Australia's ASX Prepares for Negative Interest-Rate Trading.

The article reports that the systems of ASX Ltd., an exchange in Australia, are being tested for the trading of negative interest rate futures prices, an indicator that financial markets are preparing for the possible quantitative easing in one or more members of the Group-of-10 nation. Topics covered include decision of ASX to make external trial environments available for market participants through August 9, 2019, and the number of interest-rate cuts made by the Reserve Bank of Australia.