Description: Treasury rates remain strikingly low, partly because of the safety government debt offers corporations and retirees. Whether that endures is crucial to federal spending.

Source: NYTimes.com

Date: Jan 30, 2022

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/business/economy/inflation-bonds-treasury-yields.html?

Questions for discussion:

• Summarize the key points made about the direction of bond prices, interest rates and inflation.
• Do you agree with this assessment?
• What would you advise average investors today?