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
New 5-year TIPS auctions with a real yield of 1.732%, highest in 15 years
Still, real yield was lower than expected as inflation expectations surged higher. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s offering of $21 billion in a new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security resulted in a mixed bag for investors: The real yield of … Continue reading
Posted in Inflation, Investing in TIPS
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Get ready: This week’s 5-year TIPS auction is a ‘unicorn’
Rarely seen: High real yield, high coupon rate, discount to par value. Update: New 5-year TIPS auctions with a real yield of 1.732%, highest in 15 years By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury on Thursday will offer $21 billion in … Continue reading
Posted in I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS
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Ignore the fixed-rate drama; buy I Bonds in October
The 9.62% annualized rate for six months is a huge advantage. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Here we are, in the U.S. Series I Savings Bond’s “limbo fortnight,” a period when we know the current composite rate (9.62% annualized, good for … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, I Bond, Inflation, Savings Bond
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September inflation report sets I Bond variable rate at 6.48%; Social Security COLA rises to 8.7%
Annual core inflation hits 6.6%, a 40-year high. This isn’t good news for financial markets. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Here is it, the most important Inflation Day of the year, setting in stone the inflation-adjusted variable rate on U.S. Series … Continue reading
Charts tell the story: The Federal Reserve has room to move (and keep) rates higher
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com When I was a kid, my parents encouraged me to open a “passbook savings account” at a nearby savings & loan. As I recall, that account was paying 5% interest. At the time, I wasn’t impressed. … 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…