Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Cheap money

Because of unprecedented demand for safe assets, T Bills are being sold at negative rates. (See this Bloomberg.com article). In effect, people are paying the US government to store money. This can't be good. On the bright side, the loan to the auto industry isn't going to cost much in the short run!
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