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==I don't recall hearing it framed as an attempt to push investors into taking on more risk?== Because that was never the goal. Investors are taking more risks

==I don't recall hearing it framed as an attempt to push investors into taking on more risk?== Because that was never the goal. Investors are taking more risks because they have to in order to find return in a world where the interest rate was basically zero for 8 years.

rebuilder 8y ago
And in the EU, going by financial reporting, that seems to have been the goal. I just haven't seen it mentioned that this means investors taking on more risk.