Meanwhile, In The Bond Market- May 6, 2012 The real interest rate on 10-year US bonds is now firmly negative: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/06/opinion/050612krugman4/050612krugman4-blog480.jpg This is as clear a demonstration as you can ever expect to see that the models some allegedly authoritative figures [ http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/liquidity-preference-loanable-funds-and-niall-ferguson-wonkish/ ] use to analyze the economy are dead wrong; it’s also an indication that obsessing over the deficit, and actually cutting back sharply on government investment, are crazy. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/meanwhile-in-the-bond-market/