The objective of this conference is to take stock of the latest research on exchange rates and macroeconomic policies 10 years after the crisis, and to provide a forum for academics and practitioners to share the latest research results on topics, which include but are not limited to: - Advances...

The conference focuses on financial reform, and provides a platform for evaluating and discussing China's financial liberalization, integration with the global financial markets, and the related implications for the global economy. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the...

Academics, market practitioners, and government agencies (particularly central banks) are especially concerned that fluctuations in real estate markets could affect the financial stability through many channels. They include (but not limited to): - wealth effect of households; - collateral...

Two central themes will be related to Asia and the Pacific studies and the PRC economy. The Asia and the Pacific region has experienced market-oriented reforms, openness and globalization, economic regionalization, cross-border interactions, integration, etc., which underpin the first theme....

Preliminary program: - How Do Business Cycles become Global? Common Shocks or Spillovers? - Asian-Pacific Financial Market Interactions with the U.S. and China: A Structural VAR Approach - Foreign Bank Subsidiaries' Default Risk during the Global Crisis: What Factors Help Insulate Affiliates...

Key topics to be discussed: - An aircraft finance odyssey: Will the funding gap arrive in 2010? - Are LCC models faring better than the legacy carriers? - Liquidity management for airlines in a troubled world - How airlines managing through the downturn? - Is long term commercial bank financing...