SNB & CHF

Known for Being Terrible For the past few decades, Japan has been known for its stagnant economy, falling stock market, and most importantly its terrible demographics. Japan's Population by age, 1950 - 2065A chart of Japan’s much-bewailed demographic horror-show. - Click to enlarge Most people consider a declining population to be a bad thing due to the implications for assorted state-run pay-as-you-go Ponzi...

Nov.30 -- Marc Chandler, Brown Brothers Harriman's global head of currency strategy, discusses the volatility in bitcoin with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg Markets."

Nov.30 -- Marc Chandler, Brown Brothers Harriman's global head of currency strategy, discusses the volatility in bitcoin with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg Markets."

Und das dazu noch zweimal… Wer ist sich in unserem Land bewusst, dass Ende 2016, die Gesamtverschuldung der Schweiz gegenüber dem Ausland den imposanten Betrag von 1‘721 Milliarden (!) Franken erreichte? Diese, auf dem Datenportal der SNB für alle zugängliche Info, darf mit einer weiteren bemerkenswerten Beobachtung vervollständigt werden. Und zwar: die Nationalbank ist selbst in Höhe von über 100 Milliarden Franken...

The Used Goods Question Retail sales in several countries like Germany, Japan and Switzerland continue to fall or they remain steady for years. In the United States they have strongly risen recently. We should remind readers, that used goods sold via Ebay or similar, are not contained in this statistics. Still they create economic value for the purchases. By mentality, Swiss, Germans or Japanese pay more attention so...

Switzerland’s real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.6 % in the 3rd quarter of 2017,* boosted by manufacturing in particular. Many service sectors also contributed to growth, including trade, business services and healthcare. By contrast, value added fell slightly in construction and the financial sector. On the expenditure side, both domestic final demand and foreign trade underpinned GDP. Consumption, investment...

The KOF Economic Barometer continued its upward tendency in November. It rose by 0.5 points to 110.3 points (after revised 109.8 in October). This is the third consecutive increase of the indicator. The Swiss economy continues to gain momentum towards the end of the year. As in the previous month, the indicators for manufacturing are responsible for a substantial part of the increase. In addition, the...

Swiss Franc The Euro has risen by 0.37% to 1.1705 CHF. EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, November 30(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Rates The US dollar is broadly firmer. The rise in US yields yesterday has seen the greenback extend its recovery against the yen. It briefly pushed through JPY112.40, after dipping below JPY111.00 at the start of the week, for the first time...

Check Keiser Report website for more: http://www.maxkeiser.com/ In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy discuss the housing crisis as wealth transfer. In the second half, Max interviews Charles Hugh Smith of OfTwoMinds.com about the fetid swamp of tax reform. WATCH all Keiser Report shows here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=... (E1-E200) http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=... (E201-E400) http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=... (E401-E600)...

Premium growth from 2016 to 2017 dampens the development of disposable income by 0.3 percentage points Neuchâtel, 24.11.2017 (FSO) – The health insurance premiums index (CIPI) recorded a growth of 3.8 percent over the previous year for the 2017 premium year. The KVPI thus achieved an index level of 185.3 points (base 1999 = 100). The impact of premium development on the growth of disposable income can be estimated...