The purpose of this project is to contribute to ongoing efforts tailored toward promoting greater financial markets stability and integration in APEC economies, achieved by: 1) undertaking research to determine the conditions that foster financial market stability to enhance integration of financial markets across the region; and 2) drawing on the findings of the research to generate policy recommendations that are intended to address the impediments to financial markets stability and integration.

I. Background

II. Economic and Financial Market Stability in APEC Economies

III. Analysis of Four APEC Economies (Australia, Indonesia, Mexico, the United States)

IV. Conclusion and Recommendation