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1.
A bond's reference CPI-U is actually the CPI from three months prior to the bond's issue date.
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True. A bond's reference CPI-U is actually the CPI from three months prior to the bond's issue date.
2.
Issuing inflation-adjusted securities reduces the interest costs of the US Treasury department.
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True. The Treasury department saves on interest costs in this way.
3.
Treasury inflation-adjusted securities come in maturities of five or 10 years.
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True. Maturities are for five or 10 years.
4.
Par value measures the effects of inflation.
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False. The CPI-U measures the effects of inflation.
5.
Phantom income is taxable income on an inflation-adjusted bond's coupon interest.
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False. Phantom income refers to taxable income on an inflation-adjusted bond's principal interest.