Harking back to Prestiti stock — eight centuries of the risk-free rate
Here’s the chart…

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On the FT Alphaville front page he had teased the post with:
A Bank of England staff paper is out, if you're interested in 13th-century interest rates...And I found myself saying "Why yes, yes I am"
A masterful bit of clickbait-for-finance-nerds.