The interest rate on the French State 10-years bond has reached 0.68% at the market closure last Friday. It was a light diminution compared to the previous days when it had overpassed 0.70% but a strong increase since the beginning of the year. In 2021, the 10- years rate had been all along the year near zero. The fall had started in 2019 when it had been clearly negative (-0.40% in August for instance). It stabilized in 2020 and had finished the year at -0.34%. The short term rates, them, remained under zero for three years ...