Asian Monetary Policy Forum 2022

After going online for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 9th Asian Monetary Policy Forum (AMPF) will be held as a hybrid event on 27 May 2022 with the physical event held at the Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa, Singapore. The forum brings together an exclusive group of high-level central bankers, academics and private sector analysts to share perspectives on pressing monetary policy issues in Asia. AMPF is organized under the auspices of ABFER, with support from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, NUS Business School and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The AMPF will commence on 26 May 2022 with a joint dinner with ABFER.

AGENDA

26 MAY 2022, THURSDAY
Venue: Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa Resort, 101 Siloso Road, Sentosa, Singapore 098970

Time

Session Details

Venue

6:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Joint Dinner for ABFER and AMPF

Registration

Chill on 5 (outside Horizon Pavilion), Level 5

6:30 pm – 7:00 pm







7:00 pm – 7:30 pm




7:30 pm – 7:45 pm


7:45 pm – 8:45 pm


8:45 pm

Keynote Speech by Professor Viral Acharya

C.V. Starr Professor of Economics, Department of Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University; Academic Advisor, Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Philadelphia; RBI Deputy Governor, 2017-2019


“Fed Normalization and the Emerging Markets: Is This Time (Really) Different?”

 

Moderated Discussion by Professor Andrew K. Rose

Dean and Distinguished Professor, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Exco Member and Senior Fellow of ABFER

Q&A Session


Dinner commences


Adjourn

Horizon Pavilion, Level 5
27 MAY 2022, FRIDAY

Time

Session Details

Venue

8:30 am – 9:00 am

Asian Monetary Policy Forum (AMPF)

Registration

Chill on 5 (outside Horizon Pavilion), Level 5

9:00 am – 9:15 am

Welcome Remarks by Mr Edward S. Robinson

Deputy Managing Director (Economic Policy) and Chief Economist, Monetary Authority of Singapore and Member of ABFER Council

Horizon Pavilion, Level 5

9:15 am – 9:40 am

Opening Address by Dr Bo Li

Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

9:40 am – 10:20 am

Commissioned Paper by Professor Ricardo Reis

Arthur Williams Phillips Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science


“Turbulent Times for Monetary Policy”

10:20 am – 10:40 am

Tea Break

Horizon Pavilion, Level 5

10:40 am – 12:20 pm

Discussion of Commissioned Paper


Discussants:

Professor Andrés Velasco
Dean, School of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science


Professor Annette Vissing-Jorgensen
Senior Adviser, Federal Reserve Board


Chair:

Professor Bernard Yeung
Stephen Riady Distinguished Professor in Finance and Strategic Management, National University of Singapore and President of ABFER

Horizon Pavilion, Level 5

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm

Keynote Speech by Professor Emi Nakamura (Virtual)
Chancellor's Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley

"Inflation, Monetary Policy and the Phillips Curve"

Horizon Pavilion, Level 5

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Lunch & Break

Horizon Pavilion, Level 5

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm

Launch of Asian Monetary Policy Forum Volume I

Horizon Pavilion, Level 5

2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
















3:45 pm


4:00 pm

Policy Note on “Labour Market Policies after COVID-19”


Professor Eric French

Montague Burton Professor of Industrial Relations and Labour Economics, University of Cambridge


Professor John C. Haltiwanger

Distinguished University Professor; Dudley and Louisa Dillard Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Maryland


Chair:

Professor Steven J. Davis
William H. Abbott Distinguished Service Professor of International Business and Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, EXCO Member and Senior Fellow of ABFER


Closing Remarks


End of Forum

Horizon Pavilion, Level 5

 ORGANIZERS