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Negative Interest Rates Could Go As Low As 4.5%: JPMorgan Shocker

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Mark Melin
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There is nothing stopping the Federal Reserve from going negative on interest rates, Fed Chair Janet Yellen told Congress, but they are investigating the legality of the potential move.  Yellen’s testimony comes as a JPMorgan report notes with negative rates “The bound is lower than you think” as the bank becomes somewhat of a cheerleader for negative rates. Rates in Europe could go as low as -4.5% the bank said. Yesterday the Fed was reported to be engaging in modeling for negative interest rates.

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.