Financial and Monetary Systems

Negative interest rates: absolutely everything you need to know

Pedestrians are reflected in an electronic board displaying various stock prices at a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, February 4, 2016. Asian shares rebounded on Thursday as speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve might opt to not raise interest rates at all this year hammered the dollar and sparked a huge rally in oil prices. REUTERS/Yuya Shino - RTX25D0D

Does the monetary tactic of cutting rates to below zero actually work? And if so, how? Image: REUTERS/Yuya Shino

Jennifer Blanke
Member of the Board, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
Signe Krogstrup
Adviser, Research Department, IMF
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