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Fed's Brainard Sees Case for US Central Bank Digital Currency
Newsmax ^ | February 18, 2022

Posted on 02/18/2022 11:29:43 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard on Friday laid out a case for the role a U.S. central bank digital currency could play in bolstering financial stability as the use of stablecoins and cryptocurrency grows and other countries issue their own CBDCs.

"It is essential that policymakers, including the Federal Reserve, plan for the future of the payment system and consider the full range of possible options to bring forward the potential benefits of new technologies, while safeguarding stability," Brainard said in remarks prepared for delivery to the U.S Monetary Policy Forum in New York.

Fed policymakers are divided on the need for a central bank digital currency, even as many other central banks globally are pressing ahead on such plans.

Brainard has emerged as a supporter of the idea, though in her remarks she emphasized the importance of considering the potential impact of a U.S. CBDC rather than making any outright claims for the need to adopt it.

"It is important to consider how new forms of crypto-assets and digital money may affect the Federal Reserve’s responsibilities to maintain financial stability, a safe and efficient payment system, household and business access to safe central bank money, and maximum employment and price stability," she said Friday.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: currency; digital; fed
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1 posted on 02/18/2022 11:29:43 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Central banking is a good racket if you can get it.


2 posted on 02/18/2022 11:34:16 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Crypto currency was borne to create crisis to eliminate paper money


3 posted on 02/18/2022 11:35:34 AM PST by Jonny7797
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To: EEGator

Central banking is a good racket if you can get it.

That’s the goal of the Fed.


4 posted on 02/18/2022 11:35:38 AM PST by JayAr36 (Just watching the demise of America.)
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Fed's Brainard Sees Case for US Central Bank Digital Currency

Raise your hand if you think that the US government won't make other digital currencies unviable, or illegal when Fed Coin rolls out. I've got a bridge for sale if you do.

5 posted on 02/18/2022 11:40:24 AM PST by Turbo Pig ('To close with and destroy the enemy")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

When all your financial assets are 1s and 0s on a hard drive they can erase you at-will.


6 posted on 02/18/2022 11:44:40 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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To: Turbo Pig

Canada is showing the way seizing digital wallets, it’s absolutely possible for National Governments and Central Banks to crush cryptocurrencies the vehicle will be that cryptocurrency is financing terrorist groups


7 posted on 02/18/2022 11:47:49 AM PST by srmanuel (`)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh hell no!


8 posted on 02/18/2022 11:51:58 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Anyone surprised?


9 posted on 02/18/2022 11:52:12 AM PST by SaxxonWoods ("If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself." - Minquass)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No..No way Jose.


10 posted on 02/18/2022 11:54:00 AM PST by corkoman
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To: srmanuel
it’s absolutely possible for National Governments and Central Banks to crush cryptocurrencies

No! That's not possible! I've been told by crypto advocates, for years, that could not happen!?!

11 posted on 02/18/2022 11:57:16 AM PST by Turbo Pig ('To close with and destroy the enemy")
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Canada is doing the impossible then


12 posted on 02/18/2022 12:04:15 PM PST by srmanuel (`)
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To: EEGator

and they don’t like competition...


13 posted on 02/18/2022 12:29:55 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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That’s the best part.
Actually produce nothing and have zero competition.
The Fed Reserve and Rothschilds deserve a short drop and a sudden stop.


14 posted on 02/18/2022 12:55:59 PM PST by EEGator
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To: JayAr36; SaxxonWoods; FreedomPoster; Oldeconomybuyer; EEGator; Chode
The Fed ... laid out a case for ... bolstering financial stability....


15 posted on 02/18/2022 1:08:25 PM PST by 4Liberty (Remember when government paved the Roads and trained the Army – instead of lying and oppressing?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Of course he does. The theft continues.


16 posted on 02/18/2022 1:12:41 PM PST by dljordan
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To: Turbo Pig
Raise your hand if you think that the US government won't make other digital currencies unviable, or illegal when Fed Coin rolls out.

How?

17 posted on 02/18/2022 1:19:34 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
When all your financial assets are 1s and 0s on a hard drive they can erase you at-will.

What do you think your financial assets are now?

18 posted on 02/18/2022 1:20:27 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: EEGator

bingo


19 posted on 02/18/2022 1:21:13 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: DoodleDawg

And they are doing it, aren’t they?


20 posted on 02/18/2022 1:22:33 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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