Highlights: The Financial Conditions Index (FCI) has gained prominence in the last decade among policymakers and market participants due to its ability to summarise the current state of overall financial conditions. The estimated FCI for Malaysia can provide useful insights about domestic financial conditions. The latest assessment of the FCI indicates improving financial conditions since … Continue reading Financial Conditions Index for Malaysia
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Summary and Recording of Public Lecture: Looking Beyond Banks – Alternative Finance, Competition and Regulation
Bank Negara Malaysia and the Tun Ismail Ali Chair (TIAC) have successfully hosted a public lecture by the current TIAC chairholder, Professor Thorsten Beck from Cass Business School, London on 28 November 2017 at Sasana Kijang. The public lecture, titled Looking Beyond Banks: Alternative Finance, Competition and Regulation, was attended by over 60 participants from … Continue reading Summary and Recording of Public Lecture: Looking Beyond Banks – Alternative Finance, Competition and Regulation
Invitation to Public Lecture by Professor Dr. Thorsten Beck
We are pleased to invite you to an upcoming public lecture that will be hosted by Bank Negara Malaysia, in conjunction with the Tun Ismail Ali Chair (TIAC). The public lecture will be delivered by Prof Thorsten Beck from Cass Business School, London, on 'Looking Beyond Banks: Alternative Finance, Competition and Regulation'. Details of the … Continue reading Invitation to Public Lecture by Professor Dr. Thorsten Beck
Central Bank Digital Currency: A Monetary Policy Perspective
A. Introduction: If you can’t beat Bitcoin, join ‘em? With the rising interest in and usage of private digital currencies (e.g. Bitcoin), a policy question that has arisen is whether central banks should consider issuing official digital currencies (central bank digital currency, CBDC[1]). Consequently, research has been initiated globally to evaluate the costs and benefits … Continue reading Central Bank Digital Currency: A Monetary Policy Perspective
Financial Regulation in Malaysia: Current Framework, New Approaches and Future Challenges
Below is the presentation by Dr. Yeah Kim Leng, Professor of Economics and Director of Economic Studies Program at Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia (JCI) at Sunway University, during the International Conference on Applied Economics and Policy (ICEAP) held at the Faculty of Economics & Administration, University of Malaya on 22 August 2017.
Finance and Development: What have we learned from 25 years of research?
Below is the current Tun Ismail Ali Chairholder - Professor Thorsten Beck's keynote presentation during the International Conference on Applied Economics and Policy (ICEAP) held at the Faculty of Economics & Administration, University of Malaya on 22 August 2017.
The path to enlightenment: A lesson in impressing others by Holmstrom and Tirole
First impression is something everyone cares about . In certain cases, first impression is critical, so much so that it is the deciding factor in things such as getting a new job, or getting a promotion or even attracting our crush, But first impression may not always be everything. Over a longer period, our well-kept … Continue reading The path to enlightenment: A lesson in impressing others by Holmstrom and Tirole
Inflation: Perception vs. Reality
HIGHLIGHTS Public scepticism on the CPI has increased as their personal experiences suggest larger increase in cost of living. However, cost of living and inflation are two different concepts, and public perceptions of inflation are subject to biases. Due to the biases, measures of perceived inflation were higher than CPI inflation, especially at times of … Continue reading Inflation: Perception vs. Reality
Inflation and the Cost of Living
This article briefly highlights the differences between Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation and the cost of living. It also presents analyses of the differences in inflation rates across various income groups and across states in Malaysia, and an assessment of the growth in income and expenditure of Malaysian households, using data from the 2014 Household … Continue reading Inflation and the Cost of Living
TIAC-BNM Monetary and Financial Economics Workshop
The Tun Ismail Ali Chair (TIAC) at the University of Malaya, in collaboration with Bank Negara Malaysia, is organising a half-day workshop on "Monetary Policy in Theory and Practice”. The workshop will be held on 23 May 2017, at Sasana Kijang, Kuala Lumpur. The workshop aims to facilitate the exchange of research ideas and findings … Continue reading TIAC-BNM Monetary and Financial Economics Workshop
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