in equity investors can also protect themselves from inflation by purchasing treasury inflation protected securities or tips which were not around during the 70s and also have interest rates adjusted for inflation us savings bonds are arranged in a photograph in oradell nj on june 18 2015 ron antonellibloomberg via getty images file the treasury has a useful breakdown for americans comparing i bonds and tips on its website as inflation tightens its grip on the economy and previous assurances from policymakers that it is transitory have gone out the window spatt said americans should now recognize prices are going to change over time and theyre going to change adversely people should keep this in mind when doing their shopping and financial planning and then assess based on individual needs options and goals how they can best adapt to this everevolving economic reality at the broader level however scott warned inflations unwelcome return to the us economy presents a tremendous problem when you think about the policies that may be followed to stamp out the inflation they may actually bring the economy into recession that may be necessary like it was in the 1980s spatt said its not easy to knock it out of the economy this is one of the lessons of the 1980s