Negative policy rates have had some positive effects in the economies where they apply and the direct adverse consequences have been small. But the policy has contributed to a fall in long-term interest rates which is doing greater damage to banks’ profits and may be having the perverse effect of raising household savings. Interest rates might be cut a little further below zero, but we doubt that this would do any good.
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