The steep cuts in the rates banks pay on households’ savings have led some to conclude that further interest rate cuts are not just of little use, but are actually counterproductive. Interest rate changes are certainly less effective than usual, but we think that at least some good will come of further cuts. Accordingly, we still expect interest rates to fall to close to zero within the next few months.
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