TREASURY NOTE SPREAD OVER INFLATION (CPI) 1960 – 2019 …
Spread (1% = 100 bps)
10%
TREASURY NOTE SPREAD OVER INFLATION (CPI) 1960 ? 2019
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
-2%
-4%
-6% 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
10-Yr Treasury Note Minus Inflation (CPI)
DECADE 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
SPREAD AVERAGE
2.3% 0.3% 4.8% 3.5% 1.9% 0.6%
INFLATION (CPI) AVERAGE 2.4% 7.1% 5.6% 3.0% 2.6% 1.8%
BOND YIELDS: REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS
Is 3% on a 10-year Treasury note high, low, or just about right? Although the average spread for Treasury notes over the inflation rate has been 2.2%, the average consists of periods that were above the average and periods that were below the average. Specifically, the 1960s reflected fairly modest inflation and a spread of 2.3%. The inflation-infected 1970s surprised bond investors and they were slow to adjust their required returns. By the 1980s, much like a battered insurance company that raises premiums, the inflation spread rose to near 5.0% to adjust to the newly-realized inflation risks.
As Volker and Greenspan at the Fed maintained a campaign to tame and control inflation, the bond market began to calm its demand for an inflation-risk premium. By the 1990s, the inflation spread decined to 3.5%. For the 2000s, the spread averaged 1.9%. In 2011, the spread declined due to a rise in the reported inflation rate. In the longer-run, the Bernanke Fed appears to be targeting inflation between 1% and 2% (although that commitment is quite uncertain). By adding a 2% or so inflation-risk spread, a yield of 3% or so may be just about right for the 10-year note.
During the next few years, the Fed may continue to raise short-term interest rates. Reports may begin soon about Conundrum II...the redux of the period in 2005 when long-term interest rates (yields) remained low as the Fed raised short-term rates. As and if the Fed again demonstrates its conviction to control inflation, we should not be surprised to see bond yields remain steady or even decline based upon historical spreads over inflation.
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