Time

Session Details

6:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Joint Dinner for ABFER and AMPF

Registration

6:30 pm – 6:55 pm

Welcome Remarks by Mr Edward ROBINSON

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

and Professor Bernard YEUNG

Stephen Riady Distinguished Professor in Finance and Strategic Management, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore and President of ABFER

6:55 pm – 7:25 pm

Keynote Speech by Professor Amir SUFI

Bruce Lindsay Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

“Housing, Household Debt, and the Business Cycle: The Asian Edition”

7:25 pm – 8:00 pm

Moderated Discussion, Q&A

Chair: Professor Bernard YEUNG

8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Dinner commence

9:00 pm

Adjourn

8:30 am – 9:00 am

Asian Monetary Policy Forum (AMPF)

Registration

9:10 am – 9:40 am

Opening Remarks by Mr Ravi MENON

Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore

“Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: Securing Monetary and Financial Stability in an Interconnected World”

9:40 am – 10:20 am

Commissioned Paper by Professor Maurice OBSTFELD

Class of 1958 Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley

“Natural and Neutral Real Interest Rates: Past and Future”

10:20 am – 10:40 am

Tea Break

10:40 am – 12:20 pm

Discussion of Commissioned Paper

Discussants:

Professor Giancarlo CORSETTI

Professor of the Janeway Institute, Cambridge University and Pierre Werner Chair and Professor of Economics, European University Institute

Professor Şebnem KALEMLI-ÖZCAN

Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics and Finance, University of Maryland, College Park

Chair:

Professor Bernard YEUNG

Stephen Riady Distinguished Professor in Finance and Strategic Management, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore and President of ABFER

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

Luncheon Address by Professor Michael SPENCE

Recipient of 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences; The Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean, Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

“The Growth Commission Report: Retrospectives and Lessons for the Post-Pandemic World”

Dialogue, Q&A

Facilitated and Chaired by:

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, Advisor - Economic Policy Group, Monetary Authority of Singapore and EXCO Member of ABFER

Special Guest:

Mr GOH Chok Tong

Emeritus Senior Minister

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm

Tea Break

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Policy Note on “Inflation Expectations and Implications for Monetary Policy”

Assoc Professor Ethan ILZETZKI

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science

Assoc Professor Michael WEBER

Associate Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chair:

Professor Sumit AGARWAL

Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor, HOD Real Estate, Managing Director, Sustainable and Green Finance Institute, National University of Singapore and Senior Fellow of ABFER

4:30 pm

Closing Remarks

4:45 pm

End of Forum