Three major factors underlie today s low yields.

The gaps between German bond yields and Italian and Greek yields are at record levels.

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The gaps between German bond yields and Italian and Greek yields are at record levels. The price of default insurance has tripled.

All of these yields have since moved slightly higher, but they remain exceptionally low.

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CAMBRIDGE How long can today s record low, major currency interest rates persist?

And credit markets show low spreads, while long term bond yields have fallen in most advanced economies.

Moreover, Malawi has a proven track record of sharply higher food yields when impoverished farmers are helped with inputs.

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It is true that extraordinarily low long term bond yields put us outside the range of historical experience.

Lending to the emerging economies is hardly attractive, either, with even the riskiest economies offering low hard currency yields.

In the US, the approval rating of Congress is at a record low of 14 .

Second, with low interest rates causing vast sums of money to chase so few opportunities for decent yields, it is understandable that investors have turned to government bonds, thereby driving down yields still further.

Long term government bond yields are already very low, and a further reduction will not significantly change private agents borrowing costs.

They did not comprehend the upward trend in prices before 1980, so bond yields, lagging behind rising inflation, were too low.

The land yields heavy crops.

Elsewhere, yields have been a little higher around 2 in Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand but still very low by historical standards.

The record high temperature is , which occurred first on 26 July 1960 and again on 13 July 2002, while the record low is , which occurred on 9 February 1933.

Low farm yields can be addressed through improved seed varieties specially adapted for African conditions, combined with technologies for replenishing soil and managing water.

Commodity export prices are at record levels, global liquidity has been ample, and international interest rates have been low.

By contrast, burning coal yields only C02.

NEW HAVEN The prices of long term government bonds have been running very high in recent years (that is, their yields have been very low).

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For some time now, Greek ten year government bond yields have been about 300 basis points above German yields.

Record low interest rates in 2001, 2002 and 2003 did not lead Americans to invest more there was already excess capacity.

Here, too, the record since 1980 has been patchy, despite the huge deflationary pressure exerted by low wage competition from Asia.

With unemployment rising, income dropping to record low levels, and internal tensions escalating, fighting between supporters of Hamas and Fatah began.

But, while bank profitability and bonuses have returned, lending has not recovered, despite record low long and short term interest rates.

Early on December 4, the research institute Datafolha released the results of a poll showing Alckmin's popularity at a record low.

The world should set as a practical goal of doubling grain yields in low income Africa and similar regions (such as Haiti) during the next five years.

As we know from decades of Japanese and Swiss experience, selling a low interest rate currency simply to chase higher US yields is often a costly mistake.

Given such low yields in most of the world, investors will be eager to take advantage of the relative value opportunity offered by rising US interest rates.

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Europe, gripped by a tremendous banking and debt crisis, is not an attractive destination, and loose monetary policy in the US has produced ultra low bond yields there.

Traditional farming uses few inputs and gets poor yields.

And, in Japan, ten year yields are below 0.4 .

Our neighbor's ground yields better corn than our own.

Our neighbor's ground yields better corn than our own.

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Long term inflation indexed bond yields have fallen to around 1 a year, or less, in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the eurozone. Elsewhere, yields have been a little higher around 2 in Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand but still very low by historical standards.