Tag Archive: central-banks

ICYMI – Swiss National Bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 0%

2025-06-20

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2025-06-20

Swiss National Bank news from Thursday ICYMI:SNB brings back zero rates in June monetary policy decision, as expectedSNB chairman Schlegel: We are now on the verge of negative interest rate territorySNB chairman Schlegel: We don't take decision on negative interest rates lightlyThe cut comes as Swiss inflation turned int deflation in recent months, from 0.3% in February to -0.1% in May.

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SNB chairman Schlegel: We don’t take decision on negative interest rates lightly

2025-06-19

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2025-06-19

We can never exclude any measure on interest ratesWe have discussed many optionsNegative rates have side effectsWe set monetary policy, don't have a goal for exchange rateHave not changed policy implementation with rates at 0% (Tschudin)Swiss banks can continue to operate at 0% rates (Martin)He's trying to sound like they're not that desperate yet to resort to negative rates.

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CHF traders note – Two Swiss National Bank speakers due Thursday, November 21

2024-11-21

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2024-11-21

1730 GMT/1230 US Eastern time: Speech by member of the board of the Swiss National Bank Petra Tschudin and Thomas Moser, "The Swiss Repo Market: 25 Years of Success for the Financial Centre and the National Bank", Money Market EventPetra Tschudin is the a member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bankalso Head of Department III (Money Market and Foreign Exchange, Asset Management, Banking Operations and Information Technology, as well as...

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Swiss National Bank meet this week – consensus expectation is for a 25bp interest rate cut

2024-09-23

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2024-09-23

The Swiss National Bank is expected to cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points on Thursday, from 1.25% to 1.0%.

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Consolidation Featured

2024-08-08

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2024-08-08

Overview:  Yesterday's poor 10-year note US Treasury auction helped turn the equity market lower and this carried over into Asia Pacific and European activity today. Today, Treasury completes its quarterly refunding with the sale of $25 bln 30-year bonds. The general tone in the foreign exchange market is one of consolidation. Japanese investors were buyers of foreign stocks on bonds last week, according to the latest portfolio flow report, which...

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Fragile Turn Around Tuesday

2024-08-06

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2024-08-06

Calmer markets are prevailing today, but an unease remains, and market moves continue to be sharp even if less dramatic. Still, it is in these somewhat less volatile conditions that the US dollar is doing better. It is firmer against all the G10 currencies today.

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Risks to Financial Stability Fan Speculation of Emergency Rate Cuts

2024-08-05

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2024-08-05

Overview: The Black Monday talked about over the weekend has materialized. Japanese equity indices more than 12% today. The Nikkei is off around 26.5% form the high set on July 11. Taiwan and South Korean equities were tagged for more than 8% in a sea of red that spared no one. Europe's Stoxx 600 is off 2.4%, nearly matching its pre-weekend loss. It is back at levels last seen in February. The S&P 500 futures are off almost 3% and the Nasdaq...

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SNB’s Jordan: I’m not sure whether if the terminal rate has been reached

2023-11-14

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2023-11-14

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance.

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CHF traders take note – SNB Chair Jordan is speaking on Tuesday

2023-11-14

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2023-11-14

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not invest money that you cannot afford to lose. Educate yourself on the risks...

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Week Ahead: Thumbnail Sketch of Central Bank Meetings

2023-09-16

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2023-09-16

The week ahead is dominated by central bank meetings. Six of the G10 central banks meets. The post-Covid monetary tightening cycle is ending. The start was not synchronized, and neither will be end. It is tempting to think that those that began the tightening cycle early will among the first to finish. Among emerging markets that is true for Brazil and Chile, both of whom have begun cutting rates. And Brazil is likely to deliver the second cut in...

