Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) may not be essential to achieving intended policy goals, instead addressing underlying constraints and improving other digital payment systems may be a more practical alternative, a survey of 19 central banks in the Middle East and Central Asia (ME&CA) region by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) has said.
Wind-driven wildfire scorches thousands of acres 60 miles east of San Francisco
The fire erupted Saturday afternoon in the grassy hills managed by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of…