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Re:Switzerland Tried Negative Rates in the 1970s by tonyedgecombe on Saturday August 24, 2019 @05:47AM (#20786243)
Andorra has a population of 70,000, you can't use it as an example of what Switzerland could do.
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Re:Switzerland Tried Negative Rates in the 1970s by Rexxar on Saturday August 24, 2019 @07:31AM (#20786568)
Kosovo and Montenegro (1.7M and 0.7M habitants) are unilaterally using euro. Other (bigger) countries have their money pegged to euro : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_status_and_usage...
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Re:Switzerland Tried Negative Rates in the 1970s by raverbashing on Saturday August 24, 2019 @05:53AM (#20786257)
Yes, technically correct statement, but in practice, not gonna happen
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