroeconomic stability, and favorable fiscal and borrowing plans. The government views domestic capital market development as crucial for rebuilding economic buffers and fostering financial market development. An IMF/CARTAC a technical assistance mission visited The Bahamas in March 2023 to support the LCBM development. The mission assessed the current stage of the sovereign debt market and formulated policy recommendations for each of the six building blocks outlined in the Guidance Note for Developing Local Currency Bond Markets. Key findings highlighted significant potential to shift funding from non-concessional external borrowing to the domestic bond market, which would facilitate a more robust yield curve and deeper benchmark issuances. The mission’s key recommendations were: • Transition to a competitive auction system, allowing market prices to clear a fixed volume on offer; • Enhance communication with market participants, including through a formal investor relations strategy, and with relevant stakeholders to improve credibility, transparency, and investor appetite; and • Implement reforms sequentially, initially focusing on eliminating the most critical bottlenecks to market development.
Keywords:
investor base; government securities registry; market outcome; market development; Bahamas government securities depository; money market issuance; Government securities; Government debt management; Securities markets; Securities; Treasury bills and bonds; Global
Cover Policy Papers
Central Bank Digital Currency—Initial Considerations
International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund. Legal Dept., and International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
The paper briefs the Executive Board on the initial considerations on CBDC. These cover a framework to guide countries’ CBDC exploration, as well as implications for monetary policy transmission, capital flow management measures, and financial inclusion.
Keywords:
Central bank digital currency; initial considerations; Handbook; capacity development; collaboration; CBDC handbook; CBDC Fintech Notes; IMF Fintech Notes; transparency policy; CBDC design; handbook chapter; Central Bank digital currencies; Financial inclusion; Payment systems; Monetary base; Central bank mandate; Global
Cover FinTech Notes
Central Bank Digital Currency's Role in Promoting Financial Inclusion
Ashley Lannquist and Brandon Tan
Financial inclusion is a key policy objective that central banks, especially those in emerging and low-income countries, are considering for retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). If properly designed to address the barriers to financial inclusion, CBDCs have the opportunity to gain acceptance by the financially excluded for digital payments. CBDC can then serve as an entry point to the broader formal financial system. CBDC has special aspects that may benefit financial inclusion, such as being a risk-free and widely acceptable form of digital money, availability for offline payments, and potentially lower costs and greater accessibility. However, CBDC is not a panacea to financial inclusion, and additional experience is needed to fully understand its potential impact.
Keywords:
Central bank digital currency; financial inclusion; digital inclusion; digital payments; central bank digital currency's role; IMF Fintech Note 2023/011; IMF Library; publication order; publications service; Central Bank digital currencies; Digital financial services; Payment systems; Global; Sub-Saharan Africa
Cover FinTech Notes
How Should Central Banks Explore Central Bank Digital Currency?
Gabriel Soderberg, Mr. John Kiff, Hervé Tourpe, Ms. Marianne Bechara, Stephanie Forte, Kathleen Kao, Ashley Lannquist, Tao Sun, and Akihiro Yoshinaga
Digitalization of the economy provides both challenges and opportunities. Central banks should ensure that they have the capacity to continue to meet their policy objectives in the digital age. It is in this context that central bank digital currency (CBDC) should be evaluated. If designed appropriately, CBDCs could allow central banks to modernize payment systems and future-proof central bank money as the pace and shape of digitalization continues to evolve. However, the decision to proceed with CBDC exploration and an eventual launch would need to be jurisdiction specific, depending on the degree of digitalization of the economy, the legal and regulatory frameworks, and the central bank’s internal capacity. This paper proposes a dynamic decision-making framework under which the central bank can make decisions under uncertainty. A phased and iterative approach could allow central banks to adjust the pace, scale, and scope of their CBDC projects as the domestic and international environment changes.
Keywords:
Central bank digital currency; project management; digitalization; payments; IMF Fintech Note 2023/008; IMF Library; Fintech note; decision-making framework; publication order; CBDC project; Central Bank digital currencies; Payment systems; Commercial banks; Currencies; Sub-Saharan Africa; Global
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