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Germany sells five-year notes in Euros at a negative yield of -0.08%
The German government sold five-year notes at a negative yield for the first time in its history on Wednesday. The milestone comes as the European Central Bank prepares to begin a bond-buying program, known as quantitative easing, in hopes of stimulating growth in economies across the Continent. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesDespite opinions, some souses say that Germany is growing faster and more influence than it wanted too,
Mar 02nd, 2015 - 11:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0something abt not emerging to soon as boss ?
before the rest sign up to a European union.
just a german Frenchy thoughty...
This is bad news for the EU.
Mar 02nd, 2015 - 02:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I don't see it lasting much longer in its current state.
UK should get out while they still can.
I think the Germans are starting to wake up to the fact that leading this is EU thing just isn't worth it. Greece will ultimately bring the EU down and I bet quite a few of the more wealthy EU countries will already have their exit strategy planned.
Mar 02nd, 2015 - 05:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The UK is positioned better than most, we buy far more from them than they us, we need to continue to diversify our export markets before the messy end.
We should come out before it all goes topsy turvy,
Mar 02nd, 2015 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0the Germans just wont keep on giving billions to debt ridden countries without something in return.
How interesting.
Mar 03rd, 2015 - 12:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Here´s an educational reading about negative yield bonds:
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/02/02/why-all-the-talk-of-negative-bond-yields/
4:1 against the EU. I really would like to know what happens to the UK without the EU. US´ poodle?
Mar 04th, 2015 - 02:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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