inflation-linked

Tracks rising costs

Inflation-linked describes financial instruments whose value or payments adjust according to inflation rates.

Inflation-linked bonds pay returns that rise with inflation, protecting investors from purchasing power erosion: The government issued inflation-linked securities to attract cautious investors.

Pensions and other benefits may be inflation-linked to maintain their real value over time.

indexation

CPI

Inflation measurement abbreviation

escalation · price index · basket · purchasing power · real terms · hedging · protection · indexed · benchmark · measurement

bonds

TIPS

Liver blood flow diversion

government bonds · I-bonds · linkers · sovereign debt · fixed income · coupons · maturity · real return · duration · yield

contracts

pensions

Ongoing payments after employment

leases · salaries · benefits · payments · Social Security · cost-of-living adjustment · COLA · stipend · royalties · alimony

investments

commodities

Tradeable raw materials

hedge · preservation · risk management · allocation · returns · defensive · store of value

Opposites
rate structure

inflation-linkedfixed-rate

Interest that stays constant

fixed-income · nominal · unindexed · fixed · flat-rate

Family

inflation, linked, inflate, inflated, inflating, inflationary, deflation, deflate, deflated

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