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Exec Director of the Bank of Japan Refuses to Launch CBDC for Negative Rates

Cameron Murphy

Apr 14, 2022 10:49


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The CBDCs will not be utilized to attain negative rates, according to Bank of Japan Executive Director Shinichi Uchida.


Another BoJ officer indicated in February that CBDCs might harm the economy.


Other banks and businesses in the nation are working on their own stablecoins.


As Japan continues to build its own Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), the central bank that will issue it is expressing reservations.

Japan Opposes CBDC in Part, but Not Completely

According to Reuters, Bank of Japan Executive Director Shinichi Uchida indicated that if a digital currency of the Japanese Yen is meant to be used to produce negative rates, the central bank would not launch it.


Recently, Japan started testing the possibility of establishing a CBDC within the next four years, and there has been back and forth among economists in the nation.


Regardless, the central bank is still experimenting and testing new functions.


The tests are now in their second phase, and the Bank of Japan intends to investigate the possibility of imposing a transaction and HODLing restriction on the CBDC.


The bank is also considering whether or not the CBDC should be converted into an interest-bearing asset. However, according to Uchida, doing so might lead to the CBDC becoming a bank deposit alternative. "While the concept of employing such a feature as a method to create a negative interest rate is frequently debated in academics, the Bank will not establish CBDC on this premise," he said, adding to the worry over negative rates.

CBDC-Related Issues

While Uchida was against negative rates, Hiromi Yamaoka, the former head of the Bank of Japan's financial settlement department, warned that CBDCs may ruin the economy.


Hiromi agreed that payment systems should be digitized, but he opposed utilizing a CBDC to do it. "Some argue negative interest rates may operate more successfully with a digital currency, but I don't think so," he said of his reservations about negative interest rates.


Companies and institutions, on the other hand, are developing their own currency offers in the meanwhile，A Japanese trading firm, aims to issue a gold-backed cryptocurrency in the nation.


Even though it will serve as a stablecoin, it will be tethered to the value of 1 gram of gold rather than the Japanese Yen.


While the "stablecoin" is a viable investment option, it pales in comparison to what a real stablecoin or CBDC can do. As a result, the Bank of Japan estimates that the nation will have to wait until 2026 to receive its own digital currency.

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