The consumer price index (CPI) fell by 0.3% in July 2017 compared with the previous month, reaching 100.6 points (December 2015=100). Inflation was 0.3% compared with the same month of the previous year. Switzerland Consumer Price Index (CPI) YoY, July 2017(see more posts on Switzerland Consumer Price Index, ) Source: investing.com - Click to enlarge Download press release: Swiss Consumer Price Index in July 2017...
Read More »Swiss Consumer Price Index in May 2017: Up +0.5 percent against 2016, +0.2 percent against last month
The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.2% in May 2017 compared with the previous month, reaching 101.0 points (December 2015=100). Inflation was 0.5% compared with the same month in the previous year. These are the results of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). Switzerland Consumer Price Index (CPI) YoY, May 2017 (see more posts on Switzerland Consumer Price Index, ) Source: Investing.com - Click to enlarge Download press release: Swiss Consumer...
Read More »Swiss Consumer Price Index in April 2017: Up +0.4 percent against 2016, +0.2 percent against last month
The consumer price index (IPC) increased by 0.2% in April 2017 compared with the previous month, reaching 100.9 points (December 2015=100). Inflation was 0.4% compared with the same month the previous year. These are the results of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). Switzerland Consumer Price Index (CPI) YoY, April 2017(see more posts on Switzerland Consumer Price Index, ) Source: investing.com - Click to enlarge...
Read More »Swiss Consumer Price Index in March 2017: Up +0.6 percent against 2016, +0.2 percent last month
The consumer price index (IPC) increased by 0.2% in March 2017 compared with the previous month, reaching 100.7 points (December 2015=100). Inflation was 0.6% compared with the same month the previous year. These are the results of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). Switzerland Consumer Price Index (CPI) YoY, March 2017(see more posts on Switzerland Consumer Price Index, ) Source: investing.com - Click to...
Read More »Swiss Inflation Up +0.6 percent against 2016, +0.5 percent against last month
The Swiss National Bank will have difficulties to weaken the Swiss Franc, because she is obliged to maintain her mandate, the avoidance of inflation. Already in January 2015, she gave up, because continuing interventions – at the excessively high euro rate of 1.20 – could have endangered her inflation mandate. Therefore we expect that EUR/CHF moves towards parity, for more read here. Year on year inflation was 0.6%...
Read More »FX Daily, March 08: Dollar Bid as Rates Firm
Swiss Franc Switzerland Consumer Price Index (CPI) YoY, February 2017(see more posts on Switzerland Consumer Price Index, ) Source: Investing.com - Click to enlarge GBP/CHF The pound to Swiss Franc rate has deteriorated further in the last 24 hours as uncertainty over the Brexit and economic data for the UK weigh on the performance of the pound. I would suggest rates are going to continue to struggle for Swiss...
Read More »Swiss Consumer Price Index in January 2017: Consumer prices remain stable
From the official press release by Swiss Statistics: Swiss Consumer Price Index in January 2017: Consumer Prices Remained Unchanged in January 2017 Neuchâtel, 14.02.2017 (FSO) – The Swiss Consumer Price Index (CPI) remained unchanged in January 2017 compared with the previous month at 100.0 points (December 2015=100). Inflation was 0.3% in comparison with the same month in the previous year. These are the findings from...
Read More »Swiss Retail Sales 0.2 percent nominal (YoY) and 0.4 percent real (YoY)
The Used Goods Question Retail sales in several countries like Germany, Italy, Japan and Switzerland continue to fall. In the United States they have strongly risen recently. We should remind readers, that used goods sold via Ebay or similar, are not contained in this statistics. Still they create economic value for the purchases. By mentality, Swiss, Germans or Japanese pay more attention so that used goods do not...
Read More »FX Daily, January 09: Sterling Pounded by May’s Hard Brexit
Swiss Franc EUR/CHF - Euro Swiss Franc, January 09(see more posts on EUR/CHF, ) - Click to enlarge I am reading a lot about the pound in 2017 which is likely to be as volatile as in 2016. But the Franc is a harder beast to predict. Loosely tracking the euro but subject to its own rules and trends GBPCHF could be an interesting pair to watch in 2017. There are numerous global events which can shape the...
Read More »Consumer Prices in Europe Compared: The Energy Price Turn-Around
Energy prices in Switzerland turned around from a minus 2.4% in November to a +6.8% in December. Oil prices had seen its trough exactly one year ago. Especially in Germany and Spain, this translated into inflation rates, that are close to the ECB target rate of 2%. Switzerland still saw downwards pressures caused by cheaper imports. Despite rising energy costs, total prices of imported goods are down 0.6%. Consumers...
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