Category Archive: 6b.) Negative Rates

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Gold and Negative Interest Rates

2016-04-28

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2016-04-28

  The Inflation Illusion We hear more and more talk about the possibility of imposing negative interest rates in the US. In a recent article former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke asks what tools the Fed has left to support the economy and inter alia discu...

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The Path to the Final Crisis and Negative Rates

2016-04-01

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2016-04-01

  Reader Questions on Negative Interest Rates Our reader L from Mumbai has mailed us a number of questions about the negative interest rate regime and its possible consequences. Since these questions are probably of general interest, we have decided ...

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The Swiss-tuation: Negative LIBOR

2011-08-17

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2011-08-17

[unable to retrieve full-text content]We're through the looking glass, people! Not only is Abercrombie & Fitch paying people not to wear its clothing, but now some bank somewhere claims to be getting a negative rate to lend Swiss francs in the short term to another bank.

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From One Crisis to Another: One Month T-Bill Yields Go Negative Again

2011-08-04

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2011-08-04

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The one-month T-bill yields zero again, as God intended, and even briefly turned negative this morning, as investors scramble for the safest, most-liquid assets they can find.

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