Central bank digital currency and financial inclusion

Brandon Joel Tan

Journal of Macroeconomics, 2024, vol. 81, issue C

Abstract: This paper develops a model to incorporate the impact of financial inclusion to study the implications of issuing a CBDC. In a “two-tier” model where banks distribute CBDC, CBDCs have the potential to increase the supply of deposits by incentivizing the unbanked to open bank accounts (offsetting potential flows from deposits to CBDCs), boosting overall lending. This is more likely when CBDC is valuable as a means of payment, provides anonymity in payments, and/or offers remuneration, especially in developing countries where the size and relative wealth of the previously unbanked population is large. CBDC can be optimal for household welfare even when overall lending decreases as households benefit from the value of using CBDC for payments and as an alternative “safe” savings vehicle.

Keywords: Central bank digital currency; Financial inclusion; Bank disintermediation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2024.103620

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