Contributor: Kevin M. Shultz, CFA
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TIPS Fallback Plan for First-ever Missed CPI Report
On November 21, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) confirmed what many had suspected: there would be no CPI report for October. This was not surprising given that the government was shut down for the month of October and, therefore, no data was collected. Nonetheless, this is unprecedented dating back to the inception of the…