# Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS)

> Marketable U.S. Treasury debt securities whose principal par value is indexed daily to the non-seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

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## Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) (UST-TIPS)

- Type: product
- Jurisdiction: INTL
- Regulatory body: Official Institutional Standard
- Wikidata: Q53536

Marketable U.S. Treasury debt securities whose principal par value is indexed daily to the non-seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

### Recorded metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| regulatoryBody | Official Institutional Standard |
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