Powering Payments: The Role of Technology in ASEAN’s Regional Payment Connectivity Initiative
July 3, 2025
This paper examines the role of technological advancements in driving the progress and recent expansion of the RPC initiative.
July 3, 2025
Chiang Yong (Edmond) Choo, Prashant Pande, Toàn Long Quách
This paper examines the role of technological advancements in driving the progress and recent expansion of the RPC initiative.
April 22, 2025
Chenxu Fu, Chiang Yong (Edmond) Choo, Eunmi Park, Ivan Lim, Prashant Pande, Runchana Pongsaparn, Yoki Okawa
This analytical note attempts to assess the post-liberation impact on ASEAN+3 financial markets, conduct a comparative study with the 2018 China-US trade tension to draw lessons learned and identify potential risks at sectoral level.
April 8, 2025
Aruhan Rui Shi, Prashant Pande
The unwinding of yen-funded carry trades presents both risks and opportunities for ASEAN+3 economies.
January 10, 2025
Catharine Kho, Justin Lim, Kevin C. Cheng, Leilei Lu, Prashant Pande, Yoki Okawa
Singapore’s economic growth is expected to strengthen in 2024 to 3.7%, driven by an upturn in exports and resilient domestic demand.
December 19, 2024
Aruhan Rui Shi, Prashant Pande
Currency carry trade has come under the spotlight following a sharp appreciation of the Japanese yen in early August.
November 15, 2024
Kevin C. Cheng, Prashant Pande
ASEAN+3’s heavy reliance on the US dollar has created two key financial stability risks for the region.
October 22, 2024
Li Lian Ong, Prashant Pande, Yin Fai Ho
Volatile capital flows pose perpetual challenges for surveillance, policymaking, and investing, notably in ASEAN+3 emerging market economies.
October 10, 2024
Kevin C. Cheng, Prashant Pande
In 2024, global financial conditions were generally calm in the first half, before giving way to heightened volatility in the second half of the year.
October 10, 2024
Alex Liyang Tang, Benyaporn Chantana, Chenxu Fu, Chiang Yong (Edmond) Choo, Eunmi Park, Ivan Lim, Jungsung Kim, Junjie Shi, Leilei Lu, Prashant Pande, Ruperto Majuca, Trung Thanh Vu, Yang Jiao, Yoki Okawa
This year’s AFSR expands its scope to chart a broader array of risks and challenges confronting the region in the period ahead.
January 25, 2024
AMRO’s market beta analysis also shows that it might be a bit early to conclude that investor risk perceptions toward US banks have changed decisively.