ZURICH: Switzerland National Bank(SNB) is that when you change the complexion at the U.S federal reserve. The U.S exports its inflation to Europe (one of its characteristic manifestation is through the increase in the European real interest rates) and Europe pulling back, if being left with zero reactivity capacity or real economic output capacity to absorb. It appears that money will flow again into and will make the SNB Foreign Assets look ‘worse’ probably more than they truly are but here is the predicament of Prof. We are all conjecturing here, and not saying the ‘SNB must trade’- they must rather operate at the least frictional cost. Not putting hedges on its foreign exchange exposure is an Invitation for Crime. Since 2015 The Swiss National Bank (SNB) have indeed been charging a 0.75% fee on large deposits at a core policy aimed at weakening the Swiss franc and boost the velocity of money. Indeed the glass tower, a long time ago determined that protecting against currency losses would have undesirable monetary policy consequences. In a pre-electoral period it would be very regrettable that the SNB ‘swings’ at a loss, indeed because of a large (but failed) experimentation by two professors who do not comprehend their exposure, completely blinded by the glare of their money printer.
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