How Low Can Central Banks Go? JPMorgan Reckons Way Lower

Re:How Low Can Central Banks Go? JPMorgan Reckons Way Lower by sjm-lbm on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @10:59AM (#11073552)

I'm no economist, but with 0% interest rates and nonzero government bond rates banks have been able to do essentially this for years - get money for free, loan it to the government, call that a good day's work.

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Re:How Low Can Central Banks Go? JPMorgan Reckons Way Lower by lintiness on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @11:08AM (#11073620)

dodd frank and various international banking rules have limited the amount of govt bonds a bank can hold on their balance sheet.

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