SNB & CHF

Im Hintergrund basteln die Zentralbanken aller größeren Länder an einer Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Doch in Australien ist man offenbar besonders weit. Hier ist in Partnerschaft mit einem Forschungszentrum für Finanzen nun ein Whitepaper des ersten CBDC veröffentlicht worden. Crypto News: Australien veröffentlicht Whitepaper für CBDCDer aktuelle Name des australischen CBDC ist „eAUD“. Der eAUD ist an den Australischen Dollar gekoppelt.Das Whitepaper spricht...

The German bond market is normally really stable, boring. That's why the German curve had only inverted just once, back in June 2008. Until last week, that is. This time, an unprecedented distortion between the 10-year and 30-year bunds which blew out even more today, along with Britain's poor pound. Severe eurodollar strain, meaning this isn't just Germany or the UK's problem. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis Twitter: @JeffSnider_AIP eurodollar.university...

(Business travel will prevent me from updating the blog for the next couple of days.  Thank you for your patience.  Good luck.) Overview: After extending last week’s moves yesterday, the capital markets are mostly calmer today. Sterling is firmer, as are UK Gilts. The dollar is mostly consolidating inside yesterday’s range. Equities are stable to higher. Most of the large markets in the Asia Pacific region, but India edged higher, led by a 1.45% gain in China’s CSI...

While the pension reform, which raises the retirement age for women from 64 to 65, was narrowly accepted in Sunday’s vote, the Swiss Abroad were more strongly in favour. The majority of voting expats were also in favour of abolishing factory farming and withholding tax unlike resident citizens. My specialty is telling stories, and decoding what happens in Switzerland and the world from accumulated data and statistics. An expatriate in Switzerland for several...

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[Chapter 2 of Per Bylund’s new book How to Think about the Economy: A Primer.] Like other sciences and fields of study, economics is a body of theory. Theory is a collection of explanations that allows us to understand something. Economic theory allows us to understand how an economy works. It explains the workings of the economy as a whole so that we can understand the meaning, impact, origins, and evolution of economic phenomena. For theory to be reliable and...

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Voters in Switzerland’s biggest canton have overwhelmingly approved a new article to promote a cleaner and more efficient use of resources. Just under 90% of Zurich citizens on Sunday said yes to the idea, which the cantonal government proposed as an alternative to an initiative by the young Green Party. All political parties were in favour of the idea. The canton’s constitution will therefore be adapted to include an article calling on authorities to create...

Comments from the SNB policymaker Declines to comment on further interest rate moves We see a weakening in the Swiss economy but no recession Acting now to make sure inflation doesn’t become entrenched Recent rise in franc helped dampen inflation The SNB is expected to rise 50 or 75 bps at the next meeting.   [embedded content]...

The German bond market is normally really stable, boring. That's why the German curve had only inverted just once, back in June 2008. Until last week, that is. This time, an unprecedented distortion between the 10-year and 30-year bunds which blew out even more today, along with Britain's poor pound. Severe eurodollar strain, meaning this isn't just Germany or the UK's problem. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis Twitter: @JeffSnider_AIP eurodollar.university...