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Recent Posts
- iShares target-date TIPS ETFs are growing in appeal … and deserve a look
- 10-year TIPS auction gets real yield of 2.169% to soft demand
- This week’s 10-year TIPS auction is going to get interesting
- Energy shock sends U.S. inflation to a three-year high
- I filled out the top end of my TIPS ladder last week
- Treasury holds I Bond fixed rate at 0.90%; composite rate rises to 4.26%
- TreasuryDirect, ditch the ‘gift box’ and raise the I Bond purchase cap
- 5-year TIPS auction gets a real yield of 1.367%
- Here comes a rather unexciting 5-year TIPS auction
- I Bond dilemma: Buy in April or just keep waiting?
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- Bloomberg: Current yields
- Chart: 10-year inflation breakeven rate
- Chart: 10-year TIPS yields
- Chart: 30-year TIPS inflation breakeven rates
- Chart: 30-year TIPS real yields
- Chart: 5-year TIPS inflation breakeven rates
- Chart: 5-year TIPS yields
- Historical Auction Query
- Historical I Bonds data
- Historical inflation data
- Historical TIPS data
- Tentative auction schedule
- TIPS/CPI Data
- Treasury Direct
- U.S. Inflation Calculator
- U.S. Treasury Yield Curve Estimates
- WSJ: Current TIPS values
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Bad news: Medicare costs for 2026 are surging at triple the rate of inflation
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