Negative interest rates are a form of monetary policy that sees interest rates fall below 0%. Central banks and regulators use this unusual policy tool when there are strong signs of deflation.

Negative interest rates are much less likely for other types of consumer borrowings, such as credit cards and auto loans. For example, most credit cards currently charge 15% and up and thus are a ...

Although the U.S. Federal Reserve has never imposed negative interest rates, it has come close with near-zero rates. On Mar. 15, 2020, it cut the benchmark interest rate to a 0% to 0.25% range ...

Negative interest rates. Japan lowered interest rates to -0.1 percent in February, and recently, the European Central Bank lowered them to -0.4 percent.

Negative interest rates are a real thing. But don’t expect your local bank to start paying you to borrow money. President Trump kicked a hornet’s nest this week when he tweeted that the ...

Sweden, Switzerland, and Denmark all are experimenting with negative interest rates too. So far, the results are mixed. Denmark went negative in 2012, and further below zero in 2015 to -0.75%.

Editor’s Note: In Frankfurt today, the European Central Bank launched another stimulus package that expands quantitative easing and lowers its deposit interest rate further — from negative 0.3 ...

The age of negative interest rates might not be over. Martin Schlegel, the head of the Swiss National Bank, discussed that possibility after the bank brought interest rates down by a half point to ...

After cutting interest rates to the current historic low of 0.1% in March, the Bank of England (BoE) has been dropping hints that rates could be set to go negative.

The Swiss National Bank cut its interest rate to zero on Thursday and did not rule out returning borrowing costs to negative ...

Negative interest rates, in the unlikely event that they become pervasive, would drastically alter the playing field for savers as well as borrowers. Here are some things consumers should know: ...

Although the U.S. Federal Reserve has never imposed negative interest rates, it has come close with near-zero rates. On Mar.