Capital Flows Monitor Jan 2025

The SEACEN Capital Flows Monitor January 2025 shows that Asian economies, as a group, witnessed a recovery in cross-border financial transactions and investments in the first half of 2024. It also finds that the region continued to register a positive net foreign asset position during the review period, although there are differences across economies and…
New Position Available!

We are pleased to inform you of the following vacancy: Director, Macroeconomic and Monetary Policy Management (MMPM) Pillar.Full Job Description and Requirements for the position is available at this link.
Positions Available!

We are pleased to inform you of the following vacancies: Senior Economist in the Macroeconomic and Monetary Policy Management (MMPM) Pillar, andResearch Associate in the Leadership, Governance, and Human Capital (LGHC) Pillar Full Job Description and Requirements for these positions are available at this link.
Joint Press Communique

The 60th SEACEN Governors Conference/High Level Seminar and the 44th Meeting of the SEACEN Board of Governors was sucessfully held on 16 – 7 December 2024 in Seoul, The Republic of Korea. The opening speech given by the Centre’s Executive Director, Dr Cynyoung Park, titled “Regional Outlook, Central Bank Mandates, and SEACEN’s Role” is available here….
SEACEN – OECD Strategic Partnership

The SEACEN Centre and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have formalised a strategic partnership through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two institutions. The Centre and OECD will collaborate on several areas of interest, including cross-border capital flows; capital account liberalization; macroeconomic management and monetary policy; financial stability; climate…
OECD Delegates Visit the SEACEN Centre

The SEACEN Centre was pleased to host a meeting with Winfrid Blaschke and Etienne Lepers from the International Finance Unit, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) at the Centre’s office in Sasana Kijang, Kuala Lumpur, on 19 November 2024. Among the items discussed were potential areas…
New Podcast Episode!

In our new podcast titled “Monetary Policy, Financial Stability, and Independence: Central Bank Mandates Unplugged”, a distinguished panel comprising Ole Rummel, Sir Paul Tucker, Meltem Chadwick, Mark McKenzie, Ayse Sungur, and Chander Rawaswamy examines the evolving role of central banks in addressing complex global challenges. Ole Rummel opens the discussion by exploring the theoretical foundations…
New Blog Post!

We are pleased to announce the latest post on the SUARA SEACEN Blog by Amarendra Mohan, Senior Financial Sector Specialist at The SEACEN Centre. The Basel Committee’s consultative document on Pillar 3 disclosures for climate-related financial risks has evoked strong responses. Some feel that the proposed disclosures are not consistent with the objectives of Pillar…
New Working Paper!

The SEACEN Centre is pleased to publish its latest Working Paper today, which is “Temperature, precipitation and food price inflation: Evidence from a panel of countries” by Meltem Chadwick from the Centre and Hulya Saygili from Atilim University in Turkey. In the paper, Meltem and Hulya address a significant gap in the existing literature, which…
New Blog Post!

We are pleased to announce the latest post on the SUARA SEACEN Blog by Amarendra Mohan, Senior Financial Sector Specialist at The SEACEN Centre and Marie-Alice Moreau from the Banque de France. This desktop survey assesses the extent to which 14 Asian and 6 European Banks are complying with the Basel Committee’s consultative document on…