savings bond rates

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...

With the change of the Savings Bond rates quickly approaching on November 3, and the recent roller-coaster in the stock market, perhaps we should stop for a moment to answer the age old question: Are U.S. Savings Bonds really a 'safe' investment? Compare it to the Dow Jones year-to-date return,...