Swiss Franc is vulnerable as inflation data continues to undershoot official forecasts.
The SNB expected inflation to average 1.9% in 2024 in its December forecast, but it currently sits at 1.2%.
The latest Producer and Import Prices showed the tenth month of deflation in a row.
The Swiss Franc (CHF) trades flat at the end of the trading week – off by barely a few hundredths of a percent in its most traded pairs. The overal fundamental outlook is not particulay favourable for CHF given Swiss inflation continues to decline and diverge from official estimates. This suggests the Swiss National Bank may need to ease policy, a generally negative factor for the currency as it attracts lower inflows of foreign capital.
In its latest
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