About forty minutes into the final session of a recent research conference at the IMF, Ken Rogoff made the following remarks: We have regulation about the government having monopoly over currency, but we allow these very close substitutes, we think it's good, but maybe... it's not so good, maybe we want to have a future where we all have an ATM at the Fed instead of intermediated through a bank... and if you want a better deal, you want more interest on your money, then you can buy what is basically a bond fund that may be very liquid, but you are not guaranteed that you're going to get paid back in full.
The Payments System and Monetary Transmission
The Payments System and Monetary Transmission
The Payments System and Monetary Transmission
About forty minutes into the final session of a recent research conference at the IMF, Ken Rogoff made the following remarks: We have regulation about the government having monopoly over currency, but we allow these very close substitutes, we think it's good, but maybe... it's not so good, maybe we want to have a future where we all have an ATM at the Fed instead of intermediated through a bank... and if you want a better deal, you want more interest on your money, then you can buy what is basically a bond fund that may be very liquid, but you are not guaranteed that you're going to get paid back in full.