ADBI-APAEA Conference on COVID-19 and Central Banking in Asia and the Pacific

Central banks have been at the forefront of COVID-19 response and recovery policies. The effective transmission of monetary policy to the real economy in response to pandemic shocks is highly uncertain, however. In addition, how fiscal and monetary policies complement each other and can be efficiently implemented and monitored is not well understood and requires further research.

ADBI-Central Bank of Sri Lanka-APAEA Joint Workshop on Monetary Policy, Banking and Finance, and Central Banking

The conduct of monetary policy is increasingly challenging for emerging Asian economies due to the effects of COVID-19, unconventional monetary policies in advanced countries, volatile capital flows, volatile commodity prices, and the spillover effects of trade conflicts.

Takatoshi Ito

Takatoshi Ito is an internationally renowned economist and expert on international finance, macroeconomics, and the Japanese economy. He served as a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy from 2006 to 2008. He also held senior positions in the Japanese Ministry of Finance and at the International Monetary Fund.  Ito also served as Dean of the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Public Policy for the past two years and as a professor at Japan’s National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.