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Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by azhenley on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:18AM (#22525503)
It is possible for interest rates to be negative. Not that I'm recommending that to happen!
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Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by 0xcafecafe on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:29AM (#22525617)
Real rates are (and have been) negative. :/
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Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by Insanity on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:23AM (#22525553)
Something that actually happened in Sweden! Although it seems like it's not like that anymore:

https://www.thelocal.se/20191219/sweden-abandons-negative-in...

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Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by frandroid on Monday March 09, 2020 @12:01PM (#22526458)
Interest rates have been negative on deposits at the European Central Bank since 2014 ... The rate currently sits at -0.50%
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Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by sschueller on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:36AM (#22525676)
It's still negative but less than others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_central_b...
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