SNB & CHF

Switzerland has signed a declaration along with six other European states in favour of pooling gas storage facilities. Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands signed the declarationExternal link on Wednesday, pledging to work towards coordinating storage efforts on a regional level. The agreement, which is not legally binding, comes after the European Commission announced plans to mandate natural gas storage for EU members each...

As the Federal Reserve hikes its lending rate to a range of 0.25–0.50 percent, murmurs are heard around the world, with financial pundits predicting doom due to the increased pressures imposed on the cost structures of firms that are recovering from the pandemic lockdowns. The Federal Reserve is leader of the group of central banks around the world that are ostensibly directed by their respective countries to pursue stability and smooth functioning of their...

A new era of reference interest rates began at the start of this year. Libor, which had been the key reference rate for several decades and several currencies, including the Swiss franc, ceased to exist in many currencies at the end of 2021. SARON has now fully replaced Swiss franc Libor. This speech explains why reference rates play a central role in financial markets and discusses the circumstances under which some interest rates either achieve or lose reference...

The Swiss government did not ban Russian media as has the European Union. Keystone / Mikhail Klimentyev The Swiss government on Friday adopted additional sanctions against Russia for its ongoing war in Ukraine but did not ban the Russian state TV channels Sputnik and Russia Today like the European Union. Switzerland joins the sanctions measures adopted by the European Union on March 9 and 15. It has already imposed a series of sanctions in line with the EU. The first...

01.04.2022 – The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.6% in March 2022 compared with the previous month, reaching 103.0 points (December 2020 = 100). Inflation was +2.4% compared with the same month of the previous year. These are the results of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).The 0.6% increase compared with the previous month is due to several factors including rising prices for fuel. Heating oil also recorded a price increase, as did air transport. In...

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The video corresponding to ep. 234 of the Bob Murphy Show, which originally aired on March 31, 2022. For more details and relevant links for additional material go to: http://BobMurphyShow.com/234

Die finanziellen Sanktionen gegen Russland haben bereits den Devisen- und Rohstoffhandel durchgeschüttelt. Nun haben die USA angekündigt auch den Cryptomarkt zu beobachten und Sanktionen gegen Börsen auszusprechen, die Russland dabei helfen, die Sanktionen zu umgehen. Crypto News: USA will Pro-Russland Cryptobörsen sanktionierenEiner der führenden Finanzminister der USA kündigte gegenüber CNBC an:“We want to make it very clear to cryptocurrency exchanges, financial...

Report for the attention of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank for its quarterly assessment of March 2022 The report describes economic and monetary developments in Switzerland and explains the inflation forecast. It shows how the SNB views the economic situation and the implications for monetary policy it draws from this assessment. The first section (‘Monetary policy decision of 24 March 2022’) is an excerpt from the press release published following...

The United States is no longer in any position to remake the world in its image. It’s not 1945 or even 1970. Yet the US seems to be gearing up to bully half the world into compliance with the US Russia sanctions. Original Article: “Will Biden Sanction Half the World to Isolate Russia?” It is becoming increasingly apparent that isolating Russia and totally cutting it off from the global economy is not going to be easy. As I discussed last week, from Mexico to...