Monetary policies in Europe and Japan have produced trillions of dollars of bonds with negative nominal interest rates in the hope of stimulating economic growth. Indeed the Bank of Japan’s recent ...

While recent comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicate that the Fed hopes to avoid resorting to negative interest rates during the next recession, without them the central bank’s ...

ZURICH (Reuters) -The Swiss National Bank sees a high bar before reintroducing negative interest rates, chairman Martin Schlegel said in his last interview before the central bank's monetary policy ...

A 25-basis-point interest rate cut was widely expected from the Swiss National Bank. Swiss inflation turned negative in May, with prices falling 0.1% from a year earlier. The strength of the Swiss ...

ZURICH, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank will stick to its 0% interest policy next week and well into 2026 rather than opting for negative rates, economists said on Wednesday, despite ...

The Federal Reserve's policy rate is a long way from its lowest point, but markets remain concerned about a return to zero interest rates, according to findings from the Federal Reserve Banks of New ...

The Swiss National Bank said that just 3% of the cash banks are holding at the institution currently accrues a negative interest rate. A total of 15 billion francs ($19 billion) is subject to a charge ...

Donald Trump’s “diversion” with Iran has left global economies haunted by the spectre of inflation. Meanwhile, the Bank of ...

On Wednesday morning we got May CPI. Hot, as expected: 4.2% on the headline, up from 3.8%. As we discussed in Monday’s note, with the effective fed funds rate sitting around 3.62%, real rates just ...

The Swiss National Bank is set to offer clues on just how high its bar is for a return to negative interest rates with a decision expected to keep them at zero. Despite both a surge in the franc and ...