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Vanguard to Launch Inflation-Proof Bond Fund

New offering would help keep investors' rate of return from eroding.

Mar 22, 2000

Mentioned: PIMCO Real Return Instl (PRRIX)

Perhaps the Vanguard Group, like the Federal Reserve, sees inflation on the horizon.

Why else would the Valley Forge, Pa.-based fund family register a new Inflation-Protected Securities Fund just a few days before Tuesday's fifth interest-rate hike in nine months by the central bank?

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