Negative Rates on 1-Month and 3-Month Treasury Bills
March 25th, 2020Via: CNBC:
The coronavirus crisis has brought another first to U.S. financial markets — negative yields on government debt.
Yields on both the 1-month and 3-month Treasury bills dipped below zero Wednesday, a week and a half after the Federal Reserve cuts its benchmark rate to near zero and as investors have flocked to the safety of fixed income amid general market turmoil.
It was the first time that happened in 4½ years, when both bills briefly flashed red and yields fell to minus-0.002% each. The readings Wednesday were well below those.
