http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-09/japan-s-10-year-yield-plunges-to-zero-a-first-for-g-7-nations
Tfw you pay money to the government to get back less than that in ten years.
>>1084019
The yield on Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bonds fell to zero for the first time, an unprecedented low for a Group-of-Seven economy, as global financial turmoil and the Bank of Japan’s adoption of negative interest rates drive demand for the notes.
The 10-year yield has tumbled from 0.22 percent before the BOJ surprised markets with the decision on Jan. 29 to introduce a minus 0.1 percent rate on some of the reserves financial institutions park at the central bank. It fell four basis points to zero percent as of 10:17 a.m. in Tokyo.
>>1084019
Not even accounting for inflation, you now get back less in ten years than you initially give.
How the fuck does one agree to this? Guarantee against financial crash?
>>1084019
Bump
>>1084024
Japan is deflating.
Still, the old mattress is better than a Japanese bond so that's pretty crazy.
