Lesson 3 of 5

AMRO: regional surveillance, what it publishes and how to read it

AMRO is the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office, the regional body that watches the economies of its fourteen members and supports the Chiang Mai Initiative. This lesson explains how it was set up, how it is governed, what it publishes, how to read one of its country reports, how it compares with the IMF's surveillance, and what a lender can take from its work.

Published 22 October 2026