Balance Quote by Joseph Stiglitz

Negative interest rates have been employed by many, many central banks.

— Charles L. Evans

Logically, it may be argued that banks could indeed lower interest rates and make up their profits through larger borrowing volumes. But banks, in…

— Sucheta Dalal

For people who grew up in the last four decades of the 20th century, it is hard to grasp the concept of negative interest…

— Anthony Scaramucci

The theory is that if you take interest rates negative, people are going to say, "That's a silly game! I'm not going to lend…

— Mohamed El-Erian

If you happen to be the only one with negative interest rates, you also weaken your currency, which means you make your exports more…

— Mohamed El-Erian

No one will lend at a negative interest rate; potential creditors will simply choose to hold cash, which pays zero nominal interest.

— Ben Bernanke

“Banks traditionally profited by capturing the difference between the interest rate at which they made loans and what it cost them to borrow. With…

— Danielle DiMartino Booth

Banks get in trouble for one reason: They make bad loans.

— Carl Webb

If it were possible to take interest rates into negative territory I would be voting for that.

— Janet Yellen

For highly indebted governments, low interest rates are critical to keep debt levels sustainable and ease pressure to restructure debt and recapitalize banks. The…

— Michael Spence

How long can interest rates stay negative? Think about this. Not only are you lending your money to governments, but you're paying them interest…

— Mohamed El-Erian

I have no interest in bailing out anybody, quite frankly, and I think banks have to suffer every dollar of loss if they make…

— Edward Conard