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NEGATIVEINTERESTRATES:IMPOSSIBLE,IRRATIONALORJUSTUNUSUAL?March2016AswathDamodaran
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NegativeInterestRateCurrencies:CentralBankandMarketRates
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10-yearGovernmentBondRates:ByCurrency(March9,2016)
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InterestRates101:AnIntrinsicInterestRate
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InterestRates101:AMarketSetRate
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IntrinsicversusMarket-setInterestRates–ConvergenceandDivergence
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TheCentralBank’sInterestRatePlays
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NegativeInterestRates
¨ Theconventionalviewofnominalinterestratesisthattheycannotbenegative,sinceyouhavetheoptiontoholdcash(ratherthansaveitatnegativerates).
¨ Thisisbasedonthepresumptionthatholdingandusingcashiscostlessandthatmaynotholdfortworeasons:¤ Storingcashmayrequiresecurity (anditscosts).¤ Usingcashforsome transactionsmaybeexpensive andperhapsinfeasible.
¨ Ifyouintroducecoststoholdingandusingcash,nominalinterestratescanbenegative,albeitwithalowerbound,sinceatsomeinterestrate,itwillbelessexpensivetoholdcash.
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TheEffectofInterestRatesonStockandBondPrices
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InterestRatesandtheRealEconomy
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TheHubristicBanker
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TheRealWorldBanker
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ERPandRiskFreeRates
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Dealingwithnegativeinterestrates
1. Switchcurrencies:Ifthecurrencythatyourcompanyreportsfinancialsinhasanegativeinterestrate,switchtoadifferentcurrency.Caveat:Youcanrun,butyoucannothide.
2. Normalizeriskfreerates:Replacethecurrent(negative)interestratewithanormalriskfreerate,obtainedfromeitherhistoryorfundamentals.Caveat:Normalization isintheeyeofthebeholder.
3. Staywiththenegativeriskfreerate:Usethenegativeriskfreeratebutmakesurethatyourotherassumptions(nominalgrowth,riskpremiums)areconsistentwithadeflationary,no-growtheconomywithhighriskpremiums.
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ImplicationsandConsequences
1. Badnews:Negativeinterestratesareincompatible withahealthyandgrowingeconomy.
2. Insanity,ImpotenceorIrrelevance? Centralbankshaveloweredratesoverandoverinthelastsixyearsandhavenotbeenabletonudgeeconomies outoftheircomas.Buttheykeepdoingit..Theveryfactthattheykeepgoingbacktothislever isasignalofimpotence onthepartofpolicymakers.
3. Unintendedconsequences:Investorswhodesire (andneed)fixedincome fromtheir investments increasinglyhavetolook furtherandfurtherawayfromtheirpreferred domains forthatfixedincome. Thepotentialforscamsandinvestment painisimmense.
4. Digitalcurrencies:Totheextentthatcentralbanksmake itunattractivetosavetheircurrencies, theyarecedinggroundtodigitalcurrencies.
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