U.S. Government May Ask Investors to Pay for Short Term Debt Holdings CRONKITE Thu Feb 2, 2012 11:14am EST 4 Comments The treasury wants to run negative yield auctions; which would put investors in a position to pay a premium for holding paper… If you enjoy the content at iBankCoin, please follow us on Twitter 2012-02-02 CRONKITE Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
(laughter) that’d do wonders for business.
I have a feeling that this could backfire horribly. Besides, what does it say about the investible nature of the rest of the world. How much money are companies making in a negative yield environment?
Cain’,
don’t think they’ll get it off unless the whole world is crumbling a we stand as the lone pillar of strength….
Yep. But then they wouldn’t need to ask. The yields would be negative all on their own.
eggzactly