VIDEO: Interview with BOT Governor
The relevance of capital flows to emerging markets is a topic of importance for SEACEN member banks, notably small open economies like Thailand. An excellent interview on Bloomberg with Bank of Thailand Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob is available on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dk2w5ogJEPA
New SEACEN Podcast Episode!
“BigTech” in the Financial Sector: More Choice for the Consumer, More Challenges for the Regulator? It’s a brand new season of the SEACEN Podcast! In this first episode, SEACEN financial sector supervision experts Mark McKenzie and Glenn Tasky talk with prolific writer and educator Professor Douglas Arner, Kerry Holdings Professor in Law and Co-Founder, Asian…
New Publication Update
A sole-authored research paper by Victor Pontines, Senior Economist at the SEACEN Centre, has been accepted for publication at the Journal of The Japanese and International Economies published by Elsevier, entitled “A Provincial View of Consumption Risk Sharing in Korea: Asset Classes as Shock Absorbers”. Adopting spatial panel methods, this study found in the main…
New Publication Update
Rogelio Mercado, Senior Economist at the SEACEN Centre, has published a co-authored paper entitled: “The Currency Composition of International Portfolio Assets” at the Journal of International Money and Finance. A working paper version was released as SEACEN WP1/2019. Read more. The paper shows the following:• Currency bias towards holdings of US dollar and Euro denominated portfolio…
New Working Paper
A new SEACEN working paper, by Victor Pontines, adds to a recent and growing literature that assesses the effects of macroprudential policy. The effects of LTV ratio shocks in Korea were identified using sign-restricted structural VARs and rely on a recent approach within this method to conduct structural inference. The findings show that LTV ratio…
New Publication Update
Low wage growth since the global financial crisis (GFC) has been puzzling a number of central banks. Our senior economist Ozer Karagedikli and his co-authors find a compelling explanation, by using New Zealand data, for low wage inflation since the GFC is the relatively low number of people switching jobs. Job switching offers a more…
Vacancy – Head of Administration
The Centre is pleased to announce the availability of a position for a Head of Administration. The full Job Description, Skills, Knowledge, and Competencies required for this position can be obtained here. The successful candidate will receive an attractive and competitive remuneration and benefits package. Interested candidates should send their application letter with their latest CV, relevant…
New Publication Update
Dr. Rogelio Mercado, Senior Economist at SEACEN Centre, publishes two chapters discussing historic episodes of hyperinflations and economic foundations of hyperinflation in his new co-authored book entitled: Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe: Background, Impact, and Policy, released by Palgrave Macmillan. Both his chapters cater to wider readers of monetary policy and macroeconomics. The book provides fiscal and monetary…
Joint Press Communique: 55th SEACEN BOG
This is the approved Joint Press Communique from the 55th SEACEN Governors’ Conference / High-Level Seminar and the 39th Meeting of the SEACEN Board of Governors, held in Singapore, between 13th and 14th November 2019. Click to read the full release
SEACEN Podcast Episode 18
In this episode, Geraldine Joseph, the Senior Analyst from the Leadership and Governance pillar of the Centre speaks to Dr. Hans Genberg, the former Executive Director at the SEACEN Centre and currently Professor of Finance at the Asia School of Business in Kuala Lumpur. This is the first of the Step Up to Lead podcast…