What’s next: That deterioration is due to upcoming moves by the European Central Bank. The ECB is hoping to fire up the region’s ailing economy by launching a massive bond-buying program next month, which will almost certainly drive down European bond yields further. Investors have already been fleeing the euro in search of better returns elsewhere.
Moves by other central banks have knocked the bond yields on a slew of countries into negative territory, including Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands.
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