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Inside The Economy with SHJ: Lower Interest Rates & Negative Yields

By July 30, 2019No Comments

On this week’s Inside the Economy with SHJ, we discuss the Federal Reserve meeting happening this week. It looks like the market is already assuming the Fed will cut interest rates, but how much lower could interest rates go in the future and what affect would that have on the economy? Speaking of low interest rates, there is now around $14 trillion in negative yielding debt around the world. What countries currently have the lowest interest rates and why are their citizens buying negative yielding bonds? Tune in to find out!

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