SEACEN Policy Brief #1 2025
The Centre is pleased to announce the publication of the new SEACEN Policy Brief, Issue #1 by Meltem Chadwick. This SEACEN Policy Brief explores how rapid structural change driven by digitalisation and AI adoption, as illustrated by the spread of generative AI such as ChatGPT, challenges fundamental economic relationships and the management of monetary policy….
New Blog Post!
We are pleased to announce the latest post on the SUARA SEACEN Blog by Mark McKenzie, Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the Centre. The Adoption of AI in SEACEN Member Central Banks and Considerations for Financial Stability Artificial intelligence is transitioning from narrow, task-specific analytical models to advanced generative systems capable of producing human-like outputs…
Joint Press Release for the 61st SEACEN Governors’ Conference/45th Meeting of the SEACEN BOG
The 61st SEACEN Governors’ Conference was held on 28th October 2025, ahead of the 45th Meeting of the SEACEN Board of Governors (BOG) in Bali, Indonesia, hosted by Bank Indonesia. The theme of this year’s Governor’s Conference was “Asian Financial Integration to Navigate Geoeoconomic Shifts: Unlocking Growth and Innovation“. We are pleased to share the…
SEACEN Workshop on Economic Modelling for Policy: A Practitioner’s Primer
The SEACEN Workshop on Economic Modelling for Policy: A Practitioner’s Primer, hosted by Bank Negara Malaysia, starts today with opening remarks by SEACEN Centre Executive Director Dr Cyn-Young Park followed by the first presentation by Prof. Warwick McKibbin AO. This workshop, which runs from 11 – 12 November 2025 aims to equip central bankers with…
New Blog Post!
We are pleased to announce the latest post on the SUARA SEACEN Blog by Meltem Chadwick, Senior Economist, MMPM, together with her co-authors Jaqueson Galimberti (Asian Development Bank) and Rennae Cherry (Reserve Bank of New Zealand). Nonresponse Bias is Distorting Household Inflation Expectations: Evidence and Policy Fixes Our new blog post shows that standard household…
SEACEN Executive Director Opening Remarks at Governors’ Conference
The 61st SEACEN Governors’ Conference was held on 28th October 2025, ahead of the 45th Meeting of the SEACEN Board of Governors (BOG) in Bali, Indonesia, hosted by Bank Indonesia. The theme of this year’s Governor’s Conference was “Asian Financial Integration to Navigate Geoeoconomic Shifts: Unlocking Growth and Innovation“. Dr Park’s opening remarks was followed…
New Position Available!
The SEACEN Centre is looking to fill the role of Director of the Financial Stability, Supervision, and Payments pillar. Interested to work in a dynamic training organisation serving the capacity-building needs of Central banks in the APAC region? Click here for details on our website or apply directly at the American Economic Association site here.
Publication Update
The Centre is pleased to announce the acceptance and publication in the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking a paper co-authored by MMPM Senior Economist, Dr Meltem Chadwick. The paper is titled “Nonresponse Bias in Household Inflation Expectations Surveys” and was co-authored with Rennae Cherry (Reserve Bank of New Zealand) and Jaqueson K. Galimberti (Asian…
New Blog Post!
We are pleased to announce the latest post on the SUARA SEACEN Blog by Masyitah Rosmin, Research Associate at the Centre. Conducting Microprudential Bank Stress Tests: Exploring the Why and How This blog highlights stress-testing practices across several jurisdictions and draws attention to similarities and some differences on how they are conducted. It then sets…
Publication Update
The Centre is pleased to announce the acceptance and publication in separate journals two papers co-authored by MMPM Senior Economist, Dr Nur Ain Shahrier. The paper titled “Dynamic default-risk spillover of global energy firms: Evidence from five subsectors” was accepted and published in the Review of Financial Economics. The co-authors are Zaheer Anwer (Sunway University…