Prospects for monetary cooperation in East Asia

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The purpose of this paper is to reexamine the exchange rate policy of the Republic of Korea, and its role in promoting financial and monetary cooperation in East Asia in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. The Republic of Korea would not actively participate in any discussion of establishing a regional monetary and exchange rate arrangement as it is expected to maintain a weakly managed floating regime. The People's Republic of China (PRC) has been fostering the yuan as an international currency, which will lay the groundwork for forming a yuan area among the PRC; the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); Hong Kong, China; the PRC; and Taipei, China. Japan has shown less interest in assuming a greater role in East Asia's economic integration due to deflation, a strong yen, slow growth, and political instability. Japan would not eschew free floating. These recent developments demand a new modality of monetary cooperation among the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the PRC. Otherwise, ASEAN+3 will lose its rationale for steering regional economic integration in East Asia.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ADBI Working Paper ; No. 314

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Finanzmarktkrise ; Flexibler Wechselkurs ; Südkorea ; Handelsregionalismus ; Internationale wirtschaftspolitische Koordination ; Wechselkurspolitik ; Ostasien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Park, Yung Chul ; Song, Chi-Young
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
• (where): Tokyo
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/53717
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET