Bond fund managers see risk if Fed cuts rates to zero


NEW YORK: Speculation the Federal Reserve will continue cutting interest rates well past its policy meeting next week is pushing some bond fund managers into assets ranging from short-term Treasury bills to half-paid off 15-year home mortgages.

They’re betting that short-term US interest rates will once again return to near zero for the first time since the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

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