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  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
    Sovereign bonds
    RIP sub-zero yielding bonds?

    Finish him.

  • Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
    News in-depthGlobal Economy
    Inflation surge fuels negative real interest rates for leading economies

    Central banks are reluctant to tighten too abruptly arguing spike in prices is transitory

  • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    Negative interest rates have a bright future ahead of them Premium content

    Sooner or later, monetary loosening will be needed. Delivering it with sub-zero rate cuts looks increasingly sensible

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    UK interest rates
    BoE expects vaccine-fuelled economic recovery in second half of 2021

    Monetary Policy Committee leaves door open for negative interest rates if upswing disappoints

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    LexUBS Group AG
    UBS/negative rates: parking charges Premium content

    Loss of a few clients will not hurt too much but wider squeeze on profitability is bigger problem for Swiss banks

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Lessons from Japan
    What Mrs Watanabe can tell us about how to handle low returns

    Lessons from Japan: early experience of ultra-low rates now relevant to investors around world

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Could negative rates signal the end of free banking?

    HSBC hints it will soon look at charging for current accounts

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    LombardKate Burgess
    Pearson’s chairman needs more lessons on how to say ‘no’

    Sidney Taurel risks being cut from the middle of Pearson’s muddle; UK banks beware negative interest rates

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    Bank of England
    BoE asks banks how ready they are for negative rates

    Letter seeks information on potential impact of further cuts to borrowing costs in UK

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    UK interest rates
    BoE ‘mixed messages’ keep everyone guessing on negative rates

    Latest comments from policymakers on central bank’s intentions have served to confuse rather than clarify

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    Lex
    Negative interest rates/BoE: from zero to hero Premium content

    Potential benefits of negative rates should not be dismissed but the timing matters

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    BoE deputy governor opposes negative interest rates

    Dave Ramsden says current benchmark is the ‘effective lower bound’

  • Wednesday, 26 August, 2020
    Pandemic may offset some benefits of negative rates, ECB official warns

    Banks grappling with sub-zero rates are set for higher loan defaults, says board member Isabel Schnabel

  • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
    Markets InsightLotta Moberg
    Today’s ultra-low interest rates are anything but ‘natural’

    Policymakers who have cut rates repeatedly should not be let off the hook so easily

  • Monday, 27 July, 2020
    ExplainerCharts that Matter
    Desperate hunt for yield forces investors to take ‘extreme risk’

    More than 60 per cent of the global bond market now yields less than 1 per cent

  • Monday, 20 July, 2020
    Jacques de Larosière
    Negative interest rates cannot save indebted economies

    Setting the price of money below zero creates more problems than it purports to solve

  • Tuesday, 14 July, 2020
    Unhedged
    Investors face an uncharted course Premium content

    Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

  • Thursday, 9 July, 2020
    FTfmAmin Rajan
    Negative interest rates can be a doom loop for pension investors

    Fixed income is turning into fixed expense for those who seek haven assets for capital conservation

  • Thursday, 18 June, 2020
    European Central Bank
    Banks rush to borrow record €1.3tn at negative rates from ECB

    Central bank offers ultra-cheap loans to prevent pandemic becoming credit crunch

  • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
    Japanese economy
    Bank of Japan pledges $1tn in coronavirus loans

    Central bank keeps monetary policy on hold and signals no rise in rates before 2023

  • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
    Bloomberg LP
    Bloomberg urges users to get set for negative US rates

    Recommendation to switch pricing model comes as markets consider a Fed move below zero

  • Tuesday, 2 June, 2020
    Markets InsightHuw van Steenis
    Three good reasons not to dabble in negative interest rates

    The evidence that this policy tool works is too weak to justify the risks

  • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
    Gilts
    Gilt yields sink below zero as investors brace for more rate cuts

    Yields on 2- year and 5-year UK debt drop to record lows

  • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
    UK banks
    British banks warn BoE of pain of negative rates

    Lenders say move to deal with coronavirus impact would hit profits and ability to cope with loan losses

  • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
    Bank of England
    Bank of England pivots and starts to contemplate negative rates

    Andrew Bailey says policy of being against move now under ‘active review’

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