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Total Real Returns

VWIUX: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

VWIUX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VWIUX returned +1.96% over the past year and −1.98% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 20, 2001, VWIUX is up +17.64% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.64%/yr, and is currently −15.96% below its real total-return high on Feb. 10, 2021.

Data ending Mon Jul. 6, 2026

Tue 2001-02-20💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VWIUX
×
−1.98%
2026-07-06
+1.96%
2026-07-06
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Returns

Tue 2001-02-20💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VWIUX
×
+17.64%
+0.64%/yr
+1.15%/yr
(R2=0.594)
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2001-02-20💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 Start
Value
End
Value
VWIUX
×
$10,000.00
2001-02-20
$11,764.27
2026-07-06
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year VWIUX
2026 (YTD) −1.98%
2025 +2.39%
2024 −1.06%
2023 +2.48%
2022 −12.50%
2021 −5.46%
2020 +3.82%
2019 +4.50%
2018 −0.55%
2017 +2.49%
2016 −1.83%
2015 +2.22%
2014 +6.54%
2013 −2.93%
2012 +3.99%
2011 +6.57%
2010 +0.41%
2009 +7.40%
2008 −0.13%
2007 −0.55%
2006 +1.97%
2005 −1.06%
2004 +0.04%
2003 +1.91%
2002 +0.84%
2001 −1.08%

Drawdowns

Tue 2001-02-20💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VWIUX
×
−15.96%
from 2021-02-10 peak
−21.72%
2023-10-30
from 2021-02-10 peak
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-07-06 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VWIUX
×
+1.96% +1.51%
+0.75%/yr
+2.50%
+0.83%/yr
−13.02%
−2.75%/yr
−10.59%
−1.11%/yr
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund