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Can UK interest rates fall to zero?

The reduction in the US Fed funds target rate to between zero and 0.25% has raised the question of whether interest rates in other economies, including the UK, can fall as far. The answer would seem to be that there are no insurmountable obstacles to zero UK interest rates.

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