Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel believes digitalisation could provide further considerable impetus for growth and prosperity. “This can be achieved if digital transformation is approached with openness to new ideas and room for innovative solutions,” he said, speaking at the Ludwig Erhard Lecture of the INSM (Initiative New Social Market Economy) in Berlin. Mr Nagel also touched on the current monetary policy stance.

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Two years have been spent exploring the possible design and distribution of a digital euro. Now, the Governing Council of the ECB is moving to the next phase of the project. This will lay the foundations for a potential digital euro. It will involve, amongst other things, finalising the digital euro rulebook and selecting providers that could develop a digital euro platform and infrastructure. However, a decision on whether to actually issue a digital euro will be made at a later date.