Negative interest rate, the silent revolution
Recently the German minister for finance Wolfgang Schaüble has criticized the European Central Bank: “the policy of zero interest rates is an attack on the savings of millions of Germans who have put their money in savings accounts or life insurance”. He implies this is to blame for the rise of the euro-sceptic “Alternative for Germany” Party. Concretely, the minister takes aim at the ECB’s zero reference rate and negative deposit rate (-0,4%). The Central Bank has chosen this policy of negative rates. By penalizing deposits, it pushes the commercial banks to recycle them into credit favorable