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What are negative interest rates?

Speculation is growing that the Bank of England could introduce negative interest rates to the UK for the first time in history. So what are negative rates and how do they affect savers and borrowers? Yahoo Finance UK's Oscar Williams-Grut explains how they work and why you should pay attention to rates potentially dropping below zero.