The world's second biggest bond market is about to freeze up:
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1955652472283820464
With the standoff now the second-longest on record, the White House warned there will likely be no inflation data published next month, which means the BLS’ October CPI report scheduled for Nov 13 won’t be released.
That could be a headache for Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (Tips) market participants, as the value of those bonds, which investors use to protect their capital from inflation, hinges directly on the index.
Tips pay a fixed interest rate, but the interest is calculated on a principal amount that rises with inflation and falls in periods of deflation.
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