Archives for: August 2011
08/30/11
The Financial Times yesterday published an article about the weakening Swiss franc.
Financial Times: Franken erleidet Schwächeanfall, August 29, 2011
The Swiss Economic Institute about the weakening Swiss economy:
KOF Economic Barometer – Sharp… more »
08/29/11
The Swiss government announced a 2 billion Swiss Franc support program for mainly touristic enterprises and export firms. More and more entrepreneurs announce that they are in deep problems due to the Euro/Swiss franc exchange rate (a bubble occurence) b… more »
The Euro/Swiss franc exchange rate is currently close to 1.18. As compared to the Euro the Swiss franc depreciated approx. 17% over the last weeks. As Switzerland is highly connected with the EU economy, various experts expect the Euro/Swiss franc exchan… more »
08/28/11
Wir haben kurz nach Ankündigung des CHF 2 Mia. Stimulierungspakets des Bundesrates festgehalten, dass eine heftige Verteildiskussion stattfinden wird. href="http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2011/08/18/allocation-of-latest-swiss-econom… more »
08/27/11
Swiss franc depreciation continues - still heavily overvalued as compared to the Euro and the Dollar
The Bernanke speech signalled the world that the US economy as well as the global economy might be in a better state than many expected. This had an immediate effect on the Swiss franc, which further depreciated. The Franc is still far away from purchasi… more »
08/18/11
As Switzerland is going through a severe economic period due to the strong Swiss franc, the Swiss Federal Council yesterday decided to provide Swiss franc 2 billion of economic stimulus to the Swiss economy. According to the latest knowledge, beneficiari… more »
08/17/11
Source: Swissquote more »
08/15/11
Bloomberg Video: Haerter Says Swiss Franc Is 'Overvalued' by 30 to 40%, August 15, 2011Thomas Haerter, chief strategist at Swisscanto Asset Management AG, talks about the outlook for the Swiss franc. He speaks from Zurich with Linzie Janis on Bloombe… more »
08/14/11
Will USD Get Safe Haven Flows with JPY and CHF Undermined by Their Central BanksFor currency traders there is concern that the BOJ is ready to come back into the market and intervene for a second straight week and combining that with the talk and act… more »
08/12/11
The Euro/Swiss franc exchange rate is currently in the range of 1.10. This is still a massive overvaluation, as an OECD analysis has shown:
MarketObservation: OECD: Swiss franc is massively overvalued against the Euro and the Dollar, July 22, 2011… more »
08/11/11
Why not fix the exchange rate between the francand the euro? more »
Thomas Jordan, Vice-President of the Swiss National Bank says that the Swiss Economy is in a dramatic situation due to the strong appreciation of the Swiss franc as compared to the Euro and the Dollar, in combination with a starting slow down of the glob… more »
08/07/11
Abrahamsen, Y. und B. Simmons-Süer (2011): Die Wechselkursabhängigkeit der Schweizer Wirtschaft, KOF Studien, 24, Zürich, April 2011.
Keywords: Swiss Franc, Exchange Rates, Swiss Economy more »
XML Feeds- Expertenkommission "Too big to fail"; Schlussbericht
- TOO BIG TO FAIL UND DIE WIEDERHERSTELLUNG DER MARKTORDNUNG, Boris Zürcher, Avenir Suisse
