Using a digital euro easily and everywhere in the euro area As public money, a digital euro would be a European public good which all citizens and firms should be able to access and use without barriers. This should be the case regardless of who their intermediary is or which Member State they are located in.
Output per hour rose at an annual rate of 4½ percent in the first half of this year and at an extraordinary 8 plus-percent rate in the third quarter. In part, these gains are cyclical and reflect firms’ unwillingness, until recently, to expand their payrolls.