The ecb reduced its main rate to -0.5%, taking it further into negative territory.

欧洲央行将其主要利率下调至-0.5%，使其进一步进入负增长。

Stock prices are now well into negative territory for the year, and they keep falling.

目前股价已进入负增长，而且还在持续下跌。

A down day on Wall Street, with all three major indices closing in negative territory.

今天是华尔街下跌日，三大股指均以负收盘。

Such a decision would make the ECB the first big central bank to move into negative territory.

这项决定将会使欧洲央行成为第一家利率调负的大型中央银行，但它绝对不是唯一一家。

There was every reason to expect that inflation would go to zero or even enter negative territory in recent years.

人们又充足理由相信通胀率在近几年会降至零甚至为负。

This sets a limit to deep moves into negative territory, but small forays are feasible because holding currency entails storage costs.

这给深入负利率领域设定了一个限制，但小小的骚扰一下还是可行的，毕竟帮人守钱也是需要保管费的。

It’s a similar situation in the euro zone, where the European Central Bank lowered rates into negative territory in 2014,  and there is no clear timeline for them to revert to normal levels.

欧元区的情况类似， 欧洲中央银行在 2014 年将利率降至负值，并且没有明确的时间表让他们恢复到正常水平。

As a result, the government's balance sheet immediately fell into negative territory and did not recover, implying that wealthy individuals and companies did not invest back into the economy.

结果造成政府的资产负债表立即跌入负值且没有恢复，暗示富有的个人及企业并没有把钱投资回经济中。