Tag Archive: negative interest

EUR/CHF: A History of Interventions: August 2011: the Top

2011-08-31

by

2011-08-31

8-16 gbp
  EUR/CHF Kicked Lower Again Hitting a new low this week of  1.1545 and is  down over 300 pips on the day. The moved largely initiated by a major swiss name earlier apparently in conjunction with a hedge fund. Comments from the Swiss Econ Min over the last hour hardly helping matters, after the govt aid package … Continue reading »

Read More »

EUR/CHF: One Year of Free Market (07/2010-07/2011): July 2011

2011-07-31

by

2011-07-31

ForexLive Asian Market Open EUR/USD is trading around 1.4390 and USD/JPY is at 77.20 as the market awaits the latest developments out of Washington. Risk pairs like EUR/JPY and EUR/CHF are likely to be whippy this morning as the headlines hit the newswires. Good luck out there. By Sean Lee  || July 31, 2011 at 20:49 … Continue reading »

Read More »

Capital controls: The poison cupboard of the SNB

2010-10-14

by

2010-10-14

The SNB has already tried a lot to weaken the franc. A (google) translation of a list of capital controls of the Never Mind the Markets blog.   The fear of the economic effects Brake by an overvalued franc increases. Massive interventions by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) with € purchases are now ineffective fizzles. Does it …

Read More »

JP Morgan: Reflections on negative interest rates in Switzerland

chf appreciated despite, snb abopts fx target nominal real
Negative interest rates naturally attract attention given Switzerland’s use of these between 1972-1978.

Read More »