SNB & CHF

Influencers help to tempt tourists to “must see” Swiss sites, sparking fears about over-tourism. SWI swissinfo.ch takes a look back at how beauty spots have in the past turned into hotspots, and how tourism bosses threw water on the problem. --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit...

For the first time, barley has been sown in Switzerland that has been genetically engineered using the new CRISPR/Cas method. It's happening in a guarded field, because previous pilot projects by the Swiss agricultural research body Agroscope were sabotaged. Plants bred through gene editing techniques like CRISPR that do not contain transgenes are not considered genetically modified organisms. SWI swissinfo.ch visited the  field trial to find out what the scientists hope to achieve. ---...

USD/CHF marches toward 0.8700 as safe-haven flows to the Swiss Franc have diminished. Investors divide over the size of Fed’s interest-rate cuts in September. Investors await the US PPI and CPI data for July, which will be published at 12:30 GMT and Wednesday, respectively. The USD/CHF pair gains to near 0.8675 in Tuesday’s European session. The Swiss Franc asset strengthens as the appeal of the Swiss Franc as a safe-haven asset diminishes due...

Gold price pulls back from the vicinity of the monthly peak retested earlier this Tuesday. Bulls opt to lighten their bets amid a positive risk tone and ahead of the US inflation data. Geopolitical risks and bets for a 50-bps rate cut by the Fed should help limit the downside. Gold price (XAU/USD) attracts some sellers following an Asian session uptick back closer to the monthly peak and erodes a part of the previous day's strong gains of more...

Under Switzerland's system of direct democracy, amendments to the constitution and challenges to new laws must be put to a nationwide vote. How does this work? Watch the video on our main channel to find out. --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or subscribe to our YouTube channel.

It looks like G10 policy rates (ex-Japan) are going lower, ING’s FX analysts Francesco Pesole and Chris Turner note. EUR/CHF may struggle to stay above 0.95 “We are looking for at least another 125bp of ECB easing into next summer, if not 175bp. Switzerland is closer to the zero-bound constraint, however, and markets are reluctant to price the Swiss National Bank policy rate below 0.50% - just 75bp lower from current levels. Spread compression...

Overview: The capital markets have begun the week in subdued fashion. Japanese markets were closed for the Mountain Day celebration, and this week's key events, which include US and UK CPI, and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand meeting and potentially its first rate cut. The uncertainty about the market positioning and the extent of the carry-trade may also be dampening activity. The yen and Swiss franc are the weakest of the G10 currencies today, off around 0.4%. The...

In the popular book “The Trading Game,” British author Gary Stevenson recounts his journey as a trader at a major U.S. bank in London. He has made lofty claims about his trading career and used it as a springboard for his successful YouTube channel, “Garys Economics.”A tailwind to his popularity is that he holds many fashionable views — for example, that money “is a token,” that printing money is akin to creating wealth, and that capitalism is the problem. He holds...

Am Sonntagnachmittag knickt der <a href="/devisen/bitcoin-dollar-kurs">Bitcoin</a>-Kurs ein. Um 17:11 sank <a href="/devisen/bitcoin-dollar-kurs">Bitcoin</a> um -1,17 Prozent auf 60'162,38 US-Dollar und damit unter den Stand vom Vortag (60'873,68 US-Dollar).<!-- sh_cad_1 -->Währenddessen zeigt sich <a... [embedded content]...

Jojo Mayer is one of the most influential drummers of recent decades and is now experimenting with a generative machine that can play with him on stage.⁠ Do you want to find out more? Then watch the full interview on our YouTube channel. --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or...