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SNB interventions During the Brexit turmoil on Friday, the Swiss National Bank has intervened in markets. Just after they got into the office, at 7.45 am CET, they started the interventions. Apparently the Singapore office did not have a mandate to do interventions. The central bank drove the EUR/CHF price from a low of 1.0646 towards 1.08. FX traders might have moved it higher to 1.0850. We do not think that the SNB intervened above 1.08, therefore the price fell again to 1.0804. As usual the BoJ did not do interventions, they allowed the yen to rise by 3% against USD. Weekly interventions report on Monday On Monday we will publish our weekly interventions report for the Brexit week. The data includes the Friday, the day after the vote. Later today we will publish the speculative positions and commitments of traders, also as of Friday. Via Bloomberg The Swiss National Bank waded into currency markets on Friday in reaction to Britain’s referendum on European Union membership that has upended global markets. “Following the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union, the Swiss franc came under upward pressure,” the central bank said via e-mail. “The Swiss National Bank has intervened in the foreign exchange market to stabilize the situation and will remain active in that market.
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SNB interventionsDuring the Brexit turmoil on Friday, the Swiss National Bank has intervened in markets. Just after they got into the office, at 7.45 am CET, they started the interventions. Apparently the Singapore office did not have a mandate to do interventions. The central bank drove the EUR/CHF price from a low of 1.0646 towards 1.08. FX traders might have moved it higher to 1.0850. We do not think that the SNB intervened above 1.08, therefore the price fell again to 1.0804. As usual the BoJ did not do interventions, they allowed the yen to rise by 3% against USD. |
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Weekly interventions report on Monday
On Monday we will publish our weekly interventions report for the Brexit week. The data includes the Friday, the day after the vote. Later today we will publish the speculative positions and commitments of traders, also as of Friday.
Via Bloomberg
The Swiss National Bank waded into currency markets on Friday in reaction to Britain’s referendum on European Union membership that has upended global markets.
“Following the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union, the Swiss franc came under upward pressure,” the central bank said via e-mail. “The Swiss National Bank has intervened in the foreign exchange market to stabilize the situation and will remain active in that market.”
The announcement marks a rare instance of Swiss policy makers publicly making good on their pledge to use interventions to prevent an unwanted tightening of monetary conditions. SNB President Thomas Jordan and his fellow governing board members had reiterated that stance at their post-interest rate decision press conference on June 16 in Bern.
The pound plunged by a record and the euro slid by the most since it was introduced in 1999 as Britain’s “Leave” campaign won the most votes. The Swiss franc, which investors tend to buy at times of market stress, climbed the most since Jan. 15, 2015, when the SNB removed its 1.20 per euro cap. It was trading at 1.08231 at 9:53 a.m. in Zurich.
The SNB last admitted to interventions at the height of the Greek debt crisis in June 2015.