Thanks for that info..
So if/when the U.S. has negative rates, I should borrow dollars and buy gold and come out ahead on the loan?!?! Sounds like a good deal! ;-) The Fed needs to publish a white paper/.PDF/web page titled “Why the Fed is on the side of Main Street middle-class Americans”. I get the basic premise...(1920’s/30’s bank failures/bank runs, “regional” currency problems, etc.), but I have a problem when their “inflation target”/core inflation #’s don’t line up with middle-class wage increases over a long time period (i.e. wages are behind the curve).
“So if/when the U.S. has negative rates, I should borrow dollars and buy gold and come out ahead on the loan?!?! “
Your guess is as good as mine. Markets sometimes do the exact opposite of what appears to make sense to me.
I don’t think that negative interest rates filter down to the level of individual savers. I looked into that once and IIRC it’s aimed at huge balances.