this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. more jitters in the financial markets today about the outlook for the global economy. tom, investors stayed away from stocks and poured money into bonds what they consider a safe haven. tom: as a result, susie, the yield on the ten-year treasury fell to its lowest level since march of 2009. falling rates are a sign of a weak economy. the yield on the ten-year is just below 2.60%. to put that in perspective, it was 4% earlier this year when many experts were more optimistic about the u.s. economy. susie: meanwhile, something very unusual is happening in the market for treasury inflation protected securities. for only the second time ever, the five year tip is yielding zero. that means people buying them are actually losing money to inflation. why is that happening? and what does it mean? and why in the world would anyone
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. more jitters in the financial markets today about the outlook for the global economy. tom, investors stayed away from stocks and poured money into bonds what they consider a safe haven. tom: as a result, susie, the yield on the ten-year treasury fell to its lowest level since march of 2009. falling rates are a sign of a weak economy. the yield on the ten-year is just below 2.60%. to put that in perspective, it was 4% earlier this year when many experts were more optimistic about the u.s. economy. susie: meanwhile, something very unusual is happening in the market for treasury inflation protected securities. for only the second time ever, the five year tip is yielding zero. that means people buying them are actually losing money to inflation. why is that happening? and what does it mean? and why in the world would anyone
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. more jitters in the financial markets today about the outlook for the global economy. tom, investors stayed away from stocks and poured money into bonds what they consider a safe haven. tom: as a result, susie, the yield on the ten-year treasury fell to its lowest level since march of 2009. falling rates are a sign of a weak economy. the yield on the ten-year is just below 2.60%. to put that in perspective, it was 4% earlier this year when many experts were more optimistic about the u.s. economy. susie: meanwhile, something very unusual is happening in the market for treasury inflation protected securities. for only the second time ever, the five year tip is yielding zero. that means people buying them are actually losing money to inflation. why is that happening? and what does it mean? and why in the world would anyone
captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. more jitters in the financial markets today about the outlook for the global economy. tom, investors stayed away from stocks and poured money into bonds what they consider a safe haven. tom: as a result, susie, the yield on the ten-year treasury fell to its lowest level since march of 2009. falling rates are a sign of a weak economy. the yield on the ten-year is just below 2.60%. to put that in perspective, it was 4% earlier this year when many experts were more optimistic about the u.s. economy. susie: meanwhile, something very unusual is happening in the market for treasury inflation protected securities. for only the second time ever, the five year tip is yielding zero. that means people buying them are actually losing money to inflation. why is that happening? and what does it mean? and why in the world would anyone buy tips now? erika miller got some answers. reporter: investors worried about the econo
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. more jitters in the financial markets today about the outlook for the global economy. tom, investors stayed away from stocks and poured money into bonds what they consider a safe haven. tom: as a result, susie, the yield on the ten-year treasury fell to its lowest level since march of 2009. falling rates are a sign of a weak economy. the yield on the ten-year is just below 2.60%. to put that in perspective, it was 4% earlier this year when many experts were more optimistic about the u.s. economy. susie: meanwhile, something very unusual is happening in the market for treasury inflation protected securities. for only the second time ever, the five year tip is yielding zero. that means people buying them are actually losing money to inflation. why is that happening? and what does it mean? and why in the world would anyone