Organisation: Swiss central bank

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Brussels Briefing: A weekly round-up of the most interesting news from Europe

All the latest happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

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Euro on the ropes and facing a major fight

Markets were caught completely off guard last week by the surprise decision of the Swiss Central Bank (SNB) to abandon its currency cap of CHF1.20 against the euro.

business

Swiss move and recovering commodities see markets gain

European markets continued their recent yo-yo trend, following Wednesday’s down day with strong gains yesterday. 

world

Swiss reject immigration cap plan

business

Nestle reports €7.9bn profit

business

Breaking up the eurozone just isn’t an option

Swiss central bank increases money supply

The Swiss National Bank said it is pumping more Swiss francs into the market to combat the currency’s “massive overvaluation” against the US dollar and the euro.

Wed, 10 Aug, 2011

Swiss bonds move no problem

THE blacklisting of Irish bonds for use as collateral by the Swiss Central Bank “has no serious funding implications for Ireland, said Alan McQuaid, chief economist, Bloxham Stockbrokers.

Fri, 07 Jan, 2011

Swiss reject Irish bonds as collateral

IRISH government bonds have been rejected as a form of collateral by the Swiss central bank.

Thu, 06 Jan, 2011

US market drops amid financial turmoil

Shares tumbled today as US investors reacted to a stunning reshaping of the landscape of Wall Street.

Mon, 15 Sep, 2008

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