Category Archives: Economic Indicators

Negative Tips Yield Does Not Measure Inflation Expectations

As reported in this Bloomberg News story, the five-year TIPS (the Treasury Inflation-Protected Security due in 2012) yield has been negative since Feb. 29, and traded today at minus 0.17 percent. The notes, which were first sold in 1997, have … Continue reading

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Misleading Trade Report Headlines

(March 11, 2008) – The Department of Commerce released their U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: January 2008 this morning, reporting that total January exports of $148.2 billion and imports of $206.4 billion resulted in a goods and services … Continue reading

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