Paul Krugman: The Meaning Of 2.71%

Paul:

The Meaning Of 2.71 - : As of right now, the 10-year bond rate is 2.71 percent. As you can see from the chart above, this puts it back where it was in the early spring of 2009 — higher than it was during the Oh-my-God-we’re-all-gonna-die period of winter 2008-2009, but lower than anything else we’ve seen for decades.

As it happens, interest rates are also now lower than they were when the big debate over fiscal policy and its interest-rate effects began. For those who don’t...