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...

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...

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....

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...

In this paper, a structural monetary base model is developed. An important feature of this approach is that the model combines three parts of the determinants of the monetary base. The three parts are the commercial bank, the public and the central bank. Bank behaviour relies on an explicit...

In the first section of this paper, it will be explained that though generalizations are misleading, some of the central banks, especially among the advanced and systemically important economies, may have to take some, though not entire responsibility, for causing the global financial crisis....

The aim of this paper is to review and examine a collection of 'most commonly applied' theoretical and empirical models of equilibrium exchange rate. The presentation on each model starts with an introduction of core theoretical frameworks. It will then be followed by discussions on relevant...