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Also, I have updated my Tracking Inflation and I Bonds page with these new numbers.
And here are the new CPI Indexes for TIPS in February.
This is a particularly interesting auction because it is the first new-issue TIPS since the election of Donald Trump on November 8 set off turmoil in the Treasury market.
U.S. Series I Savings Bonds are a boring, ultra-conservative investment that somehow drive many people – including a lot of very wealthy people – to scheme over buying strategies and fret over single basis-point rate swings. The key strategy is to buy them every year, up to the Treasury limit. But the question is: When?
Treasury Inflation Protection Securities had a promising beginning of 2016 for investors, then a serious slump in yields at midyear, and then a promising rise in yields again after the November elections.
What can we expect in 2017?
TIPS have been on the move this week, with yields falling and prices rising. It’s a bit of a shock for those predicting a collapse in the Treasury market. And today’s auction was probably a bit of a disappointment for investors expecting a slightly higher yield.
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Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities 
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