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What to do with low inflation

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At the last of its meetings for 2011, the Federal Reserve Board’s policy-making committee reconfirmed its expectations for inflation – and thus interest rates – to remain at “subdued” levels at least through mid-2013.

As the chart below shows, the broadest measure of inflation, the Consumer Price Index, is at its highest year-to-year core rate since October 2008. But it’s still relatively low, considering it’s about half of the average inflation rate since 1920.

Also, the bellwether 10-year Treasury Note has been hovering around the 2% yield mark for more than a year. That’s about one-third of the long-time average.

Economists surveyed by the Bloomberg financial news service have forecast inflation, as measured by the CPI, to remain under 3% at least through 2013. The same analysts project that the 10-year note will yield no more than 3% on average through 2012.

Under these circumstances, what should investors expect to do? Joel Dresang posed that question to Bob Landaas during a Money Talk podcast recorded in November. To listen, please click the audio player above.

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initially posted Dec. 19, 2011

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