What most said would not happen,... HERE

[Gunfighter14e2]

Is happening,...HERE

Three-Month U.S. Treasury Yields Turn Negative

Demand for short-term Treasuries pushed yields on one and three-month bills negative Wednesday morning. | Economy

www.breitbart.com

 

[rjacobs]

Call me when the Fed rate goes negative...

 

[atepointer]

Call me when the Fed rate goes negative...

Even the general news media conflates yields and interest rates although I think they do it intentionally. Had to explain this to my neighbor yesterday he was losing his mind over short term rates going negative.

 

[rjacobs]

Even the general news media conflates yields and interest rates although I think they do it intentionally. Had to explain this to my neighbor yesterday he was losing his mind over short term rates going negative.

its simply because demand outpaces supply... So this occurs to keep people from buying. Sort of...

Sort of like why mortgage rates were REALLY high late last week into early this week. So many people were trying to get in on the low rate from the week prior that the industry was overwhelmed so the rate got artificially jacked up to keep people from doing refi's. Now this week things are back to a more normal level and will likely remain there or fall a little further.