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CBDC Benefits, Risks, and Policy Considerations
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1. What additional potential benefits, policy considerations, or risks of a CBDC may exist that have
not been raised in this paper?
2. Could some or all of the potential benefits of a CBDC be better achieved in a different way?
3. Could a CBDC affect financial inclusion? Would the net effect be positive or negative for
inclusion?
4. How might a U.S. CBDC affect the Federal Reserve’s ability to effectively implement monetary
policy in the pursuit of its maximum-employment and price-stability goals?
5. How could a CBDC affect financial stability? Would the net effect be positive or negative for
stability?
6. Could a CBDC adversely affect the financial sector? How might a CBDC affect the financial
sector differently from stablecoins or other nonbank money?
7. What tools could be considered to mitigate any adverse impact of CBDC on the financial sector?
Would some of these tools diminish the potential benefits of a CBDC?
8. If cash usage declines, is it important to preserve the general public’s access to a form of central
bank money that can be used widely for payments?
9. How might domestic and cross-border digital payments evolve in the absence of a U.S. CBDC?
10. How should decisions by other large economy nations to issue CBDCs influence the decision
whether the United States should do so?
11. Are there additional ways to manage potential risks associated with CBDC that were not raised
in this paper?
12. How could a CBDC provide privacy to consumers without providing complete anonymity and
facilitating illicit financial activity?
13. How could a CBDC be designed to foster operational and cyber resiliency? What operational or
cyber risks might be unavoidable?
14. Should a CBDC be legal tender?
CBDC Design
15. Should a CBDC pay interest? If so, why and how? If not, why not?
16. Should the amount of CBDC held by a single end-user be subject to quantity limits?
17. What types of firms should serve as intermediaries for CBDC? What should be the role and
regulatory structure for these intermediaries?
18. Should a CBDC have "offline" capabilities? If so, how might that be achieved?
19. Should a CBDC be designed to maximize ease of use and acceptance at the point of sale? If
so, how?
20. How could a CBDC be designed to achieve transferability across multiple payment platforms?
Would new technology or technical standards be needed?
21. How might future technological innovations affect design and policy choices related to CBDC?
22. Are there additional design principles that should be considered? Are there tradeoffs around
any of the identified design principles, especially in trying to achieve the potential benefits of a
CBDC?
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