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Scrutinising CBDCs: Project Mariana

Two Machines, One Acronym

Wholesale CBDC and retail CBDC share three letters and almost nothing else. Separating them is the difference between scrutiny and noise.

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Banks have held money at the central bank electronically for decades — reserve balances are already digital central bank money. So what would a wholesale CBDC actually change?

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