{"id":2025,"date":"2022-07-13T20:13:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T03:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeremywhittaker.com\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2022-07-13T20:21:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T03:21:31","slug":"i-bonds-dont-yield-9-62-its-actually-10-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.jeremywhittaker.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/13\/i-bonds-dont-yield-9-62-its-actually-10-49\/","title":{"rendered":"I Bonds don&#8217;t yield 9.62% &#8211; It&#8217;s actually 10.49%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The publicly advertised rate for I Bonds according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.treasurydirect.gov\/indiv\/research\/indepth\/ibonds\/res_ibonds_iratesandterms.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Treasury Direct website<\/a> is 9.62% if they were or are purchased between May and October of 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"70\" data-src=\"https:\/\/new.jeremywhittaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-32.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2026 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/new.jeremywhittaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-32.png 562w, https:\/\/new.jeremywhittaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-32-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/new.jeremywhittaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-32-500x62.png 500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 562px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 562\/70;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But what people do not realize is that an I Bond issue month is the same regardless if you purchase it on the first day of the month or the last day of the month. 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