Pimco favours inflation protected bonds
It is reversing bearish bets on crude oil and other commodities to adopt neutral or bullish positions
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PACIFIC Investment Management Co (Pimco) is recommending Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) even as tumbling oil costs prompt Federal Reserve officials to voice concern that US consumer prices are stagnating.
An inflation rate that is stuck near zero combined with crude at a 12-year low are driving speculation that the Fed will delay raising interest rates. The odds that the Fed will follow its December increase with at least one more in 2016 have fallen to 76 per cent from 93 per cent on Jan 1, futures contracts show.
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