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why central banks cannot become insolvent

ECB Occasional Paper 169, April 2016

This paper entitled "Profit distribution and loss coverage rules for central banks" has an interesting footnote on page 14:

Central banks are protected from insolvency due to their ability to create money and can therefore operate with negative equity.

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