TIP faces headwinds from high break-even inflation and limited upside, though it remains useful tactically amid uncertainty.

The break-even interest rate helps decide if short maturity bonds offset lower yields with future higher rate reinvestments. Inflation-indexed bonds provide a break-even rate to gauge gains ...

Inflation breakeven rates, which reflect market expectations of the inflation outlook, all jumped after the release of the August CPI data. The two-year breakeven rate rose to 2.43%, while the 5 ...

Inflation is alive and kicking. It’s evident everywhere from your $10 box of blueberries at the grocery store to the cancellation of tours by smaller indie artists because of high travel costs.

Both rates have spiked since September and were moving further away from the Federal Reserve's 2% inflation target as of Tuesday. Wednesday's lack of movement in inflation breakeven rates suggests ...

according to measures such as the two-year inflation break-even rate. For their part, consumers expect to see prices rising more than 3%, both in one and five years from now, survey data shows.

Economists had expected the personal consumption expenditures index to tick down slightly to 2.2% from the month before.

Sameer Samana, senior global market strategist at the Wells Fargo Investment Institute, cites three metrics: inflation swaps, the breakeven rate, and the term premium. All are measures of the bond ...