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Japan's central bank raises interest rates for the first time since 2007, ending negative interest rates. Planet Money explains how Japan's 30-year experiment with ultra-low rates reshaped the global economy — and why ending it sends shockwaves worldwide.
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Planet Money argues that 17 years of near-zero interest rates created a global financial system addicted to cheap capital. Investors adapted to free money as the baseline — and any return to 'normal' rates feels catastrophic because the treadmill has reset expectations.
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Japan's negative interest rate experiment is the most important economic policy most people have never heard of
For 17 years, Japan had negative interest rates — meaning banks PAID the central bank to hold their deposits. This unprecedented experiment reshaped global capital flows: cheap Japanese money funded investments everywhere from US Treasuries to Brazilian real estate.Was this useful?