Zero Interest Rate Policy
Key Facts
Abbreviation
ZIRP
Pronunciation
/ˈziroʊ ˈɪntəˌrɛst reɪt ˈpɑləsi/
Category
Business
Related Field
Accounting
Examples in Context
- True, the Fed's zero interest rate policy has kept the yield curve steep.
- If we stick to the zero interest rate policy for too long, we risk a degree of economic instability much more extreme and costly than the recent financial crisis.
- At the time, BoJ officials faced intense pressure from politicians and markets to boost growth; so they were duly implementing quantitative easing or their zero interest rate policy.
- Treasury bills maturing later this month and in early November rose above 30 basis points, their highest level since late 2008 when the Federal Reserve adopted a zero interest rate policy and anchored short-term interest rates.
- Second, the zero interest rate policy has a risk not acknowledged by the Fed : the creation of another bubble.
Other meanings of ZIRP
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