Digital payments surge, cash in circulation holds steady
Global cashless payments continue to increase, driven by credit transfers in emerging markets and card payments in advanced economies.
The European Central Bank has published a comprehensive guide on collateral management for Eurosystem credit operations.
The Bank of Japan projects decelerating economic growth and significantly higher inflation for fiscal 2026.
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a progress report on July 9, 2025, detailing efforts to enhance nonbank financial intermediation (NBFI) resilience.
A new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper finds that allowing imitation can be privately optimal for innovators.
Global cashless payments continue to increase, driven by credit transfers in emerging markets and card payments in advanced economies.
An ECB Occasional Paper evaluates the EU banking sector capital framework and its implementation of Basel standards.
A Banco de España (BDE) paper quantifies the welfare costs of market power in Spain's product markets.
A Banca d'Italia working paper finds a robust positive association between digital payment usage and economic performance across Italian provinces from 2012 to 2023.
A Bank of England working paper finds significant payment substitution from CHAPS to Faster Payments following the 2022 transaction limit increase.
A Banca d'Italia study reveals that providing recent inflation data to Italian firm managers reduces overconfidence in their forecasts.
A new Banca d'Italia working paper reviews Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) and their applications.