Newly-minted Chairman of the Swiss Nationwide Financial institution (SNB) Martin Schlegel hit newswires on Tuesday, cautioning that additional fee cuts have not been dominated out. The incoming Chairman of the SNB formally took the reins of Switzerland’s central financial institution on early Tuesday, and has inherited a central financial institution nonetheless caught within the wake of final 12 months’s lopsided administration of the merger between 167-year-old Credit score Suisse and UBS.
Key highlights
The companies sector is strong and the commercial sector subdued.
I count on Swiss progress to be subdued in coming quarters.
The largest danger for Swiss financial system is developments overseas.
Final week we didn’t rule out additional rate of interest cuts.
We can not rule out unfavorable charges in the intervening time, we rule nothing out.
Purpose for final week’s fee lower was diminished inflationary stress.
With out rate of interest lower, inflation forecasts would have been slower.
Major downside for Swiss exporters is decrease demand overseas.
