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The confluence of soil and weather “big data,” new agrotechnologies, genetically modified seeds, and new developments in agrochemistry will help these companies save money, protect natural resources, and maximize crop yields worldwide.
The result will be chain reactions similar to those seen in Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis, with a vicious circle of sovereign and bank debt leading to credit-rating downgrades and a sharp increase in bond yields.
Capital flows into Europe and major emerging economies picked up, as investors sought to benefit from the expansion, while enjoying both higher yields and the possibility of capital gains from currency moves.
And with the yields on government bonds also very low, investors’ animal spirits were running high, boosting the price of many risky assets.
Yields on US Treasuries spiked.
Low real long-term rates mean that any long-term asset that pays, say, $100 a year in real terms would have been worth a real $1,429 in 1984, when it yielded 7%, but would have to be worth a real $5,000 now, when it yields just 2%.
Strong demand for Argentina’s dollar-denominated bonds, with yields of up to 7.9%, has been similarly interpreted as a sign of investor confidence.
Even more important is the promotion of higher-quality seeds to produce better crop yields, increase production, and boost incomes.
That, after all, is what happened after the Federal Reserve-Treasury accord of 1951: the Fed ceased buying new Treasury bonds, abandoning its commitment to keep bond yields at 2.5%, but it never reversed its balance-sheet expansion.
Higher agricultural yields and changing attitudes have meant rich countries are increasingly preserving forests and reforesting.
The Gateses claim that every dollar spent on childhood immunization yields $44 in economic benefits, including the money that families otherwise lose when a child gets sick and a parent cannot work.
The real reason inflation-indexed bond yields are an interesting economic variable is that they report on a market in which both investors and borrowers know exactly what is coming, in real terms.
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.
In the US and the UK, yields on intermediate-term (5-year) inflation-indexed bonds are already actually negative this year.
Yields on the sovereign debt of the eurozone periphery’s weak economies have fallen sharply.
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Moreover, the dollar began to slide, and a flight to quality in US Treasury markets caused bond yields to plummet.
When that happens, inflationary expectations will mount, long-term government bond yields will rise, mortgage rates and private market rates will increase, and one would end up with stagflation (inflation and recession).
Making matters worse, because an export-led recovery yields less revenue – value-added taxes are rebated on exports, but collected on imports – seemingly strong government finances quickly turned into large deficits.
With the BOJ absorbing 70% of newly issued government bonds, Japanese investors are seeking higher yields in other markets, including the United States and emerging economies.
An advisory panel to Japan’s finance minister recently warned that rising interest rates could exacerbate government deficits, and recommended that the government undertake serious fiscal reforms to avoid further rises in yields.
Second, even if the Fed acts quickly, investor appetite for returns will anchor yields.
Yields on German Bunds are now negative out to eight years.
In Europe’s peripheral economies, ten-year yields are edging closer to 1%, as the European Central Bank pursues a €1.1 trillion ($1.3 trillion) quantitative-easing program.
And, in Japan, ten-year yields are below 0.4%.
Lending to the emerging economies is hardly attractive, either, with even the riskiest economies offering low hard-currency yields.
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.
And as waters warm and tidal flows change, yields from the Mekong Delta’s vast fishing grounds could plummet.
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