UP to host forex symposium

MANILA, Philippines - The UP Economics Society will hold “Towards a New Paradigm in Foreign Exchange Management,” a symposium on the merits and demerits of a competitive exchange rate managed by the National Government, on Nov. 24, 3 to 5:30 p.m. at J. Duavit and Class of 1984 Lecture Room, UP School of Economics Building, UP Diliman Campus, Quezon City. Speakers are LBS Recruitment Solutions president Loreto B. Soriano (Reality Check on OFW Deployment), University of Asia and the Pacific Professor of Economics Dr. Victor Abola (Exchange Rate and Inflation), and UP Professor of Economics and National Scientist Dr. Raul Fabella (New Paradigm on Monetary Management). An open forum, to be moderated by UP Professor Emeritus and former NEDA Director-General Solita Collas-Monsod will cap the program. For inquiries, contact the symposium secretariat 632-7182980, 0915-5971393 and 0947-3412716.