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EU consumers are familiar making payments with traditional coins and bills, but soon they could be joined by an ‘e-euro". Christian Dubovan/Unsplash

Meet the EU’s answer to crypto: the e-euro

Central banks are now taking digital currencies seriously, and the EU is exploring the idea. While an “e-euro” could increase monetary security and stability, the venture is not without risks.
Cashless payments have advantages, but only to those who have the means to make them. Karolina Grabowska/Pexels

The problem with cashless payments

The slow disappearance of cash has advantages, but it can also exclude the most vulnerable from socio-economic activity. It’s also a privatisation that deteriorates the symbolic dimensions of money.
In December 2022, inflation (not comprising food and energy) reached 5.4%: a record in the Eurozone. Pxhere, CC BY-SA

Inflation in the Eurozone: is it persisting or falling?

What will happen to the euro zone’s rising prices in 2023? Here’s an overview of the factors which might influence inflation’s acceleration or deceleration.
Many countries are dealing with a rapidly rising cost of living. Billion Photos/Shutterstock

Global economy 2023: how countries around the world are tackling the cost of living crisis

Price inflation has hit countries differently, but most central banks and governments are concerned about the rising cost of living in 2023.

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