Today, the U.S. Office of Financial Research published a working paper, "Central Bank Digital Currency: Stability and Information." The working paper looks at how introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) would affect the banking system's stability.
As central banks consider whether the benefits of creating digital cash outweigh the risks, the paper finds that at least one risk—bank runs—is not as significant as initially feared.
First, banks lower their maturity mismatch when depositors have access to CBDC, reducing their exposure to depositor runs. Second, the flow of funds into a CBDC provides policymakers with a new source of real-time information.
The working paper can be found here.
The OFR home page is: https://www.financialresearch.gov/.
