Bonds with negative interest rates have hit a record value of US$12.5 trillion from $6 trillion a year ago.

01:04 - Joe Quinlan believes that inflation would not rear its head in the short term.

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Julian Ng, Wong Shou Ning

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