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Swiss move a reminder intervention carries cost

Swiss faced losses if they kept currency low - NZ economist.

Rob Hosking
Mon, 19 Jan 2015

Switzerland’s move to drop the “peg” on its currency has thrown financial markets into turmoil, with some comparing it to the US abandoning the Bretton Woods framework in 1971.

Yet the Swiss Central Bank had few options left, and the removal of the peg – which saw the Swiss franc surge in value –

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Rob Hosking
Mon, 19 Jan 2015
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