Monday 29 April 2013

Apr 29- US Consumer spending up, inflation pressures muted--TIP.US

Consumer spending up, inflation pressures muted
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer spending unexpectedly rose in March as benign inflation supported household's spending power, a hopeful sign for an economy that lost significant momentum towards the end of the first quarter.

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Inflation-indexed bond Wiki-
CountryIssueIssuerInflation Index
United StatesTreasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS)[7]US TreasuryUS Consumer Price Index
United StatesSeries I Inflation-Indexed Savings Bonds (I-Bonds - domestic retail bonds)[8]US TreasuryUS Consumer Price Index
United KingdomIndex-linked GiltUK Debt Management OfficeRetail Price Index (RPI)
United KingdomIndex-linked Savings Certificates (domestic retail bonds)National Savings and InvestmentsRetail Price Index (RPI)
FranceOATi and OAT€i[9]Agence France TrésorFrance CPI ex-tobacco (OATi), EU HICP ex-tobacco (OAT€i)
CanadaReal Return Bond (RRB)[10]Bank of CanadaCanada All-Items CPI
AustraliaCapital Indexed Bonds (CAIN series)Department of the Treasury (Australia)Weighted Average of Eight Capital Cities: All-Groups Index
GermanyBund index. and BO index.Bundesrepublik Deutschland FinanzagenturEU HICP ex Tobacco
GreeceEU HICP ex Tobacco
Hong KongiBond (domestic retail bonds)Hong Kong GovernmentComposite Consumer Price Index
ItalyBTP€iDepartment of the TreasuryEU HICP ex Tobacco
ItalyBTP Italia (domestic retail bonds)Department of the TreasuryItaly CPI ex tobacco
JapanJGBiMinistry of Finance (Japan)Japan CPI (nationwide, ex-fresh-food)
SwedenIndex-linked treasury bondsSwedish National Debt OfficeSwedish CPI
Iceland

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