Category Archives: I Bond

U.S. inflation rises a meek 0.1% in May

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Tipswatch

U.S. inflation continued at a mild pace in May, rising just 0.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis and creating a ‘headline’ inflation rate of 1.4% over the last 12 months. Here’s the summary report. The non-seasonally adjusted number was 0.2%, … Continue reading →

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New I Bond interest rate coming May 1, 2013: 1.18%

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Tipswatch

I Bonds,  a U.S. Savings Bond you can buy and hold at TreasuryDirect.gov, are currently paying a base rate of 0.0% and an inflation-adjustment rate of 1.76%, but that rate only applies to bonds purchased by April 30. On May … Continue reading →

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Next up: 5-year TIPS reissue auctioning Dec. 20, 2012

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Tipswatch

The Treasury on Thursday will announce its last 2012 auction of a Treasury Inflation-Protected Security, mostly likely a reopening of CUSIP 912828SQ4 which matures on April 15, 2017. UPDATE 12/13/12: The Treasury confirmed today that the auction is a reissue … Continue reading →

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Vanguard’s new short-term TIPS funds: Better than cash?

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Tipswatch

Read my Nov. 14, 2013, update on this post Vanguard this month launched a family of mutual funds investing in short-term Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. While investors could duplicate this strategy by simply buying and holding 5-year TIPS to maturity (at … Continue reading →

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Higher gas prices pushed consumer inflation up 0.6% in September

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Tipswatch

The Labor Department today reported that ‘headline’ inflation – the measure used to adjust the principal on TIPS and the interest rate on I Bonds – rose a strong 0.6% in September, the second strong increase in two months. Read … Continue reading →

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