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How real is the CBDC threat to privacy?
Public unease over central bank surveillance is misplaced ...
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Only 14% of financial institutions headed by women
The industry still falls far short of where it needs to be ...
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Future of energy: Spring SPI Journal
Ukraine conflict has potentially set decarbonisation goals back ...
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Central banks can tighten by doing nothing
Pulling on the quantitative tightening lever ...
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Cryptoasset regulation depends on answers to central questions
Issues holding back effective regulation addressed by new framework ...
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Competing definitions of the metaverse point to different futures
Conflating Web 3 with virtual reality and the metaverse will hold back development ...
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Victor and vacillator: Macron wins, Scholz hesitates
From inflation to war - six questions where France, Germany struggle to coalesce ...
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EU has opportunity to harness crisis to deepen economic union
Capital markets and banking union progress could be made ...
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Structural reforms required to safeguard democratic future
Advanced economies have relied too heavily on monetary policy ...
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World order may fragment following Ukraine conflict
Russia-Ukraine war could end with use of nuclear weapons ...
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BIS turns to blockchain to drive a new type of green bond
Mitigation outcome interests let green bond carbon credits trade independently ...
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