Thursday, October 15, 2009

September CPI-U Value Released

The CPI-U value for September increased again to 215.969, finishing the CPI-U change for the next I-Bond's rate. The November I Bond will have a CPI-U linked rate of 1.53%. This means, even if the fixed rate portion of the new bond is 0%, we are still looking at a new composite I Bond rate of 3.06%. We will know the actual fixed rate on November 1.

CPI-U Values for the November I Bond rate.

Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep.
212.709 213.240 213.856 215.693 215.351 215.834 215.969

 

 

I-Bonds and CPI-U values