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Central banks need to keep pace with tech development in financial sector

Bailey said: 'We're devoting a lot of time to understanding the consequences not because we reject them, but we need to understand what they mean'
Bailey said: 'We're devoting a lot of time to understanding the consequences not because we reject them, but we need to understand what they mean' Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Central banks should not stand in the way of technological change.

That's according to Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey and Jerome Powell, chair of the US Federal Reserve. Speaking during a panel at the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Summit, Bailey said that while the Bank’s public objectives of safeguarding public interest remain unchanging, it also needs to understand how new technology may affect those objectives.

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