Đorđe Đukić, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Economics REPERUSSIONS OF NEGATIVE INTEREST RATE POLICY ON FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES IN INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES Đorđe Đukić, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Economics
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POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS OF NEGATIVE INTEREST RATE POLICY ON FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIS IN EU AND NON EU COUNTRIES Figure 1: Ten-year government-bond spreads over German bonds (percentage points) Source: Thomson Reuters published in: The Economist (2017). The unusual gap between American and European bond yields, March 25, p. 63.
Why could GDP-linked bonds become an attractive instrument for investors? The interest of central banks and IFIs such as IMF to provide an incentive for issuing and trading with sovereign GDP-linked bonds is related to their intentions to reduce the risk of emergence of banking crises in the future. Purchase of GDP-linked bonds would be an investment alternative for financial intermediaries which under the current conditions seek for alternative and better solutions and desired yields.