Jared Ecker is a researcher and fact-checker. He possesses over a decade of experience in the Nuclear and National Defense sectors resolving issues on platforms as varied as stealth bombers to UAVs.

The biggest challenge facing the emerging markets is not the credit crunch; it’s inflation. Surging price rises are evident in all developing regions with buoyant economic activity, high food and ...

The launches come at a time when inflation remains a stubborn challenge for bond investors. Inflation-linked funds are designed to help cushion portfolios from eroding purchasing power, while ...

Learn the impact of nominal, real, and effective interest rates on investors and borrowers, including inflation's role and the cost of compounding.

There is no shortage of items to worry about for the bond market. From threats to strongarm the Federal Reserve to push interest rates lower to projections of a deepening federal budget deficit to the ...

Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) are a good bet to beat nominal (non-inflation-protected) U.S. Treasurys if inflation expectations worsen more than they have already. The investment ...

There’s a growing rift between financial professionals and individual investors over inflation and the bond market - two issues that will weigh heavily on the Federal Reserve’s decision-making in the ...