Because the 2016 US Presidential Election was heating up, and the media coverage of Donald Trump was non-stop, many people missed Ben Bernanke writing a blog article on the Brookings Institute about negative interest rates in March 2016 and then his visit to Japan later that year where he recommended that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) convert its bond holdings into zero-coupon perpetual bonds. Ben Bernanke's March 2016 Article: What tools does the Fed have left? Part 1: Negative interest rates https://www.brookings.edu/blog/ben-bernanke/2016/03/18/what-tools-does-the-fed-have-left-part-1-negative-interest-rates Other Articles Mentioned In This Show: 1) Chancellor: Zero-coupon bonds are not a joke http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2016/08/26/chancellor-zero-coupon-bonds-are-not-a-joke 2) Bernanke Floated Japan Perpetual Debt Idea to Abe Aide Honda https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-14/bernanke-floated-japan-perpetual-bonds-idea-to-abe-adviser-honda 3) How Much Could Negative Rates Have Helped the Recovery? https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2019/february/how-much-could-negative-rates-have-helped-recovery/ 4) Why the Fed must go negative on interest rates https://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/01/why-the-fed-must-go-negative-on-interest-rates.html 5) Negative Rates Would Have Sped Up Economic Recovery, Fed Paper Says https://www.wsj.com/articles/negative-rates-would-have-sped-up-economic-recovery-fed-paper-says-11549314837 6) Why Negative Interest Rates Could Happen In The U.S. (But Probably Won't) https://www.forbes.com/sites/jareddillian/2016/03/30/why-negative-interest-rates-could-happen-here-but-probably-wont 7) Ben Bernanke Thinks the Fed Should Consider Negative Interest Rates https://fortune.com/2016/03/18/ben-bernanke-negative-interest-rates 8) Ben Bernanke: ‘Premature’ to count out negative rates https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/14/ben-bernanke-says-it-is-premature-to-count-out-negative-rates.html Please visit the Wall St for Main St website here: http://www.wallstformainst.com/ Follow Jason Burack on Twitter @JasonEBurack Follow Wall St for Main St on Twitter @WallStforMainSt Commit to tipping us monthly for our hard work creating high level, thought proving content about investing and the economy https://www.patreon.com/wallstformainst Also, please take 5 minutes to leave us a good iTunes review here! We only have about 51 5 star iTunes reviews and we need to get to our goal of 100 5 star iTunes reviews asap! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wall-street-for-main-street/id506204437 If you feel like donating fiat via Paypal, Bitcoin, Gold Money, or mailing us some physical gold or silver, Wall St for Main St accepts one time donations on our main website. Wall St for Main St is also available for personalized investor education and consulting! Please email us to learn more about it! If you want to reach us, please email us at: [email protected] **DISCLAIMER- ANYTHING MENTIONED DURING THIS AUDIO OR SHORT VIDEO RECORDING IS FOR INFORMATION & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE INVESTMENT ADVICE. JASON BURACK AND HIS GUESTS ARE MERELY STATING THEIR OPINIONS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS RELATED TO INVESTING, THE ECONOMY, MARKETS OR COMPANIES. PLEASE TALK TO YOUR INVESTMENT ADVISOR AND DO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND DUE DILIGENCE ON YOUR OWN BEFORE INVESTING AND MAKING IMPORTANT INVESTMENT DECISIONS.- DISCLAIMER**