The Federal Reserve said it has no plans to develop or issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC), while signaling support for private-sector payment alternatives such as stablecoins and tokenized deposits. The message fits into a broader U.S. debate over whether the central bank should create a retail digital dollar, a topic the Fed has studied for years but has not committed to pursuing. The Fed’s existing CBDC materials say it has made no decision on whether to pursue a CBDC and has been evaluating potential benefits and risks through research and experimentation. The new stance is notable because it places the Fed on the side of market-based digital-money options rather than a centrally issued public digital currency, at a time when other countries continue to test or roll out CBDC programs. That matters for payments policy and for the direction of U.S. digital-dollar discussions, since the choice between a CBDC and privately issued tokenized money has implications for bank intermediation, payments infrastructure, and the role of the Federal Reserve in retail finance.

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