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Author Topic: 'Francogeddon': Swiss central bank stuns market with policy U-turn  (Read 921 times)

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The Swiss National Bank shocked financial markets by scrapping a three-year-old cap on the franc, sending the safe-haven currency soaring against the euro and stocks plunging amid fears for the export-reliant Swiss economy.

Only days ago, SNB officials had described the 1.20 francs per euro cap, introduced in 2011 at the height of the euro zone crisis to prevent the strong currency leading to deflation and a recession, as the cornerstone of the bank's monetary policy.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/francogeddon-swiss-central-bank-stuns-market-with-policy-uturn-20150116-12re0d.html




 

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