Swiss central bank says it still has 'quite some flexibility' to bring inflation to target
Martin Schlegel, chair of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), said the central bank would be open to negative rates "if necessary, ...
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Swiss Inflation Falls as SNB Mulls Further Rate Cuts
Switzerland’s inflation rate edged down in the final month of 2024, reinforcing the Swiss central bank’s decision to cut its key rate for the fourth-straight meeting last month. Consumer prices were 0 ...
Inflation That’s Stubbornly Sticky Is Biggest Threat to Global Economy, Hildebrand Says
The biggest threat to the world economy in the next year is the prospect that inflation turns out to be persistent, former ...
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SNB Intervention Worked And We Can Do It Again, Schlegel Says
The Swiss National Bank’s actions in the currency market were previously successful and officials won’t shirk from resorting ...
Swiss National Bank can cut rates further or go negative, chairman says
The Swiss National Bank still has room to cut interest rates again and even take rates below 0% if Swiss inflation goes too ...
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Swiss inflation falls again, pointing to more central bank rate cuts
ZURICH, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Swiss inflation fell again in December, according to data on Tuesday, fuelling expectations for more interest rate cuts by the Swiss National Bank this year that markets now ...
Interest rates won't fall as fast as expected if tariffs stoke inflation, UBS CEO says
An expected decline in interest rates could be stalled if the prospective tariffs of Donald Trump's second White House administration bleed into markets and shore up inflation, UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti ...
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Producer and Import Price Index with average annual inflation rate of –1.7% in 2024
The Producer and Import Price Index remained unchanged in December 2024 compared with the previous month, at 106.3 points (December 2020 = 100). Compared with December 2023, the price level of the ...
European Rate Cuts in Train Even as Inflation on the Rise
Interest rates are set to fall again in most European countries, even as new data shows inflation surging on the back of higher energy costs. Consumer prices among the 20 countries using the euro ...
SNB Won’t Avoid Intervention Because of Trump, Schlegel Says
The Swiss National Bank’s actions in the currency market were previously successful and officials won’t shirk from resorting ...
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Persistently high global inflation expected until 2028
According to economic experts, high inflation will remain a problem worldwide in the coming years. In 2025, the global ...
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Swiss Inflation Falls as SNB Mulls Further Rate Cuts
Switzerland’s inflation rate edged down in the final month of 2024, reinforcing the Swiss central bank’s decision to cut its key rate for the fourth-straight meeting last month. Consumer ...