BSP-BIS High Level Conference on "Transparency and Communication in Monetary Policy"
31 January 2008
| Friday, 1 February 2008 |
| Introductory Remarks: |
| AmandoTetangco Jr, Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) |
| Malcolm Knight, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) |
| Session One: Central Bank Transparency and Communcation: Theory, Empirics, and the Asian Perspective |
| Presentor: Prof. Sylvester Eijffinger, Tilburg University, The Netherlands |
| Discussants: Glenn Stevens, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia Khor Hoe Ee, Assistant Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore |
| Session Two: Transparency and Communication in Monetary Policy: A Survey of Asian Central Banks |
| Presentors: Diwa Guinigundo, Deputy Governor, BSP and Andrew Filardo, Senior Economist, BIS |
| Discussants: Tarisa Watanagase, Governor, Bank of Thailand Michael Reddell, Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
| Session Three: Managing Expectations by Words and Deeds: Monetary Policy in Asia and the Pacific |
| Presentor: Eli Remolona, Head of Economics for Asia and the Pacific, BIS and Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria |
| Discussants: Halim Alamsyah, Bank Indonesia Hans Genberg, Executive Director, Hong Kong Monetary Authority |
| Session Four: Monetary Policy Transparency: A Financial System Perspective |
| Presentor: Hyun Song Shin, Department of Economics, Princeton University |
| Discussants: Kazumasa Iwata, Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan Sukudhew Singh, Director, Monetary Assessment and Strategy Department, Bank Negara Malaysia |
| Panel Discussion: Chairman: Malcolm Knight, General Manager, BIS |
| Panelists: Lee Seongtae, Governor, Bank of Korea Joseph Yam, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority Usha Thorat, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Ma Delun, Deputy Governor, People's Bank of China |
| Concluding Remarks: Amando Tetangco Jr, Governor, BSP Malcolm Knight, General Manager, BIS |
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