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Most recent Swiss inflation data show that several items e.g. food or hotels have risen by 1% in one month. Former ECB member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi claims that a currency war would lead to financial repression even by central banks that should concentrate predominantly on price stability – like the SNB. A must read on the FT.
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