econbrowser.com - 12/3/2008
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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 nominal Treasuries should exceed that on TIPS, ...
treasurydirect.gov - 12/2/2008
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treasurydirect.gov —
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. ...
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Individual - TIPS: FAQs
economistsview.typepad.com - 12/2/2008
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economistsview.typepad.com —
Kenneth Rogoff says inflation is the answer: Embracing
inflation, by Kenneth Rogoff, guardian.co.uk/Project Syndicate : It is...
time for the world's major central banks to acknowledge that a sudden burst of moderate inflation would be ...
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Rogoff: Embracing Inflation
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naked capitalism —
... stable AND the issuer is seen as rock solid. With all the talk about the coming multi-polar world, who knows what the US will look like in 100 years. Or even 30, for that matter. Securities lending starting to dry up a little? AllAboutAlpha Thoughts for the Day: AIG, Private Equity and Venture Capital Roger Ehrenberg. Check out the AIG mini-rant. Finance, redistribution, globalisation Giuseppe Bertola and Anna Lo Prete, VoxEU TIPS yields Jim Hamilton, Econbrowser, Intriguing. Does exchange rate flexibility speed up ...
Wednesday links: scaling back
Abnormal Returns —
... The auto downturn “is serious.” (Econbrowser)
“Does the fact a company’s bonds are rated at low-junk levels, and trade at a small fraction of face value, prove the company is insolvent?” (Floyd Norris)
The use of TIPS yields to estimate inflation expectations is more complex than at first blush. (Mankiw Blog, Econbrowser)
The case for (and against) a 100 year Treasury ...
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