Comparing the sentiment of consumers in 2020 and 2021, they find that digital currencies and central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are at the crossroads of credit cards and payment apps.
EconomistImpact communicated the survey report based on a PDF document titled "Digimentality2022 - Fear and Love for Virtual Currencies" dated July 6, 2022. They surveyed 30,000 people, and half of the respondents came from developed economies such as the United States and the United States. The other half are from developing countries such as Brazil and the Philippines.
14% of people support CBDC, which is a significant increase compared to 4% in 2021. Interestingly, 37% of consumers predict that the government or central bank will produce digital currency legal tender in the next three years, and about one-third of people predict Release of CBDC.
Tobias Adrian, director of financial capital markets at the IMF
As the world becomes more and more intelligent, the close connection between physical cash and digital cash is a natural evolution. It may not be used much, but in principle it can be converted into central bank digital currency, which may be a key pillar of the digital economy.
It is worth noting that more than 60 central banks are in the middle of the central bank. The development of CBDC in different stages. In 2021, PricewaterhouseCoopers professional services company CBDC China and Sweden have already started the on-site pilot of the global index.