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China’s Measures Begin to Find Traction, US Employment Report on Tap

2023-09-01

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2023-09-01

Overview: Beijing's seemingly steady stream of measures to support the economy and steady the yuan are beginning to produce the desired effect. The yuan is snapping a four-week decline and the CSI 300 halted a three-week drop. Some economists estimate that the bevy of measures may be worth as much as 1% for GDP. The dollar is narrowly mixed ahead of the US employment data, which is expected to see the pace of job growth slow to around 170k. Of...

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While the focus was on Powell Tuesday there were also remarks from the ECB and SNB

2023-03-08

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2023-03-08

Swiss National Bank Chair Jordan threatened FX intervention! A couple of posts from Tuesday ICYMI while Powell was hogging the spotlight: ECB Knot: ECB can be expected to keep raising rates for quite some time after March ECB can be expected to keep raising rates for quite some time after March And, SNB Chairman: We cannot rule out that we will have to tighten monetary policy again We can use interest rates but also sell foreign...

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This Will Be The Biggest Theft of This Century

2023-02-10

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2023-02-10

In 1983 a total of 6,840 gold bars were stolen from a high security vault in Heathrow in what is still considered to be ‘the crime of the century’. 40 years on and the gold heist is still the biggest single-theft of gold in history. What’s incredible is that the perpetrators never even expected to steal any gold. They were instead expecting to find around £3 million in cash. 

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Your Wealth Will Save Central Banks!

2023-01-06

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2023-01-06

Today we ask, what is wealth? As we start a new year many will be looking at their portfolios and wondering what 2023 will have in store for them. Similar to 2022, we suspect there will be a lot of unknowns. As with anything unforeseen, it’s a good idea to have some insurance. This is why there were record levels of gold buying last year, and we expect the same in the coming months; because people want to protect their wealth with the...

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Week Ahead: Highlights include Fed, US CPI; ECB, BoE, SNB, Norges Bank

2022-12-12

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2022-12-12

MON: UK GDP Estimate (Oct), Chinese M2/New Yuan Loans (Nov).TUE: OPEC MOMR; BoE Financial Stability Report; German CPI Final (Nov), UK Unemployment Rate (Oct)/Claimant Count (Nov), EZ ZEW (Dec), US CPI (Nov), Japanese Tankan (Q4), New Zealand Current Account (Q3).WED: FOMC Policy Announcement, IEA OMR; UK CPI (Nov), Swedish CPIF (Nov), EZ Industrial Production (Oct), US Export/Import Prices (Nov), Japanese Exports/Imports (Nov).THU: ECB, BoE,...

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Barclays forecasts EURCHF trading around parity for the next few quarters

2022-11-16

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2022-11-16

Barclays Research discusses CHF outlook and targets EUR/CHF around 0.97, 0.97, 0.98, and 1.00 by end of Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 of next year respectively.

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SNB’s Jordan: Monetary policy is is still expansionary

2022-11-15

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2022-11-15

SNB's Jordan, who has been chatting more in the NY session at least of late, is no the wires saying:monetary policy is a still expansionarywe have most likely to adjust monetary policy againinflation is very thorny and there is still a risk that inflation will rise furtherinflation rate is above our target now.

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SNBs Jordan: IN 2023, sees Swiss growth weaker than this year. USDCHF trades near lows.

2022-11-15

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2022-11-15

SNB's Jordan is on the wires saying that:He sees weaker growth in 2023 than this year.SNB still has credibility that inflation will moderateInflation has broadenedSees limited 2nd round wage effects in SwitzerlandThere is a great probablility that SNB will need to further tighten monetary policy.

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Federal Reserve speakers coming up on Wednesday, 9 November 2022 – Williams, Barkin

2022-11-09

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2022-11-09

The talking heads at the US Federal Reserve have pivoted to talking about how high rates will go before they top out as against how quickly they will rise.

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Is Central Banks’ License to Print Money About to Expire?

2022-10-29

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2022-10-29

One of the biggest reasons for people deciding to buy gold bars or to own silver coins is because of the folly of central banks and government. It seems bizarre to most people that we are all aware that money doesn’t grow on trees and yet those responsible for financial stability have forgotten this basic life-lesson.

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