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Posts are in a personal capacity only. Senior Economist @CreditSuisse. 🇨🇭 monetary policy & money market.
Oct 13, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
A lot of discussion currently about banks in Switzerland borrowing #USD from the @SNB_BNS. In short, banks are simply exploiting an trade opportunity here, There is in my view no liquidity issue. Quick explanation 👇 1/n Yesterday, 15 banks borrowed over USD 6 bn for one week from the SNB at a cost of 3.33%. The ultimate goal of banks here is to borrow Swiss francs at an attractive interest rate and earn an income in lending this francs at a higher rate. 2/n
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