Is this the future without QE?

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[5) German Bunds now show a negative interest rate from one month through five years. That’s not mistake: five years. In buying these bunds, you are locking your money up for five years and accepting a negative return for it.

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The low bond yields have a direct effect on some deposit rates. Rabo, for example, invest surplus deposit in money market funds, the return of these funds are linked to bond yields. The lower bond yields go the lower some of Rabos rates go.

The trend continues downward for bond yields and euro deposit rates. Some of the negative bond yields are truly astonishing.