On February 16 and 17, the latest Finance and Central Bank Deputies' Meeting was held in Yaroslavl under Russia's APEC chairmanship.

This regular meeting provides participants with the opportunity to share views and information on regional macroeconomic and financial developments, as well as on national and regional policy priorities.

The strategic goals of the meeting are:

• sustainable and broad-based development of APEC economies;
• macroeconomic stability in the APEC region; 
• sensible public finance management; 
• good corporate governance;
• stable and efficient capital markets; 
• greater economic cooperation, integration and openness among APEC economies; 
• facilitation of economic and technical partnership within the region.

Traditional partners of these meetings include the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Asian Development Bank, and the APEC Business Advisory Council.