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Eddie Yue

Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Search every verified Eddie Yue interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Eddie Yue, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, recently moderated and participated in panel discussions at the Istanbul Economic Forum and delivered opening remarks at the HKMA-DFSA Joint Climate Finance Conference in Hong Kong. At the Istanbul forum, Yue moderated a session on monetary policy under uncertainty, where panelists discussed challenges including supply shocks, inflation, and the limitations of forward guidance. Yue also joined a panel on artificial intelligence and the global economy, where he noted that about 70 percent of Hong Kong's exported goods are electronic and tech-related, and that the AI boom has contributed to rising trade figures. He also said that roughly three-quarters of banks in Hong Kong are already using or piloting generative AI use cases, often starting with low-risk back-office functions. In his opening remarks at the joint climate finance conference, Yue addressed the challenges of financing climate transition amid geopolitical and technological disruptions. He said that pausing transition efforts should not and cannot be an option for Asia and the Middle East, citing energy security, economic resilience, and social well-being as reasons for continued action. He emphasized the role of regulators in creating a stable policy environment to support long-term investment in transition projects, and described the conference as a platform for collaboration between Hong Kong, Dubai, and the wider region.

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“The banks in Hong Kong are actually very fast adopters of AI. We did a survey: about three quarters of our banks are already using or piloting gen AI use cases. What we see them doing is that most of them use a phased approach by trying out low-risk areas like the back office administrative functions instead of jumping right into the customer-facing or more complex areas. This is an approach that we actually encourag”

“In the short term, of course, AI will have a very positive impact on the cyclical growth. We talk about the AI capital spend in the US; in Asia we generally benefit a lot more from the trade on electronic goods, a lot of which are manufactured in Asia. Just give you the example of Hong Kong: in our exports, about 70% of our exported goods are actually electronic and tech related goods. So with this AI boom, we are ac”

“So in the general, the European central bank policy shifts directly alter euro yield curves and the regional risk premium. This strongly influences local currency dynamics and cross border capital flows in small open economies having strong bonds to the euro area. So in this environment, maintaining an appropriate interest rates differential relative to the ECB's benchmark rates helps to preserve the stability of fin”

“So in answering the question, I would like to briefly touch upon three different points naturally of course, so from Hungarian perspective firstly, that Eddie mentioned that Hungary is a small and open energy importing economy, therefore is highly exposed to the global energy price shocks. So commodity prices have become much more volatile in the 2020s. This triggered significant inflationary pressures challenging ce”

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