Are Low Bank Rates the Result of a Treasury Bond Bubble?
If you’ve had to roll over a CD lately, you may have been shocked at how low interest rates on CDs have gotten. A contributing factor to the incredibly low-level bank rates is the Federal Reserve’s artificially low interest rate rate policy. According to some experts, this policy has created a bubble in a variety of financial assets and commodities, including what are often considered the safest investments in the world–US Treasury bonds.
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