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Across the United States, Europe, and China, the macroeconomic outlook heading into 2026 is characterized by elevated uncertainty alongside continued resilience. Policy and geopolitical risks remain present across regions and continue to weigh on confidence and medium-term prospects. At the same time, economic activity has so far proven more robust than anticipated, with growth holding up and inflation pressures generally easing. The key question going forward is whether sustained policy implementation and structural adjustments can translate this near-term resilience into more durable and balanced growth, while avoiding a further fragmentation of the global economy.

The online policy forum consists of two briefings, with the Europe/Asia briefing taking place on 28th January, via Zoom. Interested registrants should sign up via the Zoom link below.

About the Speakers:

Prof Alfred Schipke is the Director of the East Asian Institute and Professor of the Practice of International Finance at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Before joining NUS, he served as Director of the IMF–Singapore Regional Training Institute for Asia and the Pacific, overseeing technical assistance, training, and research. Prior to that, he was Assistant Director and Mission Chief for India, as well as Senior Resident Representative and Mission Chief for China, providing policy advice, leading analytical work, and coordinating capacity development. In these roles, he worked closely with key Chinese economic and financial agencies, including the People’s Bank of China, the Ministry of Finance, the Development Research Center of the State Council, and financial sector regulators.

At the IMF, Prof Schipke also headed a division in the Asia and Pacific Department, directing work on fast-growing low-income countries in Southeast Asia (Frontier Economies) and serving as Mission Chief for Vietnam. In the Western Hemisphere Department, he negotiated several successful IMF programs, including for El Salvador and St. Kitts and Nevis.

He teaches international finance at the Harvard Kennedy School and at the National School of Development at Peking University, and has authored and edited numerous books and articles. Prof. Schipke holds a PhD from Duisburg-Essen University, an MPA from Harvard, and a BA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Prof Moritz Schularick is President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and Professor of Economics at Sciences Po. He is an elected member of the Academy of Sciences of Berlin, and a Research Professor at New York University. In 2015/16, he held the Alfred-Grosser-Chair at Sciences Po in Paris. Previously, he taught at the Free University of Berlin and was a visiting professor at the University of Cambridge.

He is one of the recipients of the 2022 Leibniz-Prize, Germany’s most prestigious research prize awarded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). In 2018, he received the Gossen-Prize of the German Economic Association that is awarded every year to honor a German-speaking economist whose work has gained international renown. He is a Fellow of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, and a Managing Editor of Europe’s most important policy journal, “Economic Policy”, a joint initiative of SciencesPo, CEPR, and CESIfo.

His work on credit cycles, asset prices, and financial stability has provided the backdrop for so-called macro-prudential policies aimed at curbing credit booms and stability risks. With Niall Ferguson he coined the term “Chimerica” and authored a number of influential papers on US-China relations. He is a frequent consultant to central banks and contributes to public debates across different media.

His research spans macroeconomics, finance, international economics and economic history and has been published in the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Monetary Economics, the Journal of International Economics, and several other journals.

Prof Huang Yiping is Peking University Boya Distinguished Professor, Dean of the National School of Development, Dean of the Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development and Director of the Institute of Digital Finance, Peking University. In March 2024, he was reappointed as a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s Bank of China. Currently he is also a guest research fellow of the Councilor’s Office of the People’s Bank of China, a member of the China Finance 40 Forum, a member of the China Economists 50 Forum, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Society of Finance and Banking, Chairman of the Special Committee on Fintech Development and Research of the National Internet Finance Association of China, an Associate Editor of Asian Economic Policy Review.

His key research interests are macro economy, financial policy and digital finance. Previously, he served as a member of the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee between 2015 and 2018. He was also a policy analyst at the Research Center for Rural Development of the State Council, Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University, General Mills International Visiting Professor of Economics and Finance at the Columbia Business School, Managing Director and Chief Asia Economist for Citigroup, Managing Director and Chief Economist for Emerging Asia for Barclays, research fellow of the Financial Research Center of the Councilor’s Office of the State Council, and the editor-in-chief of China Economic Journal.

Prof Huang received his Bachelor of Agricultural Economics from Zhejiang Agricultural University, Master of Economics from Renmin University of China and PhD in Economics from Australian National University.

Dr Guo Kai is Executive President and Senior Fellow of CF40 Institute. He is also Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.

Before joining CF40 Institute, Dr Guo was an economist at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC and then worked at the People’s Bank of China in various capacities, including in the Monetary Policy Department and the International Department. His main research areas include the Chinese economy and its macroeconomic policies as well as international finance. Dr Guo is the author of three popular Chinese economics books and multiple academic papers in various English and Chinese journals. Dr Guo holds a Ph.D. degree in economics from Harvard University. 

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