FORGET cash, or even politics, the real obstacles which may make negative interest rates unworkable in some larger economies are pension and insurance obligations.
Negative rates reduce investment returns in nominal terms, a problem which ultimately could threaten the solvency of pension funds and others who must generate a certain amount of money by a certain date.
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