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1.
Buy Treasury note as it offers higher return of 3% versus TIPS rate
of 0.5%+2%=2.5%
2.
Regular Treausries have greater price risk due to unexpected
changes in inflation which might lead to decline in Treasuries but
TIPS capture the inflation
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