Credit Freeze, 3 Month Treasury Yields Effectively Hit Zero, Gold Soars
Interest-Rates / Credit Crisis 2008 Sep 17, 2008 - 03:05 PM GMT
A massive global rally in treasuries is underway and gold may be headed for its biggest one day advance in history as global systemic distrust sets in.
Please see Global Financial Seizures Continue, Gold Soars for more details.
US Treasuries
The above chart courtesy of Bloomberg .
Interest rates can only go as low as zero. This may be as close as we get.
Gold Daily Chart
The above chart is as of 1:00 PM Central, and is courtesy of BarChart .
The Fed is desperately attempting to free up the system with mammoth injections of short term repos. The problem for the Fed is no one trusts anything but treasuries and gold.
Inquiring minds may wish to consider Treasury Bull Alive And Kicking for a discussion of what asset classes are likely to do well in a deflationary crash.
By Mike "Mish" Shedlock
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