Are open market operations contractionary when securities have a negative yield?
Theory would seem to suggest yes the swap is contractionary (though see Evan Soltas), but so far European QE seems to have had a mildly stimulative effect, mostly through the exchange rate.
In any case someday you can tell your grand kids about this.
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