This collaborative project, which is participated by 8 SEACEN member banks, aimed to examine exchange rate volatility faced by the member countries and to study its impact on the domestic economy with emphasis on adjustments of the corporate and financial sector. The project also investigated...

This study examines commercial banks' interest rate spreads between lending and deposit rates. The measurement of the spread is important as many central banks now are publishing the overall average interest rates of the banking systems while authorities aew increasingly requiring banks to...

This paper analyzes the effects of the trade and financial networks on the propagation of the global financial crisis of 2008. We adopt a new methodology that incorporates a dynamic network approach into econometric analysis. Some interesting results are obtained. Firstly, both the trade and...

Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) play a critical role in the financial system and the broader economy by facilitating the clearing, settlement and recording of monetary and other financial transactions and thereby maintaining and promoting financial stability and economic growth. However,...

There is a growing concern over the rapid increase in mortgage loans and consumer credit of households in SEACEN economies in recent years. Rising household credit has important implications for the economy. Periods of excessive credit growth has often been linked with episodes of financial and...

Countercyclical capital buffer (CCCB) has been incorporated in the Basel III framework with the aim of ensuring that banking sector capital requirements take account of the macro-financial environment in which banks operate. It is likely to address pro-cyclicality in the banking business and its...

This study attempts to review policy options available for the authorities and examine their relative effectiveness in SEACEN member economies during the recent global financial crisis. During normal times, authorities often have space and flexibility to use policies impacting macroeconomic...

This study gives a preliminary assessment of the macroeconomic impact of implementing Basel III in Malaysia. This is also an attempt to contribute to the increasing studies for emerging economies, especially focusing on SEACEN members. The Basel III standards seek to significantly increase the...

Liberalized capital accounts and financial integration can enrich a country’s welfare as long as they are appropriately coordinated with the adequate strengthening of policy frameworks. Otherwise, volatile capital flows and financial contagion, promulgated by capital account liberalization and...

This study empirically examines the issue on whether countries that target inflation systematically experience higher exchange rate volatility. A major challenge that immediately confronts such analysis is that countries do not choose their monetary regimes in a random fashion. In this paper, an...