treasurydirect.gov - 12/2/2008
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What are TIPS? TIPS -- Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities -- are marketable Treasury securities whose principal is adjusted according to changes in the Consumer Price Index . With inflation, the principal increases. With deflation, it decreases. What happens to TIPS if deflation occurs? The ...
econbrowser.com - 12/3/2008
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econbrowser.com —
Greg Mankiw notes some odd behavior this week
in the values reported by the U.S. Treasury for...
the yields on constant-maturity Treasury Inflation Protected Securities. In normal times when investors anticipate positive inflation, the yield on ...
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TIPS yields
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Real interest rates plunge!
Greg Mankiw's Blog —
... TIPS offer asymmetric inflation-protection. If the price level rises, your principal rises as well. But if the price level goes down, you get your initial nominal principal back. (Don't believe me? Click here.) A new TIPS bond is great when there is risk of deflation. It is a real bond if prices go up, but more like a nominal bond if prices go down. Heads you win, tails you win also. ...
TIPS yields
Econbrowser —
... TIPS offer asymmetric inflation-protection. If the price level rises, your principal rises as well. But if the price level goes down, you get your initial nominal principal back. (Don't believe me? Click here.) A new TIPS bond is great when there is risk of deflation. It is a real bond if prices go up, but more like a nominal bond if prices go down. Heads you win, tails you win also. ...
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