Swiss National Bank (SNB)
Swiss National Bank announces new banknote designs
Central bank commissions Swiss firm Emphase to design new bills
SNB hesitant to go negative as 0% policy is still ‘expansionary’
Concerns over AI bubble and 0% inflation did not spur governing board to go below zero, minutes show
Mutual funds amplify FX sensitivity to capital flows – study
Investment in Swiss bonds increasingly linked to franc’s value, SNB paper finds
Swiss central bank keeps rates at zero
SNB says developments in global economy still pose ‘main risk’ to domestic economic outlook
Cryptogeddon: a user’s guide for central banks
How might monetary authorities react if a digital asset crash destabilised the financial system?
CNB digital asset portfolio is about real learning, says Michl
Governor says bank is not looking to simulate reality but ‘touch it’ with experimental bitcoin holding
ECB moves to link Tips with India’s UPI and Nexus
Connection with Nexus still hinges on ECB exploring potential ‘feasibility’
Schlegel: Liechtenstein is on its own for financial stability
SNB governor says principality’s lenders are not entitled to bank’s emergency liquidity facilities
AWS outage barely affected Europe’s central banks
Monetary authorities say robust risk mitigation frameworks helped them to largely avoid fallout
Swiss price controls do not depress inflation – SNB paper
CPI metric would ‘not have greatly differed’ had it excluded price-controlled goods, study finds
SNB to open ‘Moneyverse’ in renovated visitor centre
“Interactive experience” will help financial literacy and give “glimpse” into the SNB, central bank says
ECB and SNB explore linking payment systems
Feasibility study will run through 2026, central banks say
Book notes: Bankers’ trust, by Aditi Sahasrabuddhe
A novel investigation into how trust among central bankers – or lack thereof – helped and worsened crises of the past
Central Europe’s central banks hold rates
Switzerland, Czech Republic and Hungary keep policy steady
SNB to publish minutes of policy meetings in transparency push
Summaries of discussions will put Swiss central bank in line with its global peers
Bar for going back into negative rates is high – SNB chair
Schlegel says impact on pensions and savers means caution would be warranted
SNB researchers test LLM-based FX trading strategy
Meta’s Llama 3.1 comes out top predicting G10 currency sentiment based on news articles
SNB opens poll on altitude-themed banknotes
Central bank asks public for views on designs based on Switzerland's ‘unique topography’
People: new deputy governor at Central Bank of Ireland
Plus appointments at FATF, Financial Stability Board and European Stability Mechanism
Norway, Sweden and Switzerland cut, while Moldova holds
Swiss and Nordic banks ease policy by 25bp
SNB paper shows 5–6% boost in inflation forecasting
Hedged random forest method “consistently outperforms” unhedged approach