Gilt yields at the short end of the curve reached a new record low today and currently stand only a whisker above zero. If concerns about UK banks build, or if official interest rates fall further than markets expect, then we see no reason why the UK cannot join the group of six other European countries where investors are already prepared to pay the government to look after their money.
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