"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863
The Five Year TIP Yields have crossed up and over the conventional Five Year Treasury Yields for the first time in their admittedly short life span.
That would tend to signal inflation dead ahead. And/or a negative real return on Five Year Treasuries.
It will be interesting to see how those move in the future as the currency crisis unfolds in phase two of the Credit Crisis.
TIP to TIP Spreads