Is Claude the old/new AI? I googled mytreasury and saw the same plus
This is good advice from TreasuryDirect, since no one should be holding cash in a zero-interest account. But the upbeat…
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…
Category Archives: Inflation
Savings Bond holders: Your I Bond interest rate could drop to 0.0% on May 1
May 1 update: Treasury drops I Bond fixed rate to 0.1% We are supposed to be in a year of rising interest rates, but so far that hasn’t been true. And holders of I Savings Bonds could be in for … Continue reading
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New Treasury Floating-Rate Notes: Bad deal for small investors?
The Treasury Department said today it will hold its first Floating-Rate Note auction on Jan. 29. These 2-year-term FRNs are a new product, and are drawing a lot of attention as a possible replacement or add-on to fixed-income holdings like … Continue reading
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U.S. inflation rises a meek 0.1% in May
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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Should TIPS holders root for higher inflation?
Interesting article today in the Wall Street Journal, with the enticing headline: ‘TIPS Investors Rush for Exit.’ Here’s the premise: A surprise drop in gasoline prices has jolted a corner of the bond market, easing investors’ inflation fears and triggering … Continue reading
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U.S. inflation fell 0.2% in March
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this morning that ‘headline’ inflation – the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) – fell 0.2% in March on a seasonally-adjusted basis, partly reversing the sharp 0.7% increase in February. That means … Continue reading
Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities 
Claude is Anthropic’s AI. It gave a much more detailed answer but I grabbed a snippet. Claude allows anonymous searching…