First Asian Conference on Expectations in Macroeconomics
The “First Asian Conference on Expectations in Macroeconomics”, hosted by the Department of Economics of the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) and co-organized by the Asia-Pacific Academy of Economics and Management (APAEM) at the University of Macau (UM), was successfully held recently. The event gathered experts and scholars from renowned universities and research institutions worldwide to explore cutting-edge issues in macroeconomic and financial expectations. The conference aimed to foster academic exchange between Chinese and international scholars, advance theoretical and empirical research in the field, and establish a diverse, open collaborative platform for the global and Asia-Pacific economics academia.
Prof. Weixing Hu, Dean of the FSS, warmly welcomed the attendees and highlighted that the conference, focusing on multiple internationally leading academic perspectives, would help deepen scholarly connections and cooperation in macroeconomic expectations research. Dean Hu introduced Macao’s current economic landscape and reviewed the significant progress made by the FSS and the Department of Economics in recent years.
The two-day conference featured 18 thematic presentations and discussions, coordinated by Prof. Pei Kuang, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and a member of APAEM’s Macao Economy Research Team. Key topics included the formation and biases of macroeconomic expectations, the impact of central bank communication, monetary policy and innovation investment, inflation expectations, interest rate paths, financial integration, and diagnostic expectations. Through in-depth discussions, the conference provided new insights and methodologies for academia and policymakers to understand, research, and advance macroeconomics. Additionally, it facilitated cross-regional academic resource integration, creating a diverse and open international platform that further deepened theoretical and empirical research in macroeconomic expectations and macro-finance.
Source: Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences
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