SavingsBondRates

I've been asked this question thousands of times since the start of the Series I Bond program in 1998 and it's finally making headlines: "If inflation dropped to zero, or there's a recession, what will happen to the interest rate of I Bonds?" Recession, deflation or economic slowdown; any way you...

...wait, is that right? US Savings Bonds and making money in the same sentence? Yes, it is. I walked into my local savings bank yesterday and while filling out my deposit slip, the towering sign of current interest rates for various investments caught my eye. It was quite a depressing sight. A...