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Why can sovereign and corporate borrowers in some countries borrow at negative rates?
[Pourquoi est-il possible d’emprunter à taux négatifs dans certains pays ?]

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  • Sylvérie Herbert
  • Maria Sole Pagliari
  • Adrian Penalver

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For several decades, advanced economies have seen their borrowing costs decrease, including amid the coronavirus pandemic. This is especially true at the long end of the yield curve. Even long-term bonds issued by some private corporations in the euro area trade at negative interest rates. This decrease in borrowing costs primarily reflects a decline in the natural real rate of interest due to population ageing and slower productivity growth, as well as the more recent compression of the long end of the yield curve resulting from central banks’ bond purchases. Les coûts d’emprunt diminuent dans les économies avancées depuis plusieurs décennies, en particulier sur la partie longue de la courbe des rendements, et sans que la pandémie de coronavirus n’interrompe cette évolution. Même les obligations à long terme émises par certaines sociétés privées dans la zone euro se négocient à des taux d’intérêt négatifs. Cette diminution des coûts d’emprunt reflète principalement une baisse du taux d’intérêt naturel réel causée par le vieillissement de la population et le ralentissement de la croissance de la productivité, mais aussi une compression plus récente de la partie longue de la courbe des rendements sous l’effet des achats d’obligations par les banques centrales.

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