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- Good afternoon 1. I am delighted to launch the Singapore International Reinsurance Conference 2020 virtual event. This is the first time that the Conference is held virtually – a wise insurance as COVID-19 is still raging around the world. Resilience in a Post-COVID World 2. The effects of the pandemic are far-reaching. COVID-19 has turned into a global crisis on the healthcare, economic and social fronts. More than a million lives have been lost, and the world is facing its worst economic
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- by Lee Hsien Loong, Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore and Chairman, Monetary Authority of Singapore, at the William Taylor Memorial Lecture Basel, Switzerland, 21 September 2000, 4.15pm Basel, 10.15pm Singapore INTRODUCTION 1 Three years have passed since the Asian crisis struck in 1997. The crisis showed how unstable the international financial system could be, and how vulnerable apparently strong Asian economies were to a sudden shock. It has caused a searching reappraisal of the benefits and
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- "Sound Banking Systems: A New Growth Imperative" Date: 24 Mar 2000 I am delighted to be with you today. It's a special pleasure to be among so many old friends and colleagues. It's also a great pleasure to be in Singapore under such happy and promising circumstances. Just two years ago, financial and economic conditions throughout Asia were rather grim and the outlook was uncertain. But since then, to the great credit of the people of Asia, significant progress has been achieved. In Thailand, Indonesia
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- Mr Tang Liangzhi, Mayor of Chongqing, Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education and MAS Board Member, Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Let me first thank the Chongqing municipality for hosting the second China-Singapore (Chongqing) Connectivity Initiative (CCI) Financial Summit . You have made us feel at home with your warm hospitality and efficient arrangements. You have also shown great vision by expanding since last year the focus of this Summit from just being between
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- This study was published as Special Feature A in the October 2017 Macroeconomic Review. 80 Macroeconomic Review, October 2017 Special Feature A Macro-Financial Modelling Of The Singapore Economy: A GVAR Approach by Filippo di Mauro and Alessandro Galesi 1 Introduction has greatly increased the Globalisation degree of interdependence across countries. Macroeconomic policy must therefore take a global perspective, particularly in the case of small open economies
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- Issues Raised in Parliament ANSWER TO PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION ON: Government Assistance to Companies Affected by Regional Financial Turmoil For Parliament Sitting on 19 Feb 98 Question To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, that given the current economic turmoil in the region, how will the Government help companies which are badly affected by both a reduction in demand and a tightening of bank credit, and will the Government work with financial institutions to assist such companies. Answer: 1. Singapore
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- First held in 2000, the MAS Lecture has over the years featured several eminent members of the international financial community who have offered their perspectives on important economic and financial issues.
- issues at the Canadian Department of Finance; and most important, a commitment to serve the larger good of society.
- testimony to the strong credentials that Carney brought to these jobs: a solid academic grounding – with a PhD in Economics from Oxford University; extensive experience in the private sector – having spent more than a decade at Goldman Sachs; a background in public policy – working on a variety of economic
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- Virtual, 18 September 2020 I. Introduction 1. We, the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of ASEAN, China, Japan and Korea (ASEAN+3), convened our 23rd meeting under the co-chairmanship of H.E. Dinh Tien Dung, Minister of Finance of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, H.E. Le Minh Hung, Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam, H.E. Aso Taro, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Japan and H.E. Kuroda Haruhiko, Governor of the Bank of Japan. The meeting was held in virtual
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- Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Good morning. Introduction 1. It is my pleasure and honour to join you today at the 10th anniversary of the NTU Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management (ICRM)’s annual symposium. Since its establishment in 2010, ICRM has come a long way to become one of Asia’s leading research institutes in catastrophe risk modelling and management. 2. The theme for this year’s symposium - “Towards Viable Disaster Risk Financing Solutions for Southeast Asia” -
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- -------- Volume V, Issue 1 April 2006 Economic Policy Department Monetary Authority of Singapore -------- ISSN 0219-8908 Published in April 2006 Economic Policy Department Monetary Authority of Singapore http://www.mas.gov.sg All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanised, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner except