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  • Straits Times 30 May 2023

    How central banks can navigate through ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’ crises

    The core mandate of central banks is to control inflation. But in the process of doing it, many other problems can emerge. Economies can tank, leading to job and output losses, stock markets and property markets can melt down and banks can fail. In emerging markets, even currencies can crash. How central bankers can deal with such multiple...

  • Business Times 26 May 2023

    ‘Integrated policy framework’, not monetary policy alone, needed for price and financial stability: Ravi Menon

    SECURING both price stability and financial stability cannot be done through monetary policy alone, but requires integration with other policy areas, said Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) managing director Ravi Menon on Friday (May 26). Speaking at the 10th Asian Monetary Policy Forum at Shangri-La Singapore, he advocated an integrated...

  • MAS Media Release 25 May 2023

    10th Asian Monetary Policy Forum to Discuss the Conduct of Monetary Policy amid High Inflation and Financial Market Instability

    Singapore, 25 May 2023…The 10th Asian Monetary Policy Forum (AMPF) will take place in Singapore today and tomorrow, bringing together leading policymakers and academics to focus on the challenges confronting monetary policy against the current macroeconomic and financial landscape. This year’s AMPF returns as a fully...

  • MAS Media Release 26 May 2022

    9th Asian Monetary Policy Forum to Address the Conduct of Monetary Policy in the Current Challenging Environment

    Singapore, 26 May 2022…The 9th Asian Monetary Policy Forum (AMPF) will take place in Singapore today and tomorrow, bringing together leading policymakers and academics to focus on issues confronting the conduct of monetary policy in today’s complex environment. After two years of meeting virtually, the hosts are delighted to welcome many...

  • MAS Media Release 26 May 2021

    Asian Monetary Policy Forum 2021 Special Edition and MAS-BIS Conference on "Macro-Financial Stability Policy in a Globalised World: Lessons from International Experience"

    Singapore, 26 May 2021… The Asian Monetary Policy Forum (AMPF) convenes today for the eighth year. MAS and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) have organised a conference for the Special Edition of the AMPF and MAS-BIS Conference on "Macro-Financial Stability Policy in a Globalised World: Lessons from International Experience"...

  • MAS Media Release 26 May 2021

    "The Quest for an Integrated Macro Policy Framework" Opening Remarks by Mr Ravi Menon, Monetary Authority of Singapore, at Asian Monetary Policy Forum and MAS-BIS Conference on Macro-Financial Stability

    Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to this year’s special edition of the Asian Monetary Policy Forum featuring the MAS-BIS Conference on Macro-Financial Stability. The origins of this conference go back to a conversation that Agustín and I had about 18 months ago...

  • Business Times 13 June 2020

    Global economy to suffer significant scarring mention event AMPF

    The global economy is recovering more slowly than expected from the coronavirus pandemic and will bear lingering scars from the experience, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is set to release economic growth projections on...

  • Lianhe Zaobao 13 June 2020

    疫情导致经济损失与日俱增 IMF料再下调全球经济展望

    国际货币基金组织首席经济学家戈皮纳特在第七届亚洲货币政策论坛发表视讯演讲时说,目前全球多达75%的经济体已进入不同程度的重启,然而冠病疫情会对经济造成多大的伤痕、将持续多久,仍是未知数。由于世界各国从2019冠状病毒疾病疫情中重启经济面临重大不确定性,国际货币基金组织很可能进一步下调全球今年的经济展望。

  • Straits Times 13 June 2020

    IMF set to further cut global growth outlook for 2020 mention event AMPF

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it may again down-grade its already pessimistic out-look for the global economy this month. Given the possibility of a further decline in consumption, more job losses and the risk of a fresh wave of bankruptcies, there is a lot of concern about the path and shape of recovery...

  • Lianhe Zaobao 13 June 2020

    国际货币基金组织料将进一步下调全球经济展望

    由于世界各国从2019冠状病毒疾病疫情中重启经济面临重大不确定性,国际货币基金组织(IMF)很可能进一步下调全球今年的经济展望。在今早通过视讯形式举行的第七届亚洲货币政策论坛(Asian Monetary Policy Forum),国际货币基金组织首席经济学家戈皮纳特(Gita Gopinath)说:"我们正从最新发布的数据中观察各国经济复苏的形势如何..."

  • BNN Bloomberg 13 June 2020

    Global Economy to Suffer ‘Significant Scarring,’ IMF Says mention event AMPF

    (Bloomberg) -- The global economy is recovering more slowly than expected from the coronavirus pandemic and will bear lingering scars from the experience, according to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF is set to release economic growth projections June 24 that “will be, very likely, worse than what we had” in April...

