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  • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Why Sweden ditched its negative rate experiment

    Results of the Riksbank’s 5-year trial are being scrutinised by the world’s leading central banks

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
    Sovereign bonds
    Greek 10-year bond yield falls below 1% for first time

    Country’s borrowing costs hit record low as economic recovery takes hold

  • Thursday, 23 January, 2020
    AnalysisEuropean Central Bank
    Investors seek clues as Lagarde launches ECB review

    What to look for on Thursday, with central bank chief set to start policy debate

  • Wednesday, 22 January, 2020
    Special ReportThe World 2020
    Banks labour under negative rates and ‘zombie’ loan pressure

    WEF assesses risk of corporate debt shock as fragile companies kept on life support

  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2020
    FT AlphavilleThomas Hale
    Against secular stagnation

    Is there anything abnormal about negative real rates?

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
    German economy
    German savers shrug off negative rates fears

    Cautious households risk pain as wealth stashed in cash and current accounts hits €1.8tn

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
    Markets InsightEric Lonergan
    ECB has one item left in its monetary toolkit

    Savers and borrowers benefit if the ECB raises deposit rate while cutting loan rate

  • Thursday, 26 December, 2019
    Katie Martin
    Year in a word: negative yields

    By mid-2019, this once-unthinkable quirk of the bond market had exploded to extremes

  • Friday, 20 December, 2019
    Tail RiskKatie Martin
    Sweden worries it created a negative-rates monster

    Central bank raises rate to zero and says it expects to hold it there ‘in coming years’

  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2019
    Glory days of negative rates look over

    Riksbank move back to zero reflects policy concerns, not bullishness on economy. 

  • Thursday, 19 December, 2019
    Sveriges Riksbank
    Sweden ends negative rates regime over side-effects concern

    Riksbank increases main rate to highest level in almost 5 years

  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
    Sveriges Riksbank
    Sweden poised to exit negative interest rates despite downturn

    Rise in rates widely expected, but some doubt central bank can stay above zero

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2019
    Swiss National Bank
    Swiss central bank warns on climate change activism

    SNB defends negative interest rate as ‘necessary given the inflation outlook’ 

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
    AnalysisEuropean Central Bank
    Lagarde faces investor scrutiny in first ECB meeting

    Any sign of a shift in policy at Thursday’s central bank gathering could move markets

  • Monday, 9 December, 2019
    Markets InsightCentral banks
    Central bankers must beware political ‘lower bound’

    Monetary policy risks losing public support in perceived clash with national values

  • Monday, 9 December, 2019
    AnalysisEuropean Central Bank
    Lagarde prepares sweeping review of ECB’s strategy

    Process will put her stamp on the central bank and seek to resolve recent divisions

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Sweden backs away from negative rates despite softening economy

    Riksbank prepares to raise interest rate to zero as evidence of slowdown mounts

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    Trump tariff blitz, UK Tory perils, negative rates

    The Trump administration escalated trade tensions with key allies on Monday

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    European banks
    German small savers hit with negative rates

    Lender in Upper Bavaria to pass on the cost of negative rates

  • Monday, 18 November, 2019
    German banks impose negative rates on corporate clients

    Practice proves controversial in country where ECB has been accused of penalising savers

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    Learning to love negative interest rates Premium

    As evidence accumulates, naysayers’ case becomes less convincing

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    Italian banks
    Italy banks rush to profit from ECB negative rates

    Central lender’s use of tiered interest rates offers arbitrage opportunity

  • Monday, 11 November, 2019
    Local councils of England, meet negative yields

    Redbridge Council issues bond at negative real yields to fund purchases of housing stock.

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2019
    AnalysisFT Alphaville
    The hidden leverage in the UK’s commercial property sector

    Fitch points out an intriguing development in the market.

  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
    Negative rates ‘essential’ for Swiss economy, says central banker

    Thomas Jordan defends controversial five-year-long rate-setting experiment

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