While negative interest rates are prevalent in Europe, the risk of interest rates going even lower here remains. Even though low and negative rates have caused asset bubbles and as you’ll read below also heightened the odds of bank failures and system risk… You Better Get Used to Negative Interest Rates By Justin Spittler Negative […]
Tag Archives: interest rates
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Sep
Sep
GATA’s Bill Murphy is interviewed on Crush the Street. In this short but content crammed interview they cover: *How long term interest rates have risen without the Fed actually raising rates. *How the big banks that control the Fed might actually want a rate hike right now. *How silver is the “achilles heel” of gold […]
14
Sep
Sep
We’ve got another helping of Stewart Thomson this week. Apart from his usual comments on the gold, silver and mining index charts, he also has a look at the action in the US Treasury Bond market. He’s not the only one to notice some action there. Is it significant though? See what he reckons… Janet […]
07
Sep
Sep
How do you know that the world financial system has gone completely screwy? How about when an investing system that has provided safe steady returns for 29 years is now proving to be very risky and likely to get even riskier if the central planners and busy-bodies have their way. The following article outlines how […]
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Aug
Aug
Negative interest rates aren’t in New Zealand and they won’t ever happen here will they? Well, the below article shows how some banks in some countries are charging them to customers even though negative interest rates are not widespread there yet. While our rates are well above zero currently, it seems like the prevailing trend […]
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Jul
Jul
We don’t have negative interest rates in New Zealand (although never say never!), but in this article you’ll see how why negative rates are a threat to your wealth no matter where you live in the world. Given the rate of growth in negative yielding debt globally this is likely to affect us even more […]
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Jun
Jun
Gold continues to quietly move higher without attracting too much attention (well, other than from a few Billionaires anyway). See what happened earlier this morning in the gold market and why what interest rates do this year might be be that significant as far as a bull market in gold goes… Why the Fed Can’t […]
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May
May
Up until now in the countries around the world where their Central Bank has set negative interest rates, it is only the banks who have been charged these by the Central Bank. The banks pay the Central Bank on any “excess reserves” they hold with the Central Bank, with the rationale being this will “encourage” […]
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May
May
Darryl Schoon returns with his thoughts on why we have seen no spikes in inflation despite the massive increase in base money supply. Plus a warning about helicopter money and why gold can protect you in both inflation and deflation… MONETARY LIQUIFACTION, GOLD AND THE TIME OF THE VULTURE Liquifaction: … 3: conversion of […]
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Apr
Apr
Stewart Thomson lays out why any further rise in interest rates will surprise everyone and be gold positive. Plus his thoughts on inflation and silver and the likelihood of a gold revaluation… Stewart Thomson | Tuesday, April 5th Graceland Updates I’ve strongly stated that in the short and intermediate term, the most important price driver of gold […]