Author Archives: Tipswatch

I am on the road this week and away from my computer, so I don’t have access to all my usual stuff. Oh well, I’ll try to provide a quick analysis of next Thursday’s auction — a reopening of CUSIP … Continue reading →

Back on May 1, I wrote an article about how the new  I Bond inflation adjusted variable rate had fallen into the deep negative, -1.60% (annualized). And this meant any Series I Savings Bond with a fixed rate of  1.6% … Continue reading →

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1% in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, inflation declined 0.2%. Falling energy prices were a key … Continue reading →

The US Treasury just announced that its reopening of a 10-year TIPS – CUSIP 912828H45 – auctioned with a real yield (above inflation) of 0.358%. This is a 9-year, 8-moth Treasury Inflation-Protected Security with a coupon rate of 0.250%. Because … Continue reading →

Noncompetitive bids close at noon for CUSIP 912828H45, a 9-year, 8-month Treasury Inflation-Protected Security with a coupon rate of 0.210%. Competitive bids close at 1 p.m. when the auction ends. Here’s what we can say at 10:06 a.m.: Bloomberg’s Current … Continue reading →