TIPS Go Negative, Yield That Is

It had to come to this sooner or later. Interest rates broke zero at an auction of 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities last week. The auction lead to a nominal negative 56 basis points coupon for the notes, so evidently folks are convinced enough to pay 102 for a bond that will return 100 in five years, with only the inflation adjustment to change that outcome.

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