The Swiss Hammer

The cage fight between the SNB and FX speculators continue with the most recent round seeing the SNB coming out fists flying aiming for a knock-out. 

Quote Bloomberg

The Swiss central bank said it’s setting a minimum franc exchange against the euro and will defend the target with the “utmost determination” if needed.The Swiss National Bank is “aiming for a substantial and sustained weakening of the franc,” the Zurich-based bank said in an e-mailed statement today. “With immediate effect, it will no longer tolerate a euro-franc exchange rate below the minimum rate of 1.20 francs” and “is prepared to buy foreign currency in unlimited quantities.”

And the result, cold steel for the long swissies. 

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