Five-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARM, averaged 2.88%, up from 2.85% yet below 3.77% of a year ago.

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The five-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage, or ARM, averaged 2.86%, down from 2.88% last week and 3.75% a year ago.

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Capital gains also aren't indexed for inflation, so a lower rate is intended to offset the effect of inflated gains.

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Inflation-indexed bonds are securities that offer returns depending on the rate of inflation.

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The value of the lifetime limit of lower rate capital gains will erode over time - will it be indexed in some way?

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But dollar savings will be converted at a rate of 1.4 pesos to the dollar, and will then be indexed to inflation.

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But dollar savings are being converted at an exchange rate of 1.4 pesos to the dollar, and will then be indexed to inflation.

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