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
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…
11 Jan 2012
New tool to help inflation forecasts
SMU and Mastercard have launched an index measuring inflation expectations among households here. The developers hope the Singapore Index of…
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…
