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The circulation of euro banknotes and coins in 2018: robust growth driven by non-euro area countries and cash hoarding
[La circulation de la monnaie fiduciaire en euros en 2018 : une dynamique portée par l’international et la thésaurisation]

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  • Ghjuvanni TORRE
  • Emmanuelle LAPLACE

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Demand for euro banknotes and coins remains robust, buoyed by circulation in non-euro area countries and the hoarding of cash as a store of value. Nevertheless, the use of cash as a means of payment is in decline due to rising competition from cashless payment instruments and changing patterns of consumption. The Banque de France remains the central player in the French cash cycle. It manufactures euro banknotes (795.4 million notes in 2018), puts banknotes and coins into circulation in metropolitan France, and maintains the quality of those in issuance. In the French overseas departments and collectivities that have the euro as their currency, these tasks are performed by the Institut d’émission des départements d’outre-mer (IEDOM – the French overseas departments’ note-issuing bank). La demande en pièces et billets en euros demeure dynamique, portée par l’international et la thésaurisation. Néanmoins, l’usage des espèces en tant que moyen de paiement est en repli, du fait de la concurrence croissante des moyens de paiement scripturaux et de l’évolution des modes de consommation. La Banque de France demeure l’acteur central du cycle fiduciaire en France. Elle assure l’impression des billets en euros (795,4 millions de coupures en 2018), la mise en circulation des pièces et des billets en métropole, ainsi que l’entretien de la monnaie fiduciaire. Dans les départements et collectivités d’outre-mer dont la monnaie est l’euro, cette mission est assurée par l’Institut d’émission des départements d’outre-mer (IEDOM), filiale de la Banque de France.

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  • Ghjuvanni TORRE & Emmanuelle LAPLACE, 2019. "The circulation of euro banknotes and coins in 2018: robust growth driven by non-euro area countries and cash hoarding [La circulation de la monnaie fiduciaire en euros en 2018 : une dynamique port," Bulletin de la Banque de France, Banque de France, issue 225.
  • Handle: RePEc:bfr:bullbf:2019:225:02
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    • E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit
    • E50 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - General

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