Summary: Could negative interest rates be bad for the global economy? Global publically traded sovereign debt. Source: Humble Student of the Markets Around the world, the use of negative interest rates is growing. Starting with Denmark in 2014, central banks have started to charge banks for keeping reserves. Now the central banks of Switzerland, Sweden, the Eurozone, and Japan have joined the negative interest rate club. Of the $40 trillion in sovereign debt outstanding, about $13 trillion now […]
