Author Archives: Tipswatch

U.S. ‘headline’ inflation – formally known as the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers – rose 0.3% in December on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this morning. The number – higher than in recent … Continue reading →

Minutes from the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee always get a lot of attention, but the minutes from December’s meeting are especially important, because at that meeting the Fed finally launched a slowdown of its bond-buying economic stimulus program. Embedded … Continue reading →

This blog is focused on Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities and I Bonds, both inflation-protected investments. So you might wonder why I’ve been ‘all excited’ about a 3% 5-year CD being offered by the Pentagon Federal Credit Union through Jan. 31, 2014. … Continue reading →

I’ve been watching to see if the Pentagon Federal Credit Union would extend its 3% five-year CD into 2014, and indeed, it has extended it until Jan. 31. I opened a $5 savings account there in December, hoping to put … Continue reading →