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  "title": "REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (OAP)",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/oap-home/2026/aprs-gfsr-1021",
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  "summary": "OAP will host a seminar on the latest Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR), featuring guest speaker Jason Wu, Assistant Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department at the IMF.",
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          "text": "For event inquiries:"
        },
        {
          "text": "International Monetary Fund"
        },
        {
          "text": "Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific"
        },
        {
          "text": "Tel. 81-(0)3-3597-6700"
        },
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          "text": "Email: OAPEconomicSeminar@IMF.org",
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    {
      "heading": "Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar — event overview",
      "content": "- Event title: \"Beneath the Resilience: Rising Risks, Unresolved Vulnerabilities\"\n- Organizer: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund\n- Focus: Presentation and discussion of the IMF's Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) and related financial stability risks and vulnerabilities\n- Guest speaker: Jason Wu, Assistant Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF; leads the Global Markets Analysis Division and oversees the GFSR\n- Date & Time: Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM Japan Time (GMT+9)\n- Format: Hybrid\n- Venue (in-person): Kasumigaseki Knowledge Square (3F, Kasumigaseki Common Gate West, 3-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)\n- Venue (online): Webex\n- Language: English\n- Registration: Required\n  - In-person registration deadline: October 20\n  - Online registration: required (no URL provided in source)"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Key findings and near-term catalysts of market turmoil highlighted for discussion",
      "content": "- The GFSR identifies three near-term catalysts of market turmoil:\n  - an AI-driven market correction\n  - a sharp rise in sovereign bond yields\n  - cyber threats\n- Financial markets described as having \"remained resilient\" while financial stability risks are characterized as \"elevated\"\n- Seminar aims to explore:\n  - the vulnerabilities that could amplify the three near-term catalysts into systemic events\n  - policy priorities needed to strengthen resilience, transparency, and preparedness"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Policy priorities and seminar objectives",
      "content": "- Seminar will discuss policy priorities to:\n  - strengthen resilience\n  - increase transparency\n  - improve preparedness against identified catalysts and vulnerabilities\n- The event provides direct interaction with the official overseeing the GFSR to inform regional outreach in Japan following the report’s release"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Speaker biography (as presented)",
      "content": "- Jason Wu\n  - Leads the Global Markets Analysis Division at the International Monetary Fund and oversees the flagship Global Financial Stability Report\n  - Serves as mission chief for the IMF’s 2026–27 Financial Sector Assessment Program for the United Kingdom\n  - Previously Associate Director at the Federal Reserve Board’s Division of International Finance, overseeing work on global financial flows, institutions, and stability\n  - Held roles in Monetary Affairs and Supervision and Regulation\n  - From 2018 to 2021, was at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority as Head of Economic Research and Head of Credit Risk and Banking Statistics\n  - Holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison\n  - Published widely on monetary policy, banking, capital flows, and econometrics"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Agenda and timing",
      "content": "- 2:30 PM — Opening; Takashi Nagaoka, Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF\n- 2:35 PM — Presentation by Jason Wu, Assistant Director, Global Market Analysis Division, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF\n- 3:15 PM — Q&A session\n- 3:50 PM — Closing & post-event survey"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Contact information",
      "content": "- For press inquiries:\n  - Tel: 81-(0)3-3597-6719\n  - Email: OAPMedia@IMF.org"
    }
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    "Organizer: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund",
    "Focus: Presentation and discussion of the IMF's Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) and related financial stability risks and vulnerabilities",
    "Guest speaker: Jason Wu, Assistant Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF; leads the Global Markets Analysis Division and oversees the GFSR",
    "Date & Time: Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM Japan Time (GMT+9)",
    "Format: Hybrid",
    "Venue (in-person): Kasumigaseki Knowledge Square (3F, Kasumigaseki Common Gate West, 3-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)",
    "Venue (online): Webex",
    "Language: English",
    "Registration: Required",
    "The GFSR identifies three near-term catalysts of market turmoil:",
    "Financial markets described as having \"remained resilient\" while financial stability risks are characterized as \"elevated\"",
    "Seminar aims to explore:",
    "Seminar will discuss policy priorities to:",
    "The event provides direct interaction with the official overseeing the GFSR to inform regional outreach in Japan following the report’s release",
    "Jason Wu",
    "2:30 PM — Opening; Takashi Nagaoka, Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF",
    "2:35 PM — Presentation by Jason Wu, Assistant Director, Global Market Analysis Division, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF",
    "3:15 PM — Q&A session",
    "3:50 PM — Closing & post-event survey",
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