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Today's Inflation Hawk: The Bond Market
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The yields on TIPS, Treasury Inflation Protected Securties, suggests the markets expect longterm inflation of about 2.5% ayear up sharply from the 1% in fall 2008. The figures for the CPI are rising a bit, but still down about 0.8% year over year, which suggest deflationary trends. And the markets are expecting the Fed to raise its key target rate from roughly zero to nearly 1.25% by next June. Says Gongloff the market is showing its inflation anxiety about the Fed flooding the market with cash, but the fact remains that the Fed is still making up for the lack of demand in the private sector. He says the fundamentals still suggest deflation is a bigger risk than inflation.
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