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Central banks understand that everything they’ve done so far has failed, so they are becoming increasingly desperate. Part of this desperation has translated into a negative interest rate policy (NIRP) in various parts of the world. The only problem with aggressively implementing NIRP is that citizens can pull their money out of the banking system in response to being charged a percentage of deposits by the criminal, bailed out banks. If this happens, negative interest rates can’t “work” (not that they would boost the economy anyway).
The above is obvious. The correlation between central banks launching a negative interest rate policy and global “leaders” suddenly becoming concerned about criminals using cash is no coincidence. The New York Times editorial board cannot be so financially illiterate that they don’t know this. As such, the only logical conclusion one can reach is the editorial board is intentionally attempting to lead its hapless readers off a cliff into monetary fascism.
Negative rates may not have found their way to bank deposits in most locales (yet), but that doesn’t mean the public isn’t starting to see the writing on the wall.
At first, NIRP was an anomaly. An obscure policy tool that most analysts and market watchers assumed would be implemented on a temporary basis in a kind of “let’s see if this is even possible” experiment with an idea that, from a common sense perspective, makes no sense.
But then a funny thing happened. Central banks from Denmark to Sweden to Switzerland went negative and stayed there. They even doubled down, taking rates even more negative and before you knew it, the public started to catch on.
When NIRP failed to resuscitate global growth and trade, the cash ban calls began. The thinking is simple (if crazy): if you do away with physical banknotes, the effective lower bound is thereby eliminated. You can make rates as negative as you like because the public has no recourse as people aren't able to push back by eschewing their bank accounts the mattress.
originally posted by: dragonridr
a reply to: infolurker
No threat the US stopef making denominations larger than 100 in 1945. So this restriction had already been in place you just didn't notice. And shocked has no effect on the economy what so ever. The larger denominations were so rarely used by anyone other than banks no one noticed. So what does that mean the US has been in compliance with thus since the 4os.
originally posted by: dragonridr
a reply to: infolurker
No threat the US stopef making denominations larger than 100 in 1945. So this restriction had already been in place you just didn't notice. And shocked has no effect on the economy what so ever. The larger denominations were so rarely used by anyone other than banks no one noticed. So what does that mean the US has been in compliance with thus since the 4os.
originally posted by: dreamfox1
a reply to: bandersnatch
Wheelbarrows full of bread and water.
originally posted by: butcherguy
originally posted by: dreamfox1
a reply to: bandersnatch
Wheelbarrows full of bread and water.
But the banks can't print bread....
originally posted by: GBP/JPY
fiat money should only last 12 years after the total withdraw of gold backing....we're lucky to get this far.....computers made derivatives...the only reason it lasted so long