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10-year TIPS reopening auction gets real yield of 1.734% to weak demand

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com One day after the Federal Reserve acted to lower short-term interest rates, the Treasury’s offering of $19 billion in a reopened 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — CUSIP 91282CNS6 — drew surprisingly weak demand from investors. The … Continue reading

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30-year TIPS reopening gets real yield of 2.650%, highest in nearly 24 years

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Investors were ready and willing to jump aboard today’s auction of a reopened 30-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security, CUSIP 912810UH9. And why not? The resulting real yield to maturity of 2.650% was the highest for this term … Continue reading

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President Trump fires head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com President Trump just posted this on his TruthSocial site: Obviously, the president did not like the July jobs number, which came in at 73,000 added, less than the expected 100,000. But he was more angered by … Continue reading

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Inflation jumped higher in June to annual rate of 2.7%

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com As economists expected, U.S. all-items inflation moved higher in June, up 0.3% for the month and 2.7% year over year, well above the annual rate in May of 2.4%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Core … Continue reading

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The TIP ETF just hit a meaningless milestone

For some reason, the $110 net asset value is a marker for me. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I have been writing about Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities for more than 14 years, and that is plenty of time to dream up “significant … Continue reading

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