Inflation has made Series I savings bonds, known as I-bonds, enormously popular with risk-averse investors. So how do they work?

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I Bonds, or Series I savings bonds, are government-backed securities designed to help protect your money from inflation. These bonds combine a fixed interest rate with an inflation-adjusted rate ...

Series I Savings Bonds, or I bonds, became extremely popular a couple of years ago when inflation spiked to a multi-decade high. However, inflation has cooled off, and the interest rates paid by ...

Newly purchased I bonds now sport yields lower than high-yield savings accounts like those on offer at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s consumer bank, Marcus, which currently advertises a 4.1% rate.

I bonds were paying a high-flying 9.62% in May 2022. Those yields have since returned to Earth.

I bonds bought last year paid record rates. But with the current rates much lower, it may be smart to cash out. For many I bond holders, the ideal withdrawal date is Dec. 2.

New I bond purchases just got better in two crucial ways this month. First, the annualized yield for new I bond purchases made through April is 5.27%, up from the 4.30% annual return on I bonds ...

I-bonds sold from May through October 2022, for example, offered a whopping 9.62 percent annualized interest rate based on inflation, but a fixed interest rate of zero.

Savers scrambled to buy I Bonds when inflation surged in 2021 and 2022. Both fixed and inflation-linked rates are due to rise again in November.