BRUSSELS – The developed world seems to be moving toward a long-term zero-interest-rate environment. Though the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and the eurozone have kept central-bank policy rates at zero for several years already, the perception that this was a temporary aberration meant that medium- to long-term rates remained substantial.
布鲁塞尔—发达世界似乎正在迎来长期零利率环境。尽管美国、英国、日本和欧元区维持央行政策利率为零已有多年，但仍有许多人感觉这只是暂时的反常现象，这意味着中期到长期利率仍然坚挺。但这可能发生改变，特别是在欧元区。