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The Joker(s)? 17 European Countries Have Negative 2 Year Sovereign Yields (13 at Negative 5 Year Yields)

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It does seem like an evil character from the Batman franchise, The Joker, is running the global central banks. Central Banks are going negative in a big way, terrifying Gotham City investors.

For example, there are now 17 European countries in the negative zone at the 2 year maturity.

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And 13 European countries (and the European Financial Stability Facility (SFSF)) are in negative territory.

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Yet Europe is still mired in low GDP growth (sub-2%) as is the USA. And Europe can’t seem to generate any inflation, even with negative interest rates.

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At least the USA is at 0.6% GDP growth for Q1, according to the Atlanta Fed.

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Is The Joker running the global Central Banks?

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We had better hope that Janet Yellen and the FOMC don’t go full Joker on us and lower rates into negative territory!!

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