SNB & CHF

Keith Weiner is the CEO & Founder of Monetary Metals. He is a leading authority in the areas of gold, money, and credit and has made important contributions to the development of trading techniques founded upon the analysis of bid-ask spreads. Keith currently serves as President of the Gold Standard Institute USA. He earned his PhD from the New Austrian School of Economics. 0:15 Introduction 1:55 Can the Federal Reserve save the economy? 4:22 Would debt cancellation have been better...

Keith Weiner is the CEO & Founder of Monetary Metals. He is a leading authority in the areas of gold, money, and credit and has made important contributions to the development of trading techniques founded upon the analysis of bid-ask spreads. Keith currently serves as President of the Gold Standard Institute USA. He earned his PhD from the New Austrian School of Economics. 0:15 Introduction 1:55 Can the Federal Reserve save the economy? 4:22 Would debt cancellation have been better than...

Jordan insists the central bank can continue to defend the Swiss franc. (Keystone / Marcel Bieri) Coronavirus is costing between CHF11 billion and CHF17 billion a month, putting such a strain on the Swiss economy that it will take years to recover. Swiss National Bank (SNB) chairman Thomas Jordan has predicted the worst depression since the 1930s. In two newspaper interviews on Sunday, Jordan warned of significant job losses and an erosion of prosperity in the wake...

Among the drugs seized were hormones that increased milk production in cows. (© Keystone / Gaetan Bally) More than 200 farmers, many in Switzerland, are suspected of buying illegal medicaments for their livestock from a French blackmarket dealer. Swiss customs uncovered the scam when the veterinarian was stopped at the border with his car full of animal drugs. Swissmedicexternal link, the body that authorises medicaments in Switzerland, has issued 51 penalty notices...

Many hotel beds have been empty in the last few weeks. (© Keystone / Gaetan Bally) The Swiss tourism industry will take five years to recover from the coronavirus pandemic with around a quarter of companies in the sector fearing for their future. However, Martin Nydegger, head of Switzerland Tourism, believes something can still be salvaged for the industry this year. In an interview with the Schweiz am Wochenende newspaperexternal link, Nydegger referred to a survey...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]There are several important differences between the global financial crisis of 2007–08 (GFC) and the coronavirus crisis (CC). Origin and Nature of the Crisis. The GFC resulted from financial imbalances, primarily the housing bubble, while the CC was triggered by the external negative shock (the pandemic and the following economic shutdown) that dramatically reduced the labor supply.

© Spacedrone808 | Dreamstime.com The unemployment rate in Switzerland rose to 3.3% in April 2020, up from 2.9% the month before, a rise of nearly 14%. By 30 April 2020, there were 153,413 people registered as unemployed at Switzerland’s regional placement offices. Young workers were the hardest hit. Unemployment among those aged 15 to 24 rose by 18.1% compared to March 2020 and by 61.3% compared to April 2019. By the end of April 2020 there were 17,191 people in this...

The number of overnight stays in Swiss hotels fell by nearly two-thirds in March as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country. Hotels recorded just 1.26 million overnight stays compared to 3.4 million in the same month last year. The dramatic downturn was expected due to the government-imposed lockdown and border restrictions. The figures, released on Thursday, show that Swiss residents had also shunned hotels in their own country, having been urged to stay at...

Readers ask for specific recommendations for successfully navigating the post-credit/speculative-bubble era and I try to do so while explaining the impossibility of the task. As the bogus prosperity economy built on exponential growth of debt implodes, we all seek ways to protect ourselves, our families and our worldly assets. There are any number of websites, subscription services and books which offer two basic “practical recommendations:” 1. Buy gold (and/or...

In the early days of the COVID-19 panic—back in mid-March—articles began to appear pushing the idea of “flattening the curve” (the Washington Post ran an article called “Flatten the Curve” on March 14). This idea was premised on spreading out the total number of COVID-19 infections over time, so as to not overburden the healthcare infrastructure. A March 11 article for Statnews, summed it up: “I think the whole notion of flattening the curve is to slow things down so...