SNB’s Jordan: The battle against inflation is not yet over
|Swiss National Bank (SNB) Chairman Thomas Jordan is speaking at the post-policy meeting press conference on Thursday. The central bank held key rates at 1.75% in the September quarter.
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SNB refrains from tightening policy further, holds interest rate steady at 1.75%
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|Swiss National Bank (SNB) Vice Chairman Martin Schlegel said on Thursday, the SNB will expand ways for making liquidity available to banks.
SNB’s Jordan: Further tightening of monetary policy cannot be ruled out
|SNB Chairman Thomas Jordan is speaking at the post-policy meeting press conference on Thursday. The central bank held key rates at 1.75% in the September quarter.
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Breaking: SNB unexpectedly leaves Deposit Rate unchanged at 1.75%
|At its quarterly monetary policy assessment on September 21, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) kept the benchmark Sight Deposit Rate on hold at 1.75%. The rate decision was against the market expectations of a 25 basis points (bps) rate hike to 2.0%.
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SNB raises key deposit rate by 25 bps to 1.75%, as expected
|Following its quarterly meeting in June, assessing the monetary policy, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced 25 basis points (bps) increase to its benchmark sight deposit interest rate, lifting it from 1.50% to 1.75%, as widely expected.
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SNB leaves policy rate unchanged at -0.75% as expected
|The Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced on Thursday that it left the interest rate on sight deposits unchanged at -0.75% as expected. In its policy statement, the SNB reiterated it remains willing to intervene in the foreign exchange market as necessary to counter the upward pressure on the Swiss franc.
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What is the SNB?
The Swiss National Bank conducts the country’s monetary policy as an independent central bank. It is obliged by the Constitution and by statute to act in accordance with the interests of the country as a whole. Its primary goal is to ensure price stability, while taking due account of economic developments. In so doing, it creates an appropriate environment for economic growth.
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Who is SNB chair?
Thomas J. Jordan was born in Bienne, Switzerland in 1963. Thomas J. Jordan is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basle and the Steering Committee of the Financial Stability Board (FSB). He is the Governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Switzerland, and also Chairman of the G10 Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group (CBCDG).
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