From the announcement press release:
The S&P/BGCantor U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Security Index is a broad, comprehensive, market value-weighted index that seeks to measure the performance of the U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) market.
You can track the index here, but since it just launched on Tuesday, there is very little to see except for the current numbers.
Hmm, so if one was convinced these numbers will have a future correction upward, undoing the TIPS principal balance drop…
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The data is a mess. And may God help the people who make it right.
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Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities 
David, with all due respect, facts are better, e.g "but not massive." Really! Don't have to be a political appointee...look…