To help ensure a rigorous and balanced approach is taken towards assessing the case for launching a digital pound in future, we recommend that the Government and Bank of England set out in more detail, as soon as possible, the criteria they will use to inform that final decision. (Paragraph 61) 20 The digital pound: still a solution in search of a problem?

To help ensure a rigorous and balanced approach is taken towards assessing the case for launching a digital pound in future, we recommend that the Government and Bank of England set out in more detail, as soon as possible, the criteria they will use to inform that final decision. (Paragraph 61) 20 The digital pound: still a solution in search of a problem? Type: recommendation | Number: 13 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: HM Treasury and the Bank agree that a balanced, transparent and rigorous approach is required to assess the case for a digital pound, to explore the benefits, costs, opportunities and risks of issuance from a neutral stance. The decision to launch a digital pound will consider the fundamental factor