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  • Swiss central bank maintains world’s lowest rate
  • If Zero Rates Are Gone for Good, What Is a Checking Account Worth to a Bank?
  • Swiss bankers expect SNB to maintain zero policy rate through to next year

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lenews.ch /4 weeks ago

Swiss central bank maintains world’s lowest rate

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has left its policy rate unchanged at zero, the lowest policy rate in the world. Inflation remains subdued. Consumer prices rose by 0.8% in August, th...

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fool.com /1 month ago

If Zero Rates Are Gone for Good, What Is a Checking Account Worth to a Bank?

Banks use the cash they collect from customers to make loans, and they earn the spread.

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investinglive.com /1 month ago

Swiss bankers expect SNB to maintain zero policy rate through to next year

The survey showed that all the Swiss bankers surveyed are expecting the SNB to keep its policy rate at 0% for the rest of this year. And looking to 2027, 60% are expecting that to...

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billmitchell.org /1 month ago

Comment on Government debt hysteria relies on acceptance of a totally unnecessary administrative practice by Peter Marti...

cont / ......to be about that. Of course if everyone ran a ZIRP or close to it it wouldn't be an issue. So, my question is to ask if it is politically realistic to expect the...

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seekingalpha.com /1 month ago

Rates Spark: How About A 50bp Hike? Now That Would Be Quite The Statement

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seekingalpha.com /1 month ago

No Rate-Hiking Map From The Federal Reserve

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investinglive.com /3 days ago

Macro pulse: Is the BOJ about to raise interest rates at the worst possible time?

I don't think anyone would want to the be in the BOJ's shoes right now. On the one hand, inflation pressures are giving policymakers every reason to keep raising interest rates. Bu...

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politicalwire.com /1 month ago

Trump Says Interest Rates Should Be 1%

“President Donald Trump demanded an interest-rate cut after the Federal Reserve raised rates by a quarter percentage point, defying his repeated calls for lower borrowing costs,” B...

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investinglive.com /1 month ago

Fed, ECB and Japan neutral rate estimates rise: what it means for bonds and borrowers

Graph is via the folks at Trading Eocnomics. Higher neutral-rate estimates are a structural argument for keeping long-dated yields elevated, which helps explain why bonds have sold...

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taxresearch.org.uk /1 month ago

The central banks begin their war on the innocent victims of inflation

The European Central Bank raised its base interest rate to 2.5% yesterday. This move is meant to control inflation arising as a consequence of the Read the full article...

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awealthofcommonsense.com /1 week ago

Animal Spirits: Are Higher Rates Worse Than ZIRP?

On today's show we discuss stock market concentration worries, how to hedge AI market risk, maxing out your 401k, who got richer this decade, AI is crowding out the economy, tariff...

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asia.nikkei.com /2 days ago

BOJ to hold rate at 1.25% at meeting next week

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econbrowser.com /1 month ago

Ten Year at 4.79%

On the run, at noon CT: Figure 1: Ten year constant maturity Treasury (blue), on the run at noon CT (red dot), both in %.

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billmitchell.org /1 month ago

Comment on Is Keynesianism dead? Far from it – it provides the life support for a crisis-ridden capitalism by Peter Mart...

@ Phil, I've previously made the argument that the ZIRP should be applied to a real (or after inflation) rate of interest rather than literally zero so I'm not disagreeing with...

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atanyrate.podbean.com /1 month ago

US Rates: And you’re not gonna reach my telephone

In this podcast, Harry Downie and Abiel Reinhart discuss the latest US inflation data and read through to rates markets.   Speakers: Abiel Reinhart, US Economic Research Harry Down...

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seekingalpha.com /1 week ago

Fed's Operating Income Turns Negative Again Following Rate Hike

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seekingalpha.com /1 week ago

It's Y2K Again: Why Income Investments Win As The Fed Repeats A Dot-Com Error

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philstockworld.com /3 weeks ago

It’s a 5% world. We’re just living in it

The cost of borrowing money is moving unrelentingly higher, with profound implications for savers, borrowers and the U.S. government's fiscal outlook. … Source

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moneytalksnews.com /1 month ago

Rates Just Blew Past a 19-Year High — Here’s the Move I’m Making With My Cash

Borrowing costs are climbing fast, savers are finally getting paid, and one decision matters more than the rest.

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autospies.com /1 month ago

DOWN! DOWN! DOWN! Core Inflation Cooling Hard And CPI Plunges Under Trump — Auto Loan Rates Set to Follow?

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dailynews.co.zw /1 month ago

Rate cuts on cards if stability holds: RBZ

Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says interest rates could fall further if the country maintains its current price stability, raising the prospect of c...

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investinglive.com /1 month ago

The full statement from the Federal Reserve Board for September 2026

The Federal Open Market Committee approved the following statement for release by a 12 – 0 vote:The Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/4 pe...

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billmitchell.org /1 month ago

Comment on Yen starts to appreciate again – as you were! by Zid

Many developing countries borrow from the IMF in Dollars to prop up an unsustainable currency peg, for polticial reasons e.g. Price level, elections and to help the rich get cheap...

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billmitchell.org /1 month ago

Comment on Government debt hysteria relies on acceptance of a totally unnecessary administrative practice by bill

In reply to <a href="https://billmitchell.org/blog/?p=63343#comment-204541">Peter Martin</a>. Dear Peter Martin (at 2026/08/30 at 5:45 am) Thanks for continued contri...

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