But with the inflation rate rising and the stock market shaky, even the most optimistic investors are finding it hard to be cheerful. Unless, that is, they own inflation-adjusted Savings Bonds, or I Bonds.

Sandra Block
USA Today

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I Bond Rate May 2017 5/1/2017
The new rate for newly purchased I Bonds is now 1.96%. This includes a 0.0% fixed rate and a 0.98% semi-annual inflation-linked rate.The CPI-U increased from...
5/2/2016
The rate for a new I Bond purchased May - October 2016 is 0.26%. The CPI-U increase from 237.945 to 238.132 represents a semi-annual increase of 0.08%. The...
May I Bond rate 0.0% 5/1/2015
The semi-annual CPI-U rate dropped from 238.031 to 236.119, resulting in a negative variable rate for this period. The resulting variable rate will be 0.00 since bonds can...

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