International Long-Term Interest Rates

As shown in the charts below, long-term government interest rates are in steady downtrends across the globe. While long-term interest rates with a "one" handle have been exclusive to Japan for several years, other countries, especially the US, are close to joining the club.

click to enlarge

Comments

[Anthony Alfidi:]

With global interest rates near or at zero, bond investors will have to take a closer look at solvency when committing money. Countries with significant foreign currency reserves (China) will have an easier time selling bonds.

2008 Dec 24 04:53 PM

[investor88:]

The world is more or less synchronised in its major trends like interest rates.

2008 Dec 24 08:46 PM

[morph366:]

What this should be telling us is that the global financial system is absolutely flooded with liquidity and investors are far more concerned about return of their investment than they are about return on their investments.

2008 Dec 25 08:33 AM

[Burticus:]

Japan actually produces and saves. U.S. mostly borrows and consumes, while running massive budget and trade deficits. This will be the important distinction between members of the 1% club and investors' perceptions of long-term counter-party default, interest rate and currency risk.

These interest rates are more evidence that there is no free enterprise economics anywhere in the world any more. Only fascism, socialism and communism under oligarchies - varying degrees of gubmint control of all capital, as directed by the ruling elite. We were warned:

History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit and violent means possible to maintain their control of governments by controlling the money and its issuance. - James Madison.

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning. The one aim of these financiers is world control by the creation of inextinguishable debt. - Henry Ford

2008 Dec 25 05:17 PM