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Fritz Zurbrügg, Vice Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft des Kantons Bern, Berne, 24.11.2016 Complete text The negative interest rate charged on banks' sight deposits at the SNB since January 2015 is necessary from a monetary policy perspective. Given low interest rates around...
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The Swiss National Bank conducts the country’s monetary policy as an independent central bank. It is obliged by the Constitution and by statute to act in accordance with the interests of the country as a whole. Its primary goal is to ensure price stability, while taking due account of economic developments. In so doing, it creates an appropriate environment for economic growth.
2016-11-23 – SNB Working Papers – Macroeconomic surprises, market environment and safe-haven currencies
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Read More »2016-11-21 – Press release – Important monetary policy data for the week ending 18 November 2016
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Read More »2016-11-17 – Speech – Andréa M. Maechler, Member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank: Financial markets and monetary policy implementation – an evolving relationship
Andréa M. Maechler, Member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank Money Market Event, Geneva, 17.11.2016 Complete text Since the global financial crisis in 2008, the relationship between monetary policy and the financial markets has shifted in some respects. From a central bank perspective, this shift mainly affects the...
Read More »2016-11-17 – Speech – Dewet Moser, Alternate Member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank: On the pulse of the financial markets
Dewet Moser, Alternate Member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank Money Market Event, Geneva, 17.11.2016 Complete text in German: "Am Puls der Finanzmärkte" Complete text in French: "Au rythme des marchés financiers" Since the...
Read More »2016-11-17 – Publication – Minutes – 14th Meeting of the Working Group, 27 October 2016
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Read More »2016-11-17 – Publication – Working group on CHF reference interest rates – Minutes from the 14th meeting (27 October 2016)
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Read More »2016-11-15 – Federal bond issues – Public bonds of the Swiss Confederation according to maturity (situation at 15.11.2016)
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Read More »2016-11-14 – Press release – Important monetary policy data for the week ending 11 November 2016
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Read More »2016-11-14 – Statistics – IMF Special Data Dissemination Standard (SNB Data), 14 November 2016
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