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Expected inflation?

Posted by Chris Farrell on Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Here's what the 10-year Treasury Inflation Protected Security is forecasting will be the expected inflation rate: 0.34%.

The rush to buy TIPS may be exaggerating the long-term forecast. Still, it's a strikingly number.

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