This collaborative project aims to present and compare the latest developments and policies concerning small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in SEACEN member economies. In doing so, the focus is placed on central banks¡¯ initiatives and involvement in national policy to promote SME. The...

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...

Since the onset of the global financial crisis, China and the U.S. have reduced their current-account imbalances as a share of GDP to less than half their pre-crisis levels. For China, the reduction in its current-account surplus post-crisis suggests a structural change. Panel regressions for a...