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29 Nov 2019

Mad world - The ongoing “Japanification” of the global bond market - and my ice cream tub

As the author mulled through reams of research notes on disinflation, deflation, and policy rates, he thought of one of his all-time favourite songs, Mad World by Tears for Fears, released in 1983. Reflecting on negative bond yields, and rates that had been stuck at rock-bottom levels for years, the song attained a financial market meaning.

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