waktu sk bunga benchmark jepang 0%, di interbanknya bisa negatif (di market quotenya). gak tau apa prakteknya emang begitu. berarti kita place duit tapi pas due date malah berkurang hehehe.
--- In obrolan-bandar@yahoogroups.com, Cumi Terenak <cumie...@...> wrote: > > Mungkin gak sih dalam keadaan ekstrim suku bunga jadi NEGATIF? > > Cumi Enak > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vic <victor_speran...@...> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 06:00 PM > To: obrolan-bandar@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [obrolan-bandar] Federal Reserve may cut interest rates to 0% soon > > WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve is expected to slash a key interest > rate to near zero and signal that it will step up its use of other, > less conventional methods to bolster the economy, during a historic > two-day meeting starting Monday. > > Economists expect the Fed's policymaking Open Market Committee to cut > its short-term interest rate target, now at a scant 1%, to a record > low of at least 0.5%, or further. The federal funds rate, which banks > charge each other for overnight loans, is a benchmark for business and > consumer loans. > > If the Fed doesn't push its interest rate target to zero on Tuesday, > many economists expect it to do so at its January meeting. Then the > Fed will have to experiment with other strategies for pumping money > into the economy to spur business activity. > > Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has said options include buying Treasury > bonds to push down longer-term interest rates, or stepping up > financial support for private consumer and business lenders. For > example, mortgage rates fell earlier this month after the Fed said it > would buy $500 billion in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage bonds. > > Richard DeKaser, chief economist of National City, predicts the Fed > will cut the target by 0.75 points, to 0.25%, and may announce that it > will hold rates low as long as needed in order to influence expectations. > > Other economists predict a big rate cut but expect little impact. > Banks have pulled back from lending, and consumers are reining in > spending. The federal funds rate has already fallen well below the > Fed's 1% target in credit markets. The rate averaged just 0.14% on > Thursday, for example. Interest rates on Treasury bonds have also > fallen to historic lows as investors snap them up, desperate for a > safe investment. > > Rates have fallen so far that some money market mutual funds, long > seen as safe investments, could shut down or post losses. Some funds > already earn less in interest from investments than it costs to run > the fund. > > Nigel Gault of IHS Global Insight says tax and spending policy will > become increasingly important for the economy. President-elect Obama > wants Congress to pass an economic stimulus bill in January containing > hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending. > > "Our central bank is trying to bypass a clogged-up credit system, > understanding that in the 1930s one of the things that happened is > credit collapsed," says Allen Sinai of Decision Economics. > > By Barbara Hagenbaugh and Sue Kirchhoff, USA TODAY > http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2008-12-14-federal-reserve-interest-rates_N.htm > > > > ------------------------------------ > > + + > + + + + + > Mohon saat meREPLY posting, text dari posting lama dihapus > kecuali diperlukan agar CONTEXTnya jelas. > + + + + + > + +Yahoo! Groups Links >
