The Swiss franc declined after the government signaled that it considers measures to further weaken the currency as its excessive strength continues to hurt the nation’s exporters.
Finance Minister Eveline
If the situation deteriorated further in the foreign- exchange markets, we would have the opportunity to take certain accompanying measures.
Among the considered measures were restrictions and levy on transactions of the franc and foreign currencies as well as negative interest rates.
Such words don’t mean that the lawmakers would act immediately. The finance minister already made the similar statement on December 7. The Swiss National Bank refrained from changing the ceiling for the franc on its last policy meeting. That means that the policy makers aren’t in a hurry to act, but the signs that they are unhappy with the Swissie’s strength undermine the currency.
USD/CHF rose from 0.9316 to 0.9355 and traded near 0.9356 today as of 5:34 GMT and EUR/CHF was at 1.2208 today after advancing from 1.2185 to 1.2207 yesterday. CHF/JPY traded at about 83.40, following the drop from 83.57 to 83.39 on the previous trading session.
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