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“Monetäre Staatsfinanzierung mit Folgen (Monetary Financing of Government),” Die Volkswirtschaft, 2020

2020-07-27

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2020-07-27

Die Volkswirtschaft, 24 July 2020. PDF. Clarifying the connections between outright monetary financing, QE, the distribution of seignorage profits, the relationship between fiscal and monetary policy, and central bank independence.

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2020 IMF Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture with Thomas Jordan, 14.07.2020

2020-07-15

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Referat Thomas Jordan - Conférence de Thomas Jordan - Speech by Thomas Jordan - Discorso di Thomas Jordan, "Small country - big challenges: Switzerland's monetary policy response to the coronavirus pandemic", 2020 IMF Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture, 14.07.2020 00:00 Introductory remarks by Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF 01:35 Introductory remarks by...

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Mediengespräch – Conférence de presse – News conference – Conferenza stampa, 18.06.2020

2020-07-15

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Mediengespräch - Conférence de presse - News conference - Conferenza stampa, 18.06.2020 00:00 Einleitende Bemerkungen von Thomas Jordan, Präsident des Direktoriums der Schweizerischen Nationalbank - Remarques introductives de Thomas Jordan, président de la Direction générale de la Banque nationale suisse - Introductory remarks by Thomas Jordan, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank - Osservazioni introduttive di Thomas...

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Umsetzung FIDLEG/FINIG: FINMA bewilligt erste Aufsichtsorganisationen

2020-07-08

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2020-07-08

Die Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht FINMA erteilt OSIF und OSFIN die ersten Bewilligungen als Aufsichtsorganisationen, zuständig für die Aufsicht über Vermögensverwalter und Trustees. Weiter liess sie die erste Registrierungsstelle für Kundenberaterinnen und Kundenberater zu. Das Eidgenössische Finanzdepartement anerkannte ausserdem die ersten Ombudsstellen nach FIDLEG für Finanzdienstleister.

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Willkommen in einer Zukunft ohne Zins

2020-07-03

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2020-07-03

Die SNB, die EZB und andere Zentralbanken erwarten auch langfristig keine Zinswende – und machen Nullzinsen zur Regel. Eine Übersicht der Prognosen. Diese Woche ist die Welt einer Zukunft ohne positive Zinssätze ein Stückchen näher gerückt. Schwedens Notenbank erneuerte ihren Zinspfad.

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Banks in Switzerland 2019

2020-06-26

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2020-06-26

Key Figures for 2019
The Swiss National Bank has today published its report Banks in Switzerland 2019 and the corresponding data for its annual banking statistics. The most important figures are summarised below.

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Omkar Godbole (Market Reporter, Coindesk) | The Road to Metamorphosis Blockchain Summit by Octaloop

2020-06-24

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More details about the summit: https://www.octaloop.com/events/theroadtometamorphosis/ Our past and future events: https://www.octaloop.com/events/

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Swiss National Bank forecasts deflation until 2022

2020-06-22

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2020-06-22

On 18 June 2020, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) said it would maintain its negative rate of interest (-0.75%) and remains willing to intervene more strongly in the foreign exchange market.

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SNB News Conf Thomas Jordan 2020 06

2020-06-19

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SNB Monetary Policy Assessment June 2020 and Videos

2020-06-19

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2020-06-19

SNB Switzerland Conditional Inflation Forecast, June 2020
The coronavirus pandemic and the measures implemented to contain it have led to a severe downturn in economic activity and a decline in inflation both in Switzerland and abroad. The SNB’s expansionary monetary policy remains necessary to ensure appropriate monetary conditions in Switzerland.

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SNB Preview

2020-06-18

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2020-06-18

Swiss Foreign Reserves, 2010-2020
The Swiss National Bank meets Thursday. It is widely expected to maintain its current policy stances but is likely to push back against CHF strength. Here, we highlight here the potential choices that lie ahead for the SNB.

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Lecture Series (online): Prof. Dr. Niepelt – Digital Money and Central Bank Digital Currency

2020-06-09

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This lecture series is about “Digital Money and Central Bank Digital Currency” with Dr. Prof. Dirk Niepelt, Director of Study Centre Gerzensee, Foundation of the Swiss National Bank. Associate Professor University Bern. About Central banks already issue digital money, but only to a select group of financial institutions. Central bank digital currency would extend this …

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Que fait une banque centrale pour soutenir l’économie locale par temps de confinement? La BNS au menu

2020-06-05

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2020-06-05

Apple Confinement
Voici une vidéo tournée par Christian Campiche lors d’une rencontre matinale autour d’un café. Christian s’est mis à enregistrer alors que nous parlions de ce que la BNS faisait, et surtout ne faisait pas, pour soutenir la population suisse dans cette période de post-confinement.

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“Wenn die Notenbank den Staat finanziert (When the Central Bank Finances the State),” FAS, 2020

2020-06-02

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2020-06-02

Monetary deficit financing is the norm—after all, central banks distribute their profits. Monetary financing occurs in the context of regular open market operations and QE and, hyper charged, with helicopter drops. The question is not whether monetary policy should finance the government, but why it does so, and to what extent. Fiscal and monetary policy are inherently connected; what constitutes monetary policy is defined by objectives.

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Zilliqa ZIL DeFi; Digibyte Announces Partnership; Crypto Bank Approved by FINMA

2020-06-01

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Swiss central bank could take negative rates lower

2020-05-22

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2020-05-22

The rate on deposits at the Swiss National Bank (SNB) is currently -0.75%. And while taking the rate further into negative territory is not the base case scenario, it cannot be excluded, according to some economists at the bank UBS.

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FINMA-Aufsichtsmitteilung 06/2020: Verlängerung oder Auslaufen von Erleichterungen infolge der COVID-19-Krise

2020-05-21

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2020-05-21

Die Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht FINMA veröffentlicht eine weitere Aufsichtsmitteilung im Kontext der COVID-19-Krise. Sie passt darin die Fristen von diversen, bereits erteilten Erleichterungen an und präzisiert die Berechnung der Finanzierungsquote NSFR.

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Why is the Pound to Euro Rate Falling? Will it Continue?

2020-05-19

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2020-05-19

U.K jobless claims were released in early morning trading today, much like many economic data releases the figures were posted at an earlier than usual 07:00, we normally would see a release such as this out at 09:30. The figures, as expected were not particularly great reading for the U.K economy however there was a slight surprise in the fact that the official unemployment rate came in at 3.9% as opposed to the 4.3% which had been expected.

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Announcement regarding recall of banknotes from eighth series

2020-05-15

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2020-05-15

The issuance of the ninth banknote series was concluded on 12 September 2019. The Swiss National Bank intends to communicate the statutory recall of the banknotes from the eighth series two months in advance in the first half of 2021.

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