Investors in Europe now pay to lend corporates money
When companies borrow money, they usually expect to pay interest but the tables have turned in Europe where investors are piling into sure-fire money-losing bond offers. With special feature audio.
Jenny Ruth Fri, 09 Sep 2016
Investors in Europe are now paying companies for the privilege of lending them money.
That’s because the European Central Bank is now buying highly-rated corporate bonds as well as government bonds as part of its money printing program aimed at trying to create some inflation.
As NBR has
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