Unfortunately politics are increasingly important to economics. Deficits, interest rates, wars, immigration, energy policy, regulatory policy, and so on all…
Cutting spending, raising taxes, and inflation / currency devaluation are the tools to manage the debt. There's quite a bit…
Signed up for my Idme login today, it was pretty painless and fairly quick. it almost seems to easy compared…
The problem at base isn't political, it's generational - we boomers are horribly irresponsible and we vote accordingly. (I'm 62,…
Category Archives: Inflation
I’m in Ecuador. What’s happening in the rest of the world?
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I’ve just returned to Quito, Ecuador’s capital city, after spending five days in the Amazon jungle at a surprisingly pleasant eco lodge on a tributary of the Napo River. The good news: We saw four different … Continue reading
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My schedule … and what’s coming next
Traveling again? Of course. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com For most of last week, I was stressing out about today, when I will be leaving for South America for a tw0-week-plus trip. It wasn’t the travel that had me stressed. It … Continue reading
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New 5-year TIPS gets a real yield of 1.32%, an attractive result
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s auction of $21 billion in a new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — CUSIP 91282CGW5 — resulted in a real yield to maturity of 1.320%, a bit higher than looked likely through the morning. Demand … Continue reading
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A 5-year TIPS matured April 15. How did it do as an investment?
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Back in spring 2018, the Federal Reserve was continuing its wind-down of quantitative easing, raising its key short term interest rate on March 21 to a range of 1.50 – 1.75%. That led to a very … Continue reading
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Thoughts on this week’s 5-year TIPS auction: It’s complicated
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury on Thursday will auction $21 billion of a new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security, CUSIP 91282CGW5. The coupon rate and real yield to maturity will be set by the auction results. For months, I … Continue reading
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One thing you left out - this is exactly what happened in the 60s and 70s and how the post-WW2…