SZ SNB Policy Rate

The Swiss National Bank on Thursday took a third step to loosen monetary policy this year, bringing its key interest rate down by 25 basis points to 1.0%. The trim, which had been anticipated by 30 of 32 analysts surveyed in a Reuters poll, marked the SNB’s third interest rate reduction of 2024. It was the first major Western central bank to reduce interest rates back in March. The third trim comes amid similar signals from the European Central Bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve, which took the long-awaited plunge to slim down its ...

This should be a lighter week but with several key developments still ahead. Several central banks are poised to make decisions including Banxico, the SNB, the RBA, and Riksbank or offer guidance including officials from the PBOC, Bank of Canada and Federal Reserve. Key data will include the start of tracking Eurozone CPI, another US core PCE update, and Canadian GDP. There is no special topic considered in this week’s edition due to other demands including travel. Canada's Economy - How far off is the BOC? Canada’s economy will be a ...

Should the central bank see fit to ease at what would be a third successive Monetary Policy Assessment (MPA), there would seem to be few hurdles in the path of another cut in the SNB’s policy rate this week. Inflation remains low, the Swiss franc strong and domestic economic activity, at best, sluggish. In addition, both the ECB and the Federal Reserve have reduced their key rates since the June MPA. The bank has a habit of surprising investors but there is a strong market consensus favouring another 25 basis point reduction in the ...

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) will be the final major central bank to announce its policy decision in September. Like the Fed, there is a substantial degree of uncertainty around the size of the cut. Investors have priced in around a 60% probability of a 25-basis-point rate reduction, with the remaining odds being for a 50-bps move. Expectations for a larger cut have gained ground since the beginning of August when the Swiss franc spiked higher against the US dollar and euro. SNB chief Thomas Jordan, who will chair his last meeting ...

The Swiss National Bank on Thursday trimmed its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%, continuing cuts at a time when sentiment over monetary policy easing remains mixed among major economies. Two thirds of economists polled by Reuters had anticipated the SNB would decide in favor of a 25-basis-point-cut to 1.25%. The Swiss franc weakened in the wake of the announcement, with the Euro gaining 0.3% and the U.S. dollar up 0.5% against the Swiss currency at 8:55 a.m. London time. Following the Thursday decision, the Swiss ...

The Swiss National Bank on Thursday surprised the market with a decision to lower its main policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.5%, saying national inflation is likely to stay below 2% for the foreseeable future. Economists polled by Reuters had expected the Swiss central bank to hold rates at 1.75%. “For some months now, inflation has been back below 2% and thus in the range the SNB equates with price stability. According to the new forecast, inflation is also likely to remain in this range over the next few years,” the bank ...