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Can a research and training institute excel in both research (R) and training (T) by crafting a “synergistic relationship” to produce what Aristotle would say “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”? Interest in integrating research (R) and training (T) took a leap frog with the...
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With revolutionary changes of the financial environment, due in particular to the progress of information and communication technology and the aftermath of the global financial crisis, central banks are facing new challenges in the pursuit of price, financial and exchange rate stability. This...
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This paper highlights some of the vulnerabilities seen as overarching in the SEACEN economies. As the global economy recovers, the following scenarios are probable. Firstly, a possible upward shift of interest rates in developed economies could destabilize the emerging financial markets....
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This issue has four excellent articles - Dr. William (“Bill”) M. Isaac, former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and now a top global banking industry consultant, has submitted a thought-provoking article on lessons learned from the 2008 banking crisis in the U.S....
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The three articles selected for inclusion in the Journal’s first edition by the Journal’s Editorial Board reflect the broad range of issues that relate to financial stability. Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, has contributed a thought-provoking article on the...
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The main objective of this high-level Conference was to bring together senior staff of SEACEN member central banks to discuss the future role of the central bank in supporting adjustments in the growth strategy for Asia in response to lessons from the GFC. The discussions were fruitful and the...
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The payment and settlement systems play a core intermediating function and operate as the “plumbing system” for financial markets to help ensure swift, safe and seamless flow of funds from one payment participant to another. Smooth and certain settlement of payments would reduce risks,...
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One of the main reasons the economic and financial crisis, which began in 2007, became so severe was that the banking sectors of many countries had built up excessive on- and off-balance sheet leverage. This was accompanied by a gradual erosion of the level and quality of the capital base. At...
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Most of the developing countries in the past were striving to maintain a comfortable level of foreign exchange reserves sufficient to cover imports of goods and services. These days, several emerging economies hold a high volume of foreign exchange reserves. This paper reviews the foreign...
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The Second Volume of the Journal comprises four outstanding original articles from renowned experts, namely Mr. Stefan Ingves, Governor of the Riksbank and Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Mr. Gerald Edwards, Jr., a long-time Chief Accountant of the U.S. Federal Reserve...
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