2024 to May, 2025 period.The new I bond rate has been set at a composite 3.11% (down from 4.28% APR in the prior 6-month period). Due to a declining inflation rate, this current rate has dipped below the rate at the time I wrote my initialI bond overviewa few years ago when...
November 2022 rates officially announced.May 2022 rate confirmed at 9.62%.11/1/2022 press release. The variable inflation-indexed rate for I bonds bought from November 2022 through April 2023 will indeed be 6.48% as predicted. Every single I bond will also earn this rate eventually for 6 mont...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Series I bonds will pay 5.27% annual interest from Nov. 1 through April 2024, up from the4.3% annual rateoffered since May. Tied to inflation, investors can claim 5.27% for six months — the fourth-highest I bond rate since 1998 — by purc...
A Series I bond is a bond issued by the U.S. federal government that earns interest in two ways: a fixed rate and a variable rate that is adjusted twice a year based on the inflation rate. As inflation rises or falls, that variable rate is changed to offset it, protecting the money...
As for the next November to April period, the Treasury will use the two CPI’s from March (312.332) and September (not yet known) to calculate the next semiannual inflation rate. It and the Treasury’s fixed rate, if any, will get plugged into the formula to set the I bond’s next...
The latest inflation-adjusted rate of 3.38% annualized was determined based on the increase in the CPI-U from 296.808 in September 2022 to 301.836 in March 2023, resulting in a six-month change of 1.69%. The Treasury’s formula to calculate an I bond’s overall compos...
When you buy a Series I bond from the federal government, you earn a fixed interest rate plus a variable rate that changes in line with the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for all items including food and energy – a main gauge of inflation. You can redeem I ...
Fixed income risks include interest-rate and credit risk. Typically, when interest rates rise, there is a corresponding decline in bond values. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the bond issuer will not be able to make principal and interest payments. There may be less information on ...
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But fast-forward to today, and inflation has cooled significantly, tamed by theFederal Reserve'saggressive 2022–2023 rate-hike campaign. As a result, virtually everyone who bought an I bond in the last 17 years—since May 2007—is currently earning a much lower rate. Current...