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Economic Commentary

Expected Inflation and TIPS

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When inflation-indexed Treasury securities were first introduced, economists hoped that they could be used to measure expected inflation easily. The only difference between securities that were indexed to inflation and those that were not was thought to be the extra compensation regular securities had to pay for what the market thought inflation would be. By now it is pretty clear that inflation-indexed Treasuries differ from regular securities in other ways that show up in the yields. This Commentary suggests what these are and discusses a method of correcting for them.

11.01.2004ISSN 2163-3738 EC 11/1/2004

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Carlstrom, Charles T., and Timothy S. Fuerst. 2004. “Expected Inflation and TIPS.” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 11/1/2004.

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