Two decades after the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC), the ASEAN+3 region has become more resilient but it is once again tested with new global uncertainties, as highlighted by experts at a seminar co-organized by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) and Bank Indonesia Institute on June 5, 2017, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
TOKYO, JAPAN, June 5, 2017 – Speaking at the Tokyo Fiscal Forum 2017, AMRO Director Dr. Junhong Chang highlighted the rising challenges in the Asian region and policy recommendations to cope with those challenges.
The ASEAN+3 region continues to outperform the global growth, but downside risks should be carefully monitored, highlighted by experts at a seminar on the regional economic outlook 2017 organized by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) on May 29, 2017, in Singapore.
The ASEAN+3 region witnessed a brighter regional economic outlook, yet risks remain, according to renowned experts at a seminar on the regional economic outlook 2017 co-organized by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) and the International Monetary Institute of Renmin University of China (RUC) on May 24, 2017, in Beijing, China.
Presentation on the ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook 2017 Roadshow in China.
AMRO Director Dr Junhong Chang delivered the keynote speech at the seminar “Economic Development and Financial Stability in Asia”, hosted by the Global Leader Program for Social Design and Management at Tokyo University on May 8, 2017, and spoke on the importance of regional financial safety net for the ASEAN+3 region to sustain growth momentum while maintaining financial stability.
We, the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of ASEAN, China, Japan and Korea (ASEAN+3), convened our 20th meeting in Yokohama, Japan, under the co-chairmanship of E. Carlos G. Dominguez III, Finance Secretary of the Philippines, and H.E. Taro Aso, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Japan.
AMRO Director Dr Junhong Chang (far left, second row) and ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors attend the AFMGM+3 on May 5 in Yokohama, Japan
Presentation on the ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook 2017.
Resilience and Vigilance: AMRO’s Perspectives on Regional Financial Cooperation
