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Table 1 Impact of sovereign money phase 1

From: The sovereign money initiative in Switzerland: an economic assessment

Annualized percentage of GDP

Positive interest rates

Liquidity trap 1993–2006

Current period

SNB

0.79

0

Government

− 0.08

0

State total

0.71

0

Depositors

− 1.00

0

Banks

− 0.15

0

Total

− 0.44

0

  1. Notes: See text for a description. Does not include cost to borrowers, additional costs for the SNB, or regulation costs