In the summer of 2016 the German 10 year bund fell into a negative interest rate. You now have to pay the German government to lend it money! Such low interest rates are truly historic. Economists and pundits have named many short run factors such as quantitative easing (printing money to buy government debt), higher reserve requirements on banks to hold more bonds,
IQ and Interest Rates
IQ and Interest Rates
IQ and Interest Rates
In the summer of 2016 the German 10 year bund fell into a negative interest rate. You now have to pay the German government to lend it money! Such low interest rates are truly historic. Economists and pundits have named many short run factors such as quantitative easing (printing money to buy government debt), higher reserve requirements on banks to hold more bonds,