If Treasury Direct has been a relatively secure platform, shouldn't the Treasury proceed cautiously about implementing an unproven cloud based…
Anyone else get the email "TreasuryDirect: How Certificates of Indebtedness Can Help Fund Summer Fun"?What is interesting is I don't…
This is from Claude, backing up your hypothesis: A May 2025 project update indicated that work is continuing to build…
Interesting information, and seems believable. However, what is your source? (Also, moving to an app-enabled site might have us all…
Category Archives: Inflation
What’s up with those crazy real yields on ultra-short-term TIPS?
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Update: This TIPS matured Jan. 15, 2023. How did it work as an investment? Just about every month, I get emails or comments from readers pointing out what appears to be extremely attractive real yields on … Continue reading
Posted in Inflation, Investing in TIPS
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U.S. inflation went flat in July: What it means for I Bonds, TIPS and Social Security COLA
Core inflation continues at 5.9%, an unsustainable rate. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I warned you: Inflation numbers are notoriously fickle in the summer months, and so here we go: All-items U.S. inflation increased 0.0% in July on a seasonally adjusted … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Social Security
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Don’t go ballistic over the way TreasuryDirect reports I Bond interest
Confusing? Aggravating? Of course, but also correct. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I’ve had several communications recently from readers who are new to U.S. Series I Savings Bonds and freaking out by the apparently low interest payments reported so far on … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, I Bond, Inflation, Savings Bond
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Is the Federal Reserve really tightening? So far, not so much.
Quantitative tightening will have to ramp up in coming months if the Fed wants to bring U.S. inflation down. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The basic monetary rule of the last two decades has been this: When the economy slips lower … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, Inflation
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A Greek-Italian restaurant can tell you a lot about real world inflation
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an article I first wrote in 2017 and revised in 2021. There’s a restaurant in my hometown – Charlotte, N.C. – that has been in business continuously at … Continue reading
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Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities 
This is good advice from TreasuryDirect, since no one should be holding cash in a zero-interest account. But the upbeat…