by Ryan Littlestone | January 16th, 2020, 10:44:29 | Technical Analysis
CHF in a world of its own? CHF buying has been steady and persistent all of 2019 really, and the latest selling into the end of 2019 and early this year goes against the general risk picture. While JPY pairs have bounced on the favourable risk picture, the swissy is...
by Ryan Littlestone | September 20th, 2018, 07:31:26 | Central Banks, News, SNB
Highlights from the September 2018 SNB monetary policy meting 20 September 2018 Prior decision 3m Target LIBOR rate -1.25% unch Swiss Franc is highly valued Situation in FX markets is still fragile Unchanged 2018 CPI forecast 0.9% Lowers 2019 CPI to 0.8% vs 0.9% prior...
by K-man | June 21st, 2018, 07:33:46 | Central Banks, SNB
SNB monetary policy decision on 21.06.2018 Maintain 3 month libor range Remain active in the currency markets as needed Franc remains highly valued Maintain 2018 growth around 2% At 0.9%, the inflation forecast for 2018 is 0.3 percentage points higher than projected...
by Ryan Littlestone | April 20th, 2018, 09:38:49 | Technical Analysis
Sometimes watching the price action is like watching a good film. EURCHF has a great plot and all the twists and turns of a Hollywood blockbuster We’ve got a very interesting fight between buyers and sellers in EURCHF. I learnt late last night that there was...
by Ryan Littlestone | January 22nd, 2018, 13:10:55 | Central Banks, SNB
Head of the Swiss Nation Bank with some comments There’s no need to rush rate hikes as Swiss inflation remains very low Swiss Franc overvalued Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin need similar regulation like other investment instruments Balance sheet reduction must be...
