What Happens When Interest Rates Are Negative?
Nov 1 · 5 min read

Can you imagine paying your bank interest to keep your money? Or buying a home and taking out a mortgage and paying no interest, or even paying less than you actually owe? This is the reality in several countries in Europe, including Germany and Switzerland, that have negative interest rates as low as -0.75%. Japan has also gone negative at -0.10%. Interest rates in the U.S. have always been positive, but are…


