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DBS Group Research and SMU’s Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) released the latest Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (SInDEx) which showed that households in Singapore have modestly raised their expectations for near-term price increases, driven by mounting global uncertainties, supply chain disruptions and the spectre of new tariffs. The one-year-ahead headline inflation expectations climbed to an average of 3.4% in June, from 3.3% in March.

The SMU Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) and the University of Maryland Centre for Financial Policy organised the Quant Investment Forum, hosted by UBS. The event marked SKBI’s 16th Annual Conference and convened over 150 leading academics and industry practitioners for a research-focused exchange on the intersection of AI and investment management and trading.

SMU’s Keppel Professor in Financial Economics and Director of SKBI Zhang Hong said the forum reflects SMU's growing role in this domain. He spoke on the use of AI and large language models to measure the skill of mutual fund managers. Other SMU faculty at the conference were SMU Assistant Professor of Finance Shihao Yu, who spoke on collaboration between humans and AI in the research process, and SMU Associate Professor of Finance Jianfeng Hu who spoke on hedge fund trades.

Geopolitical conflicts and uncertainty top the list of concerns. Singaporeans expect headline inflation to reach 3.4% over the next 12 months, up from 3.3% in March, according to the DBS-SKBI Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations survey.

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DBS Group Research and SMU’s Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) released the latest Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (SInDEx) which showed that households in Singapore have modestly raised their expectations for near-term price increases, driven by mounting global uncertainties, supply chain disruptions and the spectre of new tariffs. The one-year-ahead headline inflation expectations climbed to an average of 3.4% in June, from 3.3% in March. 

SMU Assistant Professor of Finance (Education) Aurobindo Ghosh, and the principal investigator of the SInDEx project, observed that the results of DBS-SKBI SInDEx show that one-year-ahead inflation expectations have marginally increased in the June 2026 survey compared to March 2026, suggesting the pre-emptive tightening might have had the desired effect. Asst Prof Ghosh noted that this anchoring of core expectations indicates that while short-term geopolitical risks are evident, “longer-term inflation expectations in Singapore seem to be more anchored”.

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DBS Group Research and SMU’s Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) released the latest Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (SInDEx) which showed that households in Singapore have modestly raised their expectations for near-term price increases, driven by mounting global uncertainties, supply chain disruptions and the spectre of new tariffs. The one-year-ahead headline inflation expectations climbed to an average of 3.4% in June, from 3.3% in March. 

SMU Assistant Professor of Finance (Education) Aurobindo Ghosh, and the principal investigator of the SInDEx project, observed that the results of DBS-SKBI SInDEx show that one-year-ahead inflation expectations have marginally increased in the June 2026 survey compared to March 2026, suggesting the pre-emptive tightening might have had the desired effect. Asst Prof Ghosh noted that this anchoring of core expectations indicates that while short-term geopolitical risks are evident, “longer-term inflation expectations in Singapore seem to be more anchored”.

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DBS Group Research and SMU’s Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) released the latest Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (SInDEx) which showed that households in Singapore have modestly raised their expectations for near-term price increases, driven by mounting global uncertainties, supply chain disruptions and the spectre of new tariffs. The one-year-ahead headline inflation expectations climbed to an average of 3.4% in June, from 3.3% in March. 

SMU Assistant Professor of Finance (Education) Aurobindo Ghosh, and the principal investigator of the SInDEx project, observed that the results of DBS-SKBI SInDEx show that one-year-ahead inflation expectations have marginally increased in the June 2026 survey compared to March 2026, suggesting the pre-emptive tightening might have had the desired effect. Asst Prof Ghosh noted that this anchoring of core expectations indicates that while short-term geopolitical risks are evident, “longer-term inflation expectations in Singapore seem to be more anchored”.

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DBS Group Research and SMU’s Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) released the latest Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (SInDEx) which showed that households in Singapore have modestly raised their expectations for near-term price increases, driven by mounting global uncertainties, supply chain disruptions and the spectre of new tariffs. The one-year-ahead headline inflation expectations climbed to an average of 3.4% in June, from 3.3% in March. 

SMU Assistant Professor of Finance (Education) Aurobindo Ghosh, and the principal investigator of the SInDEx project, observed that the results of DBS-SKBI SInDEx show that one-year-ahead inflation expectations have marginally increased in the June 2026 survey compared to March 2026, suggesting the pre-emptive tightening might have had the desired effect. Asst Prof Ghosh noted that this anchoring of core expectations indicates that while short-term geopolitical risks are evident, “longer-term inflation expectations in Singapore seem to be more anchored”.

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DBS Group Research and SMU’s Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) released the latest Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (SInDEx) which showed that households in Singapore have modestly raised their expectations for near-term price increases, driven by mounting global uncertainties, supply chain disruptions and the spectre of new tariffs. The one-year-ahead headline inflation expectations climbed to an average of 3.4% in June, from 3.3% in March. 

SMU Assistant Professor of Finance (Education) Aurobindo Ghosh, and the principal investigator of the SInDEx project, observed that the results of DBS-SKBI SInDEx show that one-year-ahead inflation expectations have marginally increased in the June 2026 survey compared to March 2026, suggesting the pre-emptive tightening might have had the desired effect. Asst Prof Ghosh noted that this anchoring of core expectations indicates that while short-term geopolitical risks are evident, “longer-term inflation expectations in Singapore seem to be more anchored”.

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DBS Group Research and SMU’s Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) released the latest Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (SInDEx) which showed that households in Singapore have modestly raised their expectations for near-term price increases, driven by mounting global uncertainties, supply chain disruptions and the spectre of new tariffs. The one-year-ahead headline inflation expectations climbed to an average of 3.4% in June, from 3.3% in March. 

SMU Assistant Professor of Finance (Education) Aurobindo Ghosh, and the principal investigator of the SInDEx project, observed that the results of DBS-SKBI SInDEx show that one-year-ahead inflation expectations have marginally increased in the June 2026 survey compared to March 2026, suggesting the pre-emptive tightening might have had the desired effect. Asst Prof Ghosh noted that this anchoring of core expectations indicates that while short-term geopolitical risks are evident, “longer-term inflation expectations in Singapore seem to be more anchored”.