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Gold, Bonds and Negative Interest Rates Give SNB a Q1 profit

The Swiss National Bank has achieved a profit of 5.7 billion CHF in Q1/2016. The total yield on assets per annum was 3.4%.The main contribution comes from gold with price change of 10% in this quarter, hence a total yield of 48%.The total yield on debt was positive with +0.2% thanks to negative interest rates.The deflationary environment let to rising bond prices. Bonds, make up 74% of the SNB portfolio. Here the details of our calculation: Position Total Positionin bn CHF % of Total...

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Swiss National Bank, the Most Relevant Pages Click here for the multi-media version of this page on the social media site Scoop It. The chapter on the SNB has the following sections (click open): Recent articles and updates: Older posts about the SNB balance sheet risks On the SNB balance sheet and sight deposits, the means of financing currency interventions: SNB Reserves vs. EUR/CHF   On SNB results and its future profitability, from 2014 and 2013 that predicted the end of the...

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