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by jwallaceparker 3740 days ago
You may wish for that bulky wallet back after living in a world where cash is banned and NIRP is ubiquitous.
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Why are you sitting on piles of cash (digital or otherwise) such that NIRP would hurt you? It's much more sensible to keep your long-term savings in non-cash vehicles. And your short-term, liquid holdings (rainy day savings fund) doesn't need to be so large that a -1% interest rate will hurt a lot.
And when the government enforces negative interest rates :-(
Exactly! That's what I meant by NIRP (Negative Interest Rate Policy).