“In a new piece, Citi’s Willem Buiter looks at this problem, which is known as the effective lower bound (ELB) on nominal interest rates.  According to Buiter, the ELB only exists at all due to the existence of cash, which is a bearer instrument that pays zero nominal rates. Why have your money on deposit at a negative rate that reduces your wealth when you can have it in cash and suffer no reduction?  Cash therefore gives people an easy and effective way of avoiding negative nominal rates.  Buiter’s note suggests three ways to address this problem: Abolish currency.  Tax currency.  Remove the fixed exchange rate between currency and central bank reserves/deposits.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-10/citi-economist-says-it-might-be-time-to-abolish-cash

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