Like most economic and finance topics on this site, there seems to be a lot of people posting opinions/"facts" without really understanding the subject matter.

Like most economic and finance topics on this site, there seems to be a lot of people posting opinions/"facts" without really understanding the subject matter. The reason why bonds are trading at negative rates in the EU are the following: * The ECB deposit rate is -0.40%. Everything else is benchmarked against that * The majority of the EU is either currently in a recession or rapidly heading there * Inflation expectations are weak