Tag Archives: 1) SNB and CHF

USD/CHF hovers below 0.9152, the highest since October reached on Monday. US Dollar strengthened as higher Retail Sales amplified expectations of the Fed prolonging higher policy rates. Swiss Franc faces challenges due to the likelihood of SNB implementing another rate cut in the June meeting. USD/CHF recovers its recent losses registered in the previous session, trading near 0.9120 during the early European hours on Tuesday. The strength of the US Dollar (USD)...

Canadian Dollar gives away gains as USD bounces up following strong Retail Sales data. Investors’ concern that Middle East conflict might escalate provides additional support to the safe-haven US Dollar. Oil prices have depreciated nearly 3.5% from early April highs, adding negative pressure to CAD. The Canadian Dollar (CAD) recovery attempt seen during Monday’s European session has been short-lived. The US Dollar has resumed its bullish...

The Pound Sterling faces pressure as geopolitical tensions improve the appeal for safe-haven assets. UK’s employment and inflation data will influence speculation over BoE rate cuts. The UK economy is on track to come out of a technical recession. The Pound Sterling (GBP) remains on the backfoot against the US Dollar in Monday’s early New York session. The near-term demand of the GBP/USD pair remains downbeat due to deepening Middle East...

Swiss Franc is vulnerable as inflation data continues to undershoot official forecasts.  The SNB expected inflation to average 1.9% in 2024 in its December forecast, but it currently sits at 1.2%.  The latest Producer and Import Prices showed the tenth month of deflation in a row.  The Swiss Franc (CHF) trades flat at the end of the trading week – off by barely a few hundredths of a percent in its most traded pairs. The overal fundamental...

EUR/CHF touches 50-week SMA and recoils RSI on daily chart indicates possibility of a pullback.  Symmetrical Triangle has formed on 4-hour chart with breakout likely.  EUR/CHF has rebounded from the 0.9254 December 2023 lows and rallied up to resistance from a key barrier in the form of the 50-week Simple Moving Average (SMA). The pair is probably still in a long-term downtrend despite recent strength. Euro to Swiss Franc: Weekly chart The price has respected the...

Switzerland’s central bank, the Swiss National Bank (SNB), lost $3.6 billion in 2023,  after a gigantic loss of $150 billion in 2022. But after booking these losses, and properly subtracting them from its capital, the SNB still had positive capital of over $70 billion. This gives it the quite respectable capital to total assets ratio of 7.9%. All of these numbers are after marking its investments to market, as is required by the SNB’s governing law, so the capital is...

Share: The US Dollar trades softer across the board on Wednesday.  US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is heading to Capitol Hill for his semi-annual testimony.  The US Dollar Index snaps an important support, looking bleak ahead of the ECB decision and NFP data. The US Dollar (USD) is facing some firm selling pressure on Wednesday...

The Swiss Franc edges lower against the US Dollar on the back of relatively low inflation in Switzerland, which indicates interest rates remaining low.  SNB’s Jordan says Swiss Franc rising in real terms is hurting Swiss exporters, SNB unlikely to pursue CHF-strengthening policies.  USD/CHF hits resistance at falling trendline, 50-week SMA.  The Swiss Franc (CHF) edges lower against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday as traders continue to bet on a less-inflationary...

USD/CHF trades sideways near 0.8800 as the focus shifts to US economic data. The Swiss economy is expected to have growth at a moderate pace of 0.1% in the last quarter of 2023. Fed policymakers support holding interest rates unchanged in the range of 5.25%-5.50%. The USD/CHF is stuck in a tight range near the round-level resistance of 0.8800 since Friday’s trading session. The Swiss Franc asset struggles to find a direction as investors await the United States core...

EUR/CHF up over 3% from December’s lows. ECB President Lagarde looks ahead to growth rebound. Swiss Franc is broadly weaker across the majors market. EUR/CHF knocked into fresh multi-month highs on Monday as the pair steps into a ten-week peak above 0.9550. The Swiss Franc (CHF) has depreciated notably against the majority of its major currency peers in 2024, and is down 2.88% YTD against the Euro (EUR). European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde hit...