Understanding Negative Convexity: Definition, Risks, and Calculation

Discover how negative convexity affects bond prices, key risks, and how to calculate it. Learn why mortgage and callable bonds often show this trait.

Trump's War on Interest Rates

No one likes high interest rates on credit cards and loans, but artificially lowering interest rates via executive power is not a solution.
U.S. News & World Report

SNB to Hold Policy Rate at Zero Through 2026; Negative Rates Unlikely, Say Economists: Reuters Poll

BENGALURU, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank will keep its policy rate unchanged at zero for a second consecutive meeting on Thursday and through 2026 as inflation hovers near the bottom of its target range, according to most economists in a ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Ex-SNB’s Jordan Sees Subzero Rates as Best Avoided Unless Needed

Former Swiss National Bank chief Thomas Jordan said officials shouldn’t rule out a return to negative interest rates, even though the measure is best avoided. The ex-president of the central bank, who left office a year ago after previously overseeing ...
Reuters

Japanese bank lobby head warns BOJ against deepening negative rates

NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) - A Japanese banking lobby head warned of the dangers to the industry if the central bank topped up its already extreme monetary stimulus or deepened negative interest rates, amid signs authorities may have to do just that to ...