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Angehrn (left) and Amstad stressed that stability of the Swiss financial institutions is key for digitalisation and sustainability of the banking sector. © Keystone/Anthony Anex Switzerland’s financial market supervisor FINMA says the Russian invasion of Ukraine isn’t a wide-scale threat to Swiss financial firms’ business ties to Russia. FINMAExternal link’s chief executive Urban Angehrn said that, overall, the immediate effects of risks to the financial centre were...

Money supply growth rose for the third month in a row in February, continuing ongoing growth from October’s twenty-one-month low. Even with February’s rise, though, money supply growth remains far below the unprecedented highs experienced during much of the past two years. During thirteen months between April 2020 and April 2021, money supply growth in the United States often climbed above 35 percent, well above even the “high” levels experienced from 2009 to 2013....

Every time we hear government officials announce their big spending plans, their new welfare programs and their ambitious “job creating” schemes, they always present them as being in defense of the poorest and the most marginalized members of our societies. In coordination with their central bankers, they print and spend new money at will, claiming that it is all for the benefit of the weakest among us and that all the freshly created funds will support them...

“Ich habe vor zehn Jahren die Nachfolge von Kaspar Villiger angetreten, der die Bank in den Wirren der Finanzkrise übernahm”, sagte Axel Weber am Mittwoch in einer Abschiedsrede an seiner letzten UBS-Generalversammlung zu den Aktionären. Damals habe er sich gesagt, die UBS müsse wieder als eine Ikone der Schweizer Wirtschaft wahrgenommen werden. “Ich darf heute mit Genugtuung feststellen, dass wir dies auch geschafft haben: UBS ist wieder eine starke Säule der...

Most of the refugees are women and children. If Switzerland is to benefit from the women’s skills in the workplace, it will have to solve a shortage of childcare places. Keystone / Peter Schneider Switzerland can cope with a large number of Ukrainian refugees, and their skills can benefit the economy, says migration expert Thomas Kessler. “The Ukrainian women will provide new impetus in this country,” he told the SonntagsBlick newspaper. “Especially in the IT sector,...

. Seit einigen Jahren herrscht ein Machtkampf zwischen Bitcoin (BTC) einerseits und dem Staat, den Banken und Zentralbanken andererseits. Die größte Gefahr für BTC ist der Staat mit seinen Gesetzen und Regulierungen. Geld ist Macht und Macht gibt der Staat nie freiwillig her. Leider verschiebt sich aber die Machtbalance mehr und mehr zum Staat. Der Ursprung von BTC liegt in der “Cypherpunk” Bewegung, eine Gruppe von Kryptologen, Libertären und Krypto-Anarchisten,...

Prices of goods and services in the economy seem to be going through the roof, and both consumers and producers suffer from the falling value of their money. Unfortunately, the public turns to politicians in Washington and economists around the world for answers. While president Joe Biden and his administration call it Putin’s price hike, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that over the last twelve months, the all items index increased 7.9 percent before...

Jeff talks to Keith Weiner of Monetary Metals about why gold still plays a major role in the global economy. Listen to Bob's interview with Keith at https://mises.org/BMS234 Find out more about Monetary Metals at https://monetary-metals.com

Der berühmte Unternehmer Elon Musk hat zu Beginn der Woche für einen Medien-Hype gesorgt. Er kaufte Twitter-Aktien in großem Stil. Als die Nachricht publik wurde, explodierte Dogecoin in der Hoffnung, Twitter könnte den Meme-Coin mit Musk’s Hilfe auf der Plattform implementieren. Crypto News: Elon Musk kauft Twitter und Dogecoin legt wieder zuDer Trend schaute für DOGE schon in der letzten Woche positiv aus, doch durch die Übernahme Twitters wurde dieser Trend weiter...

Overview: The Reserve Bank of Australia hinted that it was getting closer to a rate hike.  The Australian dollar was bid to its best level since the middle of last year.  Australian stocks advanced in a mixed regional session while China and Hong Kong markets were closed for the local holiday.  BOJ Kuroda called the yen’s recent moves “rapid.”  The yen is sidelined today as the dollar weakens against other major currencies, led by the Antipodeans.  In addition to the...