What to make of the big rise in TIPS yields

The big rise in the real yields of US Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) over the past year or so is a logical response to tighter Fed policy than investors were expecting. But it is likely to be partly reversed in 2019, when the central bank calls time on its rate hikes sooner than they are now anticipating.

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