The short - and medium - term «risk - free» government bond rates for the G - 5 countries all currently reside in negative territory (see Figure 1). (researchaffiliates.com)
This will sound weird, but I am not as much worried about government bond rates rising, as I am with credit spreads rising. (alephblog.com)
Yet long - term interest rates are still remarkably low, with ten - year government bond rates at around two percent in the United States, around 0.5 percent in Germany, and around 0.2 percent in Japan as of the beginning of 2016. (larrysummers.com)