Should Central Banks Worry About Nonlinearities of their Large-Scale Macroeconomic Models?
How wrong could policymakers be when using linearized solutions to their macroeconomic models instead of nonlinear global solutions?
This report describes a joint endeavour between public and private sectors to explore a wholesale payment system based on distributed ledger technology (DLT). They find that a stand-alone DLT system is unlikely to be as beneficial as a centralized payment system in terms of core operating costs; however, it could increase financial system efficiency as a result of integration with the broader financial market infrastructure.