Tag Archives: 1) SNB and CHF

USD/CHF fails to hold on to previous gains as broad weakness of the USD joins risk reshuffle. US-China trade optimism confronts Brexit risk while Japan’s data-dump joins China’s Industrial Production data. Swiss ZEW Survey, trade/political updates will be in the spotlight. With the broad US Dollar (USD) weakness joining hands with mixed fundamental catalysts, USD/CHF drops to 0.9810 amid the initial Friday trading. The greenback seems to have lost its allure amid the...

USD/CHF stays above 10-DMA for the first time in three weeks. 50% Fibonacci retracement can guard immediate upside ahead of 0.9885/90 resistance confluence. A downside break below 61.8% Fibonacci retracement can recall monthly low. Following its break of 10-Day Simple Moving Average (DMA) on Friday, USD/CHF trades around 0.9830 during early Monday. The pair remains positive above 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of August-October upside. In doing so, 50% Fibonacci...

Current Account In summary: Nearly any change against the third quarter of 2018. About the same figures. But clearly and – as usual – a massive surplus. Key figures: Current Account: Up 39.15% against Q3/2018 to 18.09 bn. CHF of which Goods Trade Balance: Plus 49.78% against Q3/2018 to 16.76 bn. of which the Services Balance: Minus 12.94% to 5.25 bn. of which Investment Income: Plus 25.74% to 5.08 bn. CHF. Current Account Switzerland Q3 2019(see more posts on...

Current Account In summary: Nearly any change against the third quarter of 2018. About the same figures. But clearly and – as usual – a massive surplus. Key figures: Current Account: Up 39.15% against Q3/2018 to 18.09 bn. CHF of which Goods Trade Balance: Plus 49.78% against Q3/2018 to 16.76 bn. of which the Services Balance: Minus 12.94% to 5.25 bn. of which Investment Income: Plus 25.74% to 5.08 bn. CHF. Current Account Switzerland Q3 2019(see more posts on...

USD/CHF trades near the multi-month low. A Bullish technical formation, oversold RSI conditions stop sellers. The further downside can look towards late-August month low. USD/CHF seesaws around 0.9800 during the pre-European session on Thursday. The pair forms a bullish technical pattern on the four-hour (4H) chart. Also supporting the hopeful buyers is oversold conditions of 14-bar Relative Strength Index (RSI). Even so, a sustained break of the bullish pattern’s...

Major European stocks post modest losses on Wednesday. US Dollar Index clings to gains above 97.30. Coming up: Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) Quarterly Bulletin. The USD/CHF pair dropped to its lowest level since late August at 0.9798 on Wednesday but staged a technical recovery in the last hour. As of writing, the pair was up 0.05% on the day at 0.9808. After major Asian equity indexes closed the day in the negative territory on Wednesday, European stocks struggled to...

US Dollar Index erases daily recovery gains ahead of American session. European equity indexes stay in the negative territory. Coming up: Building Permits, Housing Starts and Industrial Production data from US. The USD/CHF lost its traction in the last couple of hours and retraced its daily recovery gains pressured by the sour market mood and the broad USD weakness. As of writing, the pair was down 0.02% on the day at 0.9818. The USD recovery during the early trading...

Die SNB hält am negativen Leitzins von −0,75% unverändert fest. Die Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB) belässt den Leitzins und den Zins auf Sichtguthaben bei der SNB unverändert bei -0,75%, wie sie an ihrer geldpolitischen Lagebeurteilung am Donnerstag mitteilte. Sie ist weiterhin bereit, bei Bedarf am Devisenmarkt zu intervenieren und berücksichtigt dabei die gesamte Währungssituation. Die expansive Geldpolitik sei angesichts der Inflationsaussichten in der Schweiz...

Der Bundesrat hat in einem am Freitag genehmigten Bericht Möglichkeiten, Chancen und Risiken eines Kryptofrankens oder e-Frankens analysieren lassen. Den Auftrag dazu hatte der Nationalrat mit der Überweisung eines Postulates von Cédric Wermuth (SP/AG) erteilt. Viele zahlen bar Mit dem Begriff “digitales Zentralbankgeld” ist Geld gemeint, dass im konkreten Fall die Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB) schaffen würde, um es der breiten Bevölkerung zugänglich zu machen....

Hypothekarnehmer können von den Negativzinsen profitieren, während die Sparer bestraft werden. (Bild: Shutterstock.com) Seit fünf Jahren bittet die Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB) hiesige Banken zur Kasse. Diese bezahlen auf Giroeinlagen ab einer bestimmten Höhe einen Negativzins von 0.75 Prozent. Die Banken belasten diesen «Strafzins» vermehrt Kunden mit hohen Bargeldbeständen – meist erst ab mehreren hunderttausend Franken. Ein Ende des Negativzinsregimes sei für...