mjperry.blogspot.com - 11/5/2009
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The spread between nominal 10-year treasuries ( data ) and 10-year TIPS ( data ) has increased to about 2% this week, up from almost 0% at the beginning of the year. The 200 basis point spread is still below the 250 basis point average during 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and the first half of ...
macromarketmusings.blogspot.com - 11/5/2009
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As someone who believes that stabilizing nominal spending
rather than inflation is key to macroeconomic stability, I...
have taken the liberty in the past to reframe U.S. macroeconomic history according to this perspective. Thus, I renamed (1) the " ...
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Global Nominal Spending History
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The ten year Treasury-TIP spread has touched 2%. (Carpe Diem)
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