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- Mr Anthony Scaramucci, Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. A very good morning to all of you. I am very pleased to join you at the inaugural Asian leg of the SALT conference. Global outlook 2. As we move into the last quarter of 2012, the world economic outlook remains uncertain. Advanced economies continue to encounter headwinds as deleveraging, fiscal consolidation and a still-weak financial system act as a drag on growth. 3. With US and Europe
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- Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. The global economy in 2016 – resilient but uninspiring 2016 was an eventful year for the global economy. If you recall, we began the year with anxiety over China’s financial markets but breathed easier over the course of the year as China steadied its economy and avoided the hard landing feared by many. We saw economic momentum in the US slip, and then pick up towards the end of the year, which also saw the second rate hike by the Fed in 10 years and an unexpected
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- 1. We, the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of ASEAN, convened a joint meeting in Singapore on 6 April 2018, co-chaired by Mr. Heng Swee Keat, the Minister for Finance of Singapore, and Mr. Ravi Menon, Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. 2. We reaffirm our commitment to the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint 2025, including its strategic objectives of financial integration, financial stability, and financial inclusion. We welcome the Singapore Chair
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- Requirements on banks for preparing statements of exposures and credit facilities to related concerns. This notice requires all banks to prepare quarterly statements of their exposures and credit facilities to related concerns using the form and explanatory notes attached. Note on revised MAS Notice 643A: MAS has issued a revised MAS Notice 643A that will take effect from 1 July 2021. MAS Notice 643A dated 8 Apr 2021 (353.7 KB) sets out the reporting requirements of the revised Notice. Amendment
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- This semi-annual brief on the Singapore economy also discusses external developments pertinent to our assessment of near-term economic prospects. RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN SINGAPORE 13 August 2021 Highlights The global economy is recovering, but disparities in vaccination rates and in degrees of policy support have contributed to cross-country variation in economic performance. Global economic output regained its pre-pandemic level in Q1 2021. While many countries
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- This semi-annual brief on the Singapore economy also discusses external developments pertinent to our assessment of near-term economic prospects. RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN SINGAPORE 13 August 2021 Highlights The global economy is recovering, but disparities in vaccination rates and in degrees of policy support have contributed to cross-country variation in economic performance. Global economic output regained its pre-pandemic level in Q1 2021. While many countries
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- Ravi Menon Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore Welcome Remarks at Opening Ceremony of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) MAS Penthouse 31 January 2012 Director, AMRO, Wei Benhua, Counselor, AMRO, Yoichi Nemoto, Head, Civil Service and Permanent Secretary (Finance) Peter Ong, Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Good morning. Genesis of the Chiang Mai Initiative Twelve years ago, we took the first steps in a momentous journey that has led us here today. It was
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- 1. INTRODUCTION May I extend warmest greetings and welcome to all visitors and overseas participants. MAS is very pleased that the IMF is organising this conference on a most pertinent topic in Singapore. 2. MONETARY POLICY COMMUNICATIONS—FROM OPACITY TO TRANSPARENCY Since the 1990s, there has been a clear trend in central banking circles towards greater transparency. This marked a significant turnaround from previous decades that prized monetary policy-making as “an arcane and esoteric art
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- This study was published as Special Feature B in the October 2014 Macroeconomic Review 2 3 86 Macroeconomic Review, October 2014 Special Feature B Re-normalise, Dont New-normalise Monetary Policy by John B. Taylor1 Introduction Now is a good time to take stock and consider where monetary policy should be going in the future. The actual practice of monetary policy in many countries in recent yearsincluding the years leading up to and after
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- By the Economic Policy Group, Monetary Authority of Singapore This study was published as Special Feature A in the October 2021 Macroeconomic Review. 86 Macroeconomic Review | October 2021 Special Feature A 50 Years of Inflation Experience in Singapore 1 Introduction This Special Feature provides a review of Singapores inflation experience since the establishment of MAS in 1971.1 It identifies the historical drivers of inflation outcomes and monetary policy responses