Is The U.S. Headed For Negative T-Bill Yields?

When real government interest rates are at zero percent or actually turn negative, what does that tell investors? If investors are willing to lend the government money without receiving any interest payments – or worse yet are willing to pay the government to lend it money – does that send a message of confidence to other investment vehicles such as stocks? U.S. Treasury unlikely to adopt negative T-Bill interest rate policy A Wall Street Journal report today outlines the dilemma of zero or negative real interest rates, wondering if the U.S., like certain rates in Europe, could actually turn negative?…