Editing Interest rate (section)

===On government bond yields===
[[File:Ireland bond prices.webp|thumb|300px|Ireland bond prices, [[Inverted yield curve]] in 2011,<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/figure/a-Irish-yield-curve-dynamics-around-2011-loan-amendments-b-Portuguese-yield-curve_fig2_342609297 Figure. Irish yield curve]</ref> And rates went negative after the [[European debt crisis]].
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During the [[European debt crisis]], government bonds of some countries (Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands and Austria) have been sold at negative yields. Suggested explanations include desire for safety and protection against the eurozone breaking up (in which case some eurozone countries might redenominate their debt into a stronger currency).<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/bd22fe1c-d0f1-11e1-8957-00144feabdc0.html#axzz22TvqCmZa
|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210221256/https://www.ft.com/content/bd22fe1c-d0f1-11e1-8957-00144feabdc0#axzz22TvqCmZa
|archive-date=2022-12-10
|url-access=subscription
|url-status=live
|title=Schatz yields turn negative for first time
|date=18 July 2012
|first=Robin
|last=Wigglesworth
|work=[[Financial Times]]
|location=London
|access-date=2012-08-03
}}</ref>