  • Lianhe Zaobao 13 June 2020

    疫情导致经济损失与日俱增 IMF料再下调全球经济展望

    由于世界各国从2019冠状病毒疾病疫情中重启经济面临重大不确定性,国际货币基金组织很可能进一步下调全球今年的经济展望。国际货币基金组织(IMF)首席经济学家戈皮纳特(Gita Gopinath)昨天在第七届亚洲货币政策论坛(Asian Monetary Policy Forum)通过视讯发表演讲时说:“我们正从最新的高频数据中观察各国经济复苏的形势。..."

  • Straits Times 13 June 2020

    IMF set to further cut global growth outlook for 2020 mention event AMPF

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it may again downgrade its already pessimistic outlook for the global economy this month. Given the possibility of a further decline in consumption, more job losses and the risk of a fresh wave of bankruptcies, there is a lot of concern about the path and shape of recovery...

  • Business Times 13 June 2020

    Global economy to suffer 'significant scarring': IMF mention event AMPF

    THE global economy is recovering more slowly than expected from the coronavirus pandemic and will bear lingering scars from the experience, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is set to release economic growth projections on June 24 that "will be, very likely, worse than what we had" in April, even as there remains “profound...

  • Bloomberg 12 June 2020

    Global Economy to Suffer ‘Significant Scarring,’ IMF Says mention event AMPF

    The global economy is recovering more slowly than expected from the coronavirus pandemic and will bear lingering scars from the experience, according to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF is set to release economic growth projections June 24 that “will be, very likely, worse than what we had” in April, even as...

  • Lianhe Zaobao 12 June 2020

    国际货币基金组织料将进一步下调全球经济展望

    由于世界各国从2019冠状病毒疾病疫情中重启经济面临重大不确定性,国际货币基金组织(IMF)很可能进一步下调全球今年的经济展望。在今早通过视讯形式举行的第七届亚洲货币政策论坛(Asian Monetary Policy Forum),国际货币基金组织首席经济学家戈皮纳特(Gita Gopinath)说:“我们正从最新发布的数据中观察各国经济复苏的形势如何..."

  • Gulf Times 12 June 2020

    Global economy to suffer 'significant scarring': IMF mention event AMPF

    The global economy is recovering more slowly than expected from the coronavirus pandemic and will bear lingering scars from the experience, according to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF is set to release economic growth projections June 24 that “will be, very likely, worse than what we had” in April, even as there remains “profound...

  • Business Times 27 May 2017

    Markets are ignoring serious risks, says Citigroup chief economist

    Financial markets are "completely ignoring" serious downside risks to the global economy emanating from sources such as China, Brexit, the US economy and the European Union (EU), Citigroup's global chief economist Willem Buiter has said.

  • Straits Times 27 May 2017

    Top economist warns of 'explosion in leverage'

    One of the world's top economists has warned that a decade after the last financial crisis, the level of debt being taken on by corporations and households in the United States is hitting levels that should concern regulators.

  • Straits Times 27 May 2017

    We have not learned lessons from last financial crisis: Economist

    One of the world's top economists has warned that a decade after the last financial crisis, the level of debt taken on by corporations and households in the US is hitting worrying levels. Citi's global chief economist, Dr Williem Buiter, speaking at the Asian Monetary Policy Forum (AMPF) at the Shangri-La Hotel yesterday, warned of on an "explosion of...

  • MAS Media Release 26 May 2017

    The Fourth Asian Monetary Policy Forum Discusses Regional Economic and Financial Issues

    Singapore, 26 May 2017…The Asian Monetary Policy Forum (AMPF) convenes for the fourth year at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore today. Held in conjunction with the annual conference of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER) that took place from 22–25 May 2017, the Forum is co-organised and funded by the University of...

  • Mondo Visione 22 May 2017

    Eminent International Marcoeconomist Jeffrey Frankel Appointed Monetary Authority of Singapore Term Professor at NUS

    The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have jointly appointed Professor Jeffrey Frankel as the MAS Term Professor in Economics and Finance from 22 to 25 May 2017. Prof Frankel will be hosted by the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ Department of Economics and the Economic Policy...

  • MAS Media Release 24 May 2014

    Inaugural Asian Monetary Policy Forum kicks off discussions on region’s finance and economic issues

    The inaugural Asian Monetary Policy Forum (AMPF) convenes in Singapore today at the Shangri-La Hotel, in conjunction with and under the auspices of the annual conference of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER), which will be held from 26-29 May 2014. The AMPF is co-organised and funded by the University of Chicago Booth...

  • Business Times 21 May 2013

    Singapore home for Asian economic research bureau

    SINGAPORE will play host to several of the world's prominent finance and economics experts as they come together to form Asia's largest economics re­search organisation here, aimed at giving an intellec­tual boost to the local finan­cial industry. The Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Re­search (ABFER) will be an independent Singapore-based org...