Tip-off from the TIPS Market

Posted by Tim Hope on 5/19/08 11:04 am

The market for Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) offers investors one measure of inflationary expectations.  Despite significant price increases in oil and other commodities, traders in the TIPS market believe that the present level of commodity prices is not sustainable.  Thus, the TIPS market is indicating that inflation should finish the year at a rate of about 2.95% a far cry from the 5.2% expectation on the part of consumers.

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