This paper discusses key findings of the Detailed Assessment of Compliance on the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision on Singapore. The assessment of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) represents a very high level of compliance with the Basel Core Principles for...

This paper discusses the findings of the Detailed Assessment of Implementation on the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation on Singapore. Overall compliance with IOSCO principles is generally high, although the assessors...

This paper discusses key findings of the Detailed Assessment of Observance of the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems-International Organization of Securities Commissions Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures(FMIs) in Singapore. Singapore has a well-developed payment, clearing,...

Defining business cycles as fluctuations of the period of the cycle of less than eight years, the author explores the business cycles of the USA and seven East Asian economies, i.e. Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. International co-movements in GDP...