Incredible Shrinking Bond Yields By Young Research - April 6, 2016 0.10% is what you are paid today to lend the German government money for 10 years. It would take almost 700 years to double your money at that rate. Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook