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- Thangavelu, S and Yong, Y W (2006), Aging and Economic Growth: Issues Relevant to Singapore, SCAPE Working Paper No. 2006/13, National University of Singapore, Department of Economics.
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- Singapore, 9 January 2013… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Economic Society of Singapore (ESS) today launched the 11th MAS-ESS Essay Competition. The theme for this year’s competition is “Singapore’s Untapped Hinterlands: Opportunities and Obstacles?” 2 After 47 years of continuous effort to make the world our hinterland, Singapore’s dependence on key advanced economies remains substantial, but the growth of our neighbours in Asia is providing new opportunities and challenges
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- Dr John Williams, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Distinguished guests, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Welcome to Singapore once again for this year’s Symposium on Asian Banking and Finance, jointly organised by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Let me say what a delight it has been for us at the MAS working with John and his colleagues at the San Francisco Fed, putting together this event. • 2017 marks
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- Governor's Table Panel Presentation by Ms Teo Swee Lian, Deputy Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore, 12th Annual World Islamic Banking Conference, 11th December 2005, Kingdom of Bahrain Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. 1 I do not propose to speak at length about the development of Islamic finance. This is a subject in which you have a great deal more experience than we do in Singapore. Instead, I will focus my remarks on how Singapore, a major financial
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- Speech by DPM Lee Hsien Loong, Chairman MAS at MAS Scholarship Ceremony 2001 Date: 25 Jun 2001 WELCOME REMARKS 1 I am very happy to be here this afternoon for the MAS scholarships presentation. This ceremony is to present scholarship awards to 13 promising youths, and to celebrate their becoming a part of the MAS community. To each of the new scholars, their families and educators, I offer my warmest congratulations. You have done well. THIS YEAR'S SCHOLARS 2 MAS' mission is to promote sustained
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- Issues Raised in Parliament ANSWER TO PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION ON: DPM Lee's Reply to Parliamentary Question on Global Financial Crisis For Parliament Sitting on 12 Oct 98 Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (a) whether the financial crises spreading over Russia and Latin America together with the near-collapse of the US hedge fund Long-term Capital Management signal a possible global financial crisis; and (b) what monetary policies and measures Singapore intends to put in place to stave off
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- Asia: Moving Up and Stepping Out 1 Good morning. It is my pleasure to address this constellation of Asian corporate rising stars and key players in the region's capital markets. I thank Merrill Lynch for holding the conference here in Singapore and inviting me for this conference. 2 This conference is timely. Almost 10 years ago, the Asian Financial Crisis threw the regional markets and economies into turmoil. Overnight, Asian dragons and tigers became seen as ailing puppies and kittens.
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- Financial Action Task Force (FATF)'s guidance for implementing the risk-based approach for trust and company service providers The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published in June 2019 a “Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach for Trust and Company Services Providers” (FATF Guidance). The FATF Guidance can be found at the FATF website: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/media/fatf/documents/reports/RBA-Trust-Company-Service-Providers.pdf . 2 The FATF Guidance supports the implementation of a risk-based
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- Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Welcome to MAS’ annual report media conference. GLOBAL ECONOMY The global economy is in better shape than it has been in a long while. Economic growth is on a positive momentum. IMF has projected global GDP growth for 2017 to hit 3.5%, a marked improvement from the 3.1% last year. Growth is more broad-based, across both advanced and emerging economies. Growth in the major markets — the US, Eurozone, Japan and China — is experiencing a synchronised upturn. For the
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- It also features in-depth studies undertaken by EPG on important economic issues facing Singapore. The Review was edited by Associate Professor Peter Wilson, and continues to feature our collaborations with academics.
- Bruine de Bruine, W, Potter, S, Rich, R, Topa, G and van der Klaauw, W (2010), Improving Survey Measures of Household Inflation Expectations, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Vol. 16(7), pp. 17.