Our central forecast for the economy over the next two years – published this morning in our rst Quarterly Economic Bulletin for 2020 – is that the outlook remains broadly favourable.7 Underlying domestic demand is forecast to grow by 3.7 per cent in 2020 and 3 per cent in 2021.
The aim of the consultation is to learn about the perspectives of private persons, companies and other stakeholders with regard to the digital euro – and to take these perspectives into account when coming to the decision: go, no-go or go later. We should also be aware that the availability of CBDC to foreign citizens could come with substantial consequences for the issuing country.