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By Willem H. BUITER & Ebrahim RAHBARIOnce again, the idea of negative interest rates has made headlines, following the Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) decision in December to cut its policy rate to a mere ...

But what are negative rates and will they work? Image: Adele Morgan/The Wall Street Journal Central banks across the globe are trying a radical approach to boost economic growth: negative interest ...

Although negative nominal interest rates are widely scorned, they are regularly used to supplement the monetary-policy arsenal when inflation is low and economic activity is weak. Given the dearth of ...

The generational change at the top of the Swiss National Bank does not alter its commitment to low inflation, governing board ...

Japan's central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years after consumer price rises ...

Real interest rates can be negative. Even if the nominal rate is positive, inflation can erode purchasing power. The real interest rate includes inflation to give investors a more accurate measure ...

The Bank of Japan announced March 19 it will end negative interest rates and review other ultra-loose monetary policies that have been in place for more than a decade to buoy the stagnant economy ...

“We cannot exclude negative interest rates,” Swiss National Bank (SNB) Chairman Martin Schlegel told Bloomberg TV at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.