15 Jan 2012
Do markets really rise in January?
The stock market's rise of over 5 per cent so far this year has once again led investors to talk about the so-called Capricorn effect, otherwise…
11 Jan 2012
Two new indices launched for inflation forecast for 1 and 5 years
Mastercard and the SMU Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics have jointly launched two indices, SinDEx1 and SinDEx 5, to measure…
11 Jan 2012
MasterCard, SMU launch new inflation index
Mastercard and SMU have jointly launched a new index that measures inflation expectations among local households. The hope is that this index, which…
11 Jan 2012
New Inflation Expectation Index An Important Economic Gauge
SMU President, Professor Arnoud De Meyer said, "For the past one year, inflation has been in the minds of many Singaporeans. Its movements affect how…
