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Safety guarantees, or deflation expectations. A few years ago France issued (slightly) negative-yield short-term bonds[0] and earlier in the year germany issued pretty seriously negative yield (0.08%) 5 years bonds[1]

[0] http://finance.yahoo.com/news/france-sells-bonds-negative-in...

[1] http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/25/investing/germany-negative-b...



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