Interest rates pose problems for structurers

compasses — The future path of interest rates is uncertain

Magda Ali
12 Jan 2011

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One of the more persistent effects of the global slump is that of low interest rates coupled with undesirably low inflation. Last year, inflation plummeted as low as -2% in the US after topping 5% the year before, and are now around 1%. Nominal and real interest rates are at 30-year lows as central banks across the developed world reduce their lending rates to record lows reaching 0-0.20% this year. There has been a lot of uncertainty surrounding the direction of fixed-income structured products

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