Hedging with Gold: Smart Moves in an Era of Soaring Deficits

In this report, the Swiss National Bank presents its assessment of the stability of the Swiss banking sector. The SNB contributes to the stability of the financial system in ...

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The Swiss National Bank is lowering the SNB policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.25%. The change applies from tomorrow, 21 June 2024. Banks’ sight deposits held at the SNB will be remunerated at the SNB policy rate up to a certain threshold, and at 0.75% above this threshold. The SNB is also willing to be active in the foreign exchange market as necessary. The underlying inflationary pressure has decreased again compared to the previous quarter. With today’s lowering of the SNB policy rate, the SNB is able to maintain appropriate monetary conditions. The SNB will continue to monitor the development of inflation closely, and will adjust its monetary policy if necessary to ensure inflation remains within the range consistent with price stability over the medium term. Inflation has risen slightly since the last monetary policy assessment, and stood at 1.4% in May. Higher inflation in rents, tourism services and oil products has contributed in particular to this increase. Overall, inflation in Switzerland is currently being driven above all by higher prices for domestic services. Taking into account today’s policy rate cut, the new conditional inflation forecast is similar to that of March. Over the longe post: SNB: WE ARE ALSO WILLING TO BE ACTIVE IN THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET AS NECESSARY. post: SNB: A RENEWED INCREASE IN GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS COULD RESULT IN WEAKER DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. post: SNB: THE FORECAST FOR SWITZERLAND, AS FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, IS SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY. DEVELOPMENTS ABROAD REPRESENT THE MAIN RISK. post: SNB: INFLATION IN SWITZERLAND IS CURRENTLY BEING DRIVEN ABOVE ALL BY HIGHER PRICES FOR DOMESTIC SERVICES